According to recently released report of the Mongolian Press Institute, 1158 newspapers, 273 magazines are registered officially in Mongolia at present.

There are 175 periodical newspapers, including five daily, 28 weekly, 4 biweekly, 47 monthly, 66 bimonthly, 28 other and 48 magazines, in particular1 daily, 1 weekly, 7 monthly, 2 bimonthly, 26 quarterly and11 other across the country. Among 175 newspapers, 15 are published in foreign languages. They are looking glass through which foreigners watch Mongolia .

Mongols take radio as a companion to start the daily and intermittently return to this friend during the course of the day. Listeners expect this companion to both inform and entertain them. A great wave of changes took place in the 1990s with the establishment of a number of private radio stations. At present, 26 FM radio stations broadcast nationwide. They attract more listeners usually by offering a broad range of music and advertisements. Despite the increasing popularity of television, radio still has an expanding audience in Mongolia .

Mongolian Central Radio is responsible for radio services throughout Mongolia . Given the country’s scarce population and huge territory, its broadcasting is the main means of mass information. Today Mongolian radio broadcasts eight hours a day in English, Japanese, Chinese, and Russia to audience in Asia , Europe , Far East and the Pacific region. Mongolian Radio maintains links with radio networks in over a dozen countries. It exchanges personnel as well as music and feature programs with London Radio Service, Radio France International, Voice of Russia, China Radio International, and Radio Canada . International and Korean Broadcasting Systems etc,.

Television is a comparatively young media in the country, which began broadcasting its first program 33 years ago. Television viewers appear to have a strong loyalty to the National Central TV, which had bee the only visual information for many years and entertainment medium in Mongolia . UBTV based on the Mongolian TV film studio is apparently building up its popularity.

The Mongolian mass media obtain their material and sources from domestic and foreign news agencies, Internet, correspondents at home and abroad and from direct research. This is a principal function exercised by the Mongolian News Agency (MONTSAME).

MONTSAME’s role is to efficiently supply domestic and foreign news to mass media in the country, and inform the world of Mongolia ’s diverse heritage and contemporary culture. The principles of transparency, objectivity, efficiency and pluralism are the basic standards, which MONTSAME news agency sets for all information.

At present, there is no state control or censorship of the newspaper and periodical press in Mongolia . Law of Freedom of the Media (1998) contains many important provisions, including a requirement that “the state shall not impose control over the contents of public information”. Following the adoption of the law, the government of Mongolia liberalized a few of newspapers controlled by the State.