LSM

LSM (Latvijas Sabiedriskie mediji) is the joint online news service of Latvia's public broadcasters, Latvian Television and Latvian Radio. Publishing in Latvian, Russian, and English, it provides public-service news coverage of domestic affairs, politics, and international developments. As a public-service platform, it serves both Latvian-speaking and Russian-speaking audiences across the country.

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LSM at a glance

Country: Latvia
Region: Northern Europe · Europe
Kind of outlet: Public broadcaster
Editorial leaning: Centrist
Website: lsm.lv ↗
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How Crosswire groups LSM

Crosswire groups LSM as Centrist for comparisons within Latvia's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate. In Latvia, Latvijas Avīze is listed as Right-leaning — so you can open LSM beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.

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Where LSM sits in Latvia's press

LSM is one of 5 outlets tracked in Latvia and the only public broadcaster tracked there. By outlets tracked, Latvia ranks 27th of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Europe hub, which lists 264 outlets in all.

Across Europe, Crosswire tracks 27 of the 59 public broadcasters in the directory. The nearest counterparts to LSM outside Latvia, starting with Northern Europe, are RÚV (Iceland), NRK (Norway), DR (Denmark) and Yle News (Finland). Opening one of them beside LSM is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.