SECTOR 4 In addition to economic reasons, there is also the sensitive nature of certain issues. Among these, the army, the secret service, security services, as well as cultural and religious taboos are high on the list. Scores: Individual scores: 1 Country does not meet indicator 2 Country minimally meets aspects of the indicator. 3 Country meets many aspects of indicator but progress may be too recent to judge. 4 Country meets most aspects of indicator. 5 Country meets all aspects of the indicator and has been doing so over time. Average score: 1.2 4.6 Owners of established mainstream private media do not interfere with editorial independence. Panel members do not seem particularly bothered by the interference of owners with editorial independence. The level of interference of owners in the editorial management of private media is dependent on the legal entity type, the power relationship within its capital funds and the conditions under which the media outlet was created. Certain publications such as El Watan, El Khabar and le Soir d’Algérie were created by groups of professional journalists, whereas the Quotidien d’Oran is the property of about a hundred shareholders with diverse social and professional backgrounds. Furthermore, an increasing number of politicians, businessmen and even retired military personnel are investing significant financial resources in the sector with an agenda that is hard to reconcile with the principle of editorial independence. The situation is even more problematic when the media outlet is owned by a single person. 56 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER ALGERIA 2009