How Šolak became the richest serb: 2014 as a watershed for United Group – passing media laws in Serbia (12)
Kurir 09.02.2022
Although he expanded his business in the field using the lasso business principles, Dragan Šolak endeavoured to package his company in a form resembling modern Western companies with the aim of reaching out to big investment funds.
When he finally succeeded, United Group received considerable funds to start new media and produce media content. The possibility of cable operators also being content producers was a topic of serious discussions in the process of passing the media laws in Serbia. The Serbian Parliament passed on 2 August 2014 the Law on Electronic Media and the Law on Public Information and Media, which allowed distributors to create content and favour their own channels. This was