Also new, independent structure of printing and distribution were created. If in Soviet times there were 4 state-owned publishing houses, today there are over 600 big and small, private and corporate publishers. Electronic media landscape in Lithuania is dominated by several Radio and TV stations broadcasting nationwide. Lithuanian Radio and Television Company is a national broadcaster, financed from the state budget. The private commercial TV stations operate three out of a four national TV networks.
National minorities have full range of freedom of expression in Lithuania.
Non-Lithuanian periodicals are both state subsidised and privately owned. Polish speaking population has possibility for listening up to 24 hours per day to commercial radio station Znad Wilii. Lithuanian TV and Radio offers daily and weekly TV and Radio programs in Russian, Polish etc. The biggest daily Lietuvos Rytas has a circulation from approximately 70.000 on weekdays to 100.000 on weekends. The second biggest newspaper is Respublika with a circulation of about 60.000.