"Dream - Chairman of the Press Council Ninik Rahayu stated that the current press ecosystem is not in a good condition. This is caused by a lack of readiness to face the digital era. She conveyed this during the launch of the survey results conducted by the Press Council in collaboration with the National Multimedia University (UMN) on the media industry at the Press Council Hall, Jakarta, on Wednesday, June 12, 2024. "The current press ecosystem is indeed unhealthy, both in terms of economy and content. This is because of a lack of readiness to face the digital era. Such readiness cannot be achieved quickly," said Ninik in a press release received by Dream."

The Press Council has made various innovations to support these press media activists. Chair of the Research, Data Collection, and Ratification Commission of the Press Council, A Sapto Anggoro, stated that currently there are 1,800 verified media in the Press Council. There are 1,015 cyber media, 377 television, 18 radio, and 442 print media. From the geographical distribution, research data shows that the concentration of media growth is mostly in the western part of Indonesia, namely Sumatra and Java.

Some media are trying to develop new business strategies, but it is not uncommon for media to rely on digital platforms such as Google, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and others. "For media that cannot survive, they are forced to lay off a number of journalists and reduce operational costs. Data from this research shows that the majority of media have operational costs ranging from Rp10-50 million per month with a number of employees ranging from 1-10 people," said Sapto. Therefore, he continued, there needs to be synergy between press institutions, press organizations, the Press Council, the government, and stakeholders in order to produce strategic steps.

Some of them are with company press verification, media capacity improvement assistance, journalist competency testing facilitation, and encouraging the issuance of regulations regarding the responsibility of digital platforms for quality journalism (Publisher Rights). "We are currently in an era where it is very easy to create media. However, it is confusing to sustain it," said Sapto. UMN researcher Ignatius Haryanto revealed data obtained from media associations/constituents of the Press Council (AMSI, SMSI, JMSI, ATVSI, ATVLI, PRSSNI, SPS) shows that Lampung is the province with the most cyber media, namely 417.

Followed by North Sumatra with 250 media, West Java with 234 media, Riau with 228 media, and East Kalimantan with 220 media. The total number of online media from constituents is 3,886 media. Out of this total, only 36% are verified by the Press Council, which is equivalent to 1,850 media. As for radio media, there are a total of 549 stations. The highest number is in West Java, which is 109. Next is Central Java with 91 radio stations, East Java with 86 radio stations, DKI Jakarta with 37 radio stations, and Lampung with 28 radio stations. There are a total of 57 local and private TV stations. According to Hariyanto, this is far from the statement by the Ministry of Communication and Information in 2023, which mentioned a total of 676 stations.

The following is the translation of the given 'Bahasa' text to 'English' while preserving any html tags: "This survey recommends that the Press Council oversee Publisher Right. The way to do it is by collaborating with multistakeholders, considering activities such as data processing, hosting, and related ones. "The Press Council should consider a moratorium on press companies seeing inappropriate activities of press companies that do not comply with the Code of Journalistic Ethics or begin to abandon the production of quality journalistic works," said Haryanto."