The document summarizes the media landscape and challenges in Indonesia. It describes how media has grown from just 1 journalist organization under the military regime to now 29 organizations in the democratic era. It also outlines how some of the largest media groups in Indonesia have diversified into various industries like banking, resources, and property. However, media workers face issues like editorial interference, low pay, and union busting. The largest media groups act more like conglomerates than traditional media companies.

1. MEDIA & CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENT
INDONESIA
DANDHY D LAKSONO
Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI)

2. INDONESIA
 Independent in 1945
 1945 – 1966 politically liberal
 1966 – 1998 military regime (Soeharto) 1 journalist org.
 1998 – now ‘reformation’ era (free press) 29 journalst org.
 230 million population (world’s 4th largest)
 (est) 40,000 journalists & media workers

3. PRINT
(before & after 1998)
289
1.200

4. THE GROWTH OF
PRINT MEDIA
source: CIPG Report 2012

5. FREE TO AIR TV LICENCES
(before & after 1998)
5
171

6. UNION
& MEDIA INSTITUTION

7. UNION IN MEDIA
4
30

8. ADVERTISEMENT
2008 $ 4.1 billion
2011 $ 8.1 billion
2012 (est)
$ 10 billion
source: PPPI

9. ADVERTISEMENT
MARKET SHARE
32 %
68 %
source: PPPI

10. MEDIA CONTROL
12
11 1
10 2
owners 9 455 3 owners
media companies
8 4
7 5
6

11. MARKET LEADERS
38 % MNC Group
24,8 % Trans Corp.
23,8 % Emtek Group

12. MNC GROUP
$7.1 billion
 3 national FTA TV
 14 local FTA TV
 15 channels (pay TV)
 1 daily newspaper
 5 print media
 22 radio stations
 1 news portal
 2 subscribed base media
 Artis management & agency
 B to B integrated IT support
 Airlines services
 Property
 Chemical industry
 Investment agency

13. CT CORP.
 2 national FTA TV
 1 new mega-portal & e-newspaper
 Bank
 Insurance
 Capital Market
 Financing
 Property
 Hotel & entertainment
 Restoran dan Café (Coffee Bean,
Chilli’s, Baskin-Robbins)
 Retail (Carrefour)
 Plantation
 Trans Airways (Garuda Ind.)
 Dept Store & Fashion (Hugo Boss,
Versace, etc)

14. SCTV – INDOSIAR
 2 national FTA TV
 1 local FTA TV
 Banking IT services
 Compaq authorized distributor
 Investment agency (Singapura)
 (minority share holder) Oil
palm plantation
 News portal

15. VIVA GROUP
(BAKRIE GROUP)
 2 national FTA TV
 Oil & gas
 Telecommunication
 Coal minning (world’s 2nd largest)
 Property
 Plantation
 Infrastructure
 Steel manufacturing
 Investment agency

16. MAHAKA GROUP
 4 print media
 1 local FTA TV
 1 pay TV channel
 19 radio stations
 (10% share) national FTA TV
 Outdoor advertisement
 Restaurants
 Property
 Coal minning

17. MEDIA GROUP
(SURYA PALOH)
 1 national FTA TV
 3 print media
 2 online media
 Hotels
 Catering
 Oil & mineral minning

18. TEMPO
 2 weekly magazine
 1 daily newspaper
 1 online media
 Tempo TV (channel &
content provider)
 Printing
 ‘sister company’ of Jawa Pos
(biggest local newspaper
network)

19. JAWA POS GROUP
 134 local newspaper
 News Network
 21 local FTA TV
 Printing

20.  2 national newspaper (Kompas,
Jakarta Post)
 24 local newspapers
 13 tabloids
 1 news portal
 61 magazines
 12 local FTA TV
 7 book publishers
 94 book stores
 6 printing
 Hotels & resort
 16 radio stations
 Manufacturing (tissue paper)
 University

21. LIPPO GROUP
(Berita Satu Media Holding)
 3 daily newspapers
 3 magazines
 1 pay TV news channel
 1 news portal
 4 tabloids
 24 retail malls
 Property & Real Estate
 Bank
 Internet & pay tv services
 7 international-standard hospitals
 University
 8 five stars hotels & resorts

22. ISSUES
 Editorial interferences (business & political bias)
 Under paid
 Union busting
 Freelancer (stringer)
 Capacity building & skill upgrading
 Outsourcing

23. UNION & MEDIA:
THE FACTORS
 Historical background (pre &
post nation-state)
 Corporation resistance
 Group identification
(profession or labor)
 The pioneers determination
 Journalists turn over level
(demand creates hijacking)
 Individual opportunity &
struggle of welfare

24. STRATEGIES
 Case by case advocacy (collective bargaining
approach & structural perspective approach)
 Political (affiliation) pressure (2nd track
diplomacy)
 Public campaign
 Community/group base approach

25. ALERT !!!
HUMAN OUTSOURCING MODEL
BERITA SATU MEDIA HOLDING CASE
‘ORGANIC’ EMPLOYEE
(GM, manager, executive producer)
(‘white collar’ level)
FIRST MEDIA NEWS
(FMN) NEWSROOM
(PUBLISHER)
DUTA MITRA SELARAS (DMS)
B to B scheme (‘blue collar’ level)
ordering HR services
(HR risk transfer) Producers, Reporters, Camera
Persons, Video Editors, Studio
Crews, etc