The transparency of public service media cannot be measured definitively by relying only on obligatory public service statements, which are yearly reports of all receivers of public media support: DR (entirely funded by public media support), the regional TV 2 broadcasters, and various radio stations (Kulturministeriet, 2020b). Such reports document different statistics on economy, audience reach, and content.
Written news media (both in print and online) can also receive public media support and are equally obliged to provide transparent reports on economy (Kulturministeriet, 2020a). The media committee appointed by the minister of cultural affairs oversees that the media who get public media support comply with various content criteria stated in the law (e.g., professional journalism). JP/Politiken (2018), Berlingske Media (2018), DR (2019), and TV 2 (2019) also publish annual reports – sometimes called CSR reports, and sometimes just yearly reports.
