27 December, 2014 / By Por Victoria Pellegrinelli Pluralismo, medios oficiales y oficialistas. Una Ley de Medios con una autoridad de aplicación que actúa a conveniencia, voces que no pueden acceder a determinados medios de los dos lados. Así está el escenario en la Argentina de hoy. Un debate necesario para la república. —¿Cómo ven…
19 December, 2014 / By Journal Turkish Weekely News Turkey was criticized by the European Union (EU) over arrestment of media representatives. The EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security, Federica Mogherini and EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn released a joint statement and said that the raids and arrests are incompatible with the freedom…
16 December, 2014 / Today Zaman The European Parliament (EP) has announced that it will debate the freedom of expression in Turkey and a recent media crackdown on Wednesday, with a statement by foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini. It also said it will vote on a resolution on the freedom of expression in Turkey in…
16 December, 2014 / By Panorama.am “You all know why I am here in prison. Uncovering corruption is the real reason,” Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova, arrested on December 5, writes in her New Year letter sent from jail to RFE/RL’s Azerbaijani Service. As the letter has it, the only way to prove oppressive regimes wrong…
15 December, 2014 / By European Parliament News Mr Schulz opened the December session with a reminder that freedom of the press and media pluralism are fundamental EU values. We take our negotiations with Turkey as a candidate country very seriously, he said, and must therefore point to problems as well as to progress. President…
10 December, 2014 / Editorial of The Irish Times Need to curb further monopolisation in the interest of diversity The belated publication by Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Alex White of a framework for the regulation of media mergers and acquisitions is welcome. The consultation he has launched is premised rightly on the…
8 December 2014 / By Fiach Kelly. Irish Times While the new guidelines on media mergers do not mention any person or individual companies by name, the shadow of Denis O’Brien looms large. The new media merger legislation and accompanying guidelines have been a long time coming and follow a tug-of-war between the Department of…
30 November 2014 / By Diario Estepona IU defiende a la plantilla de RTVM ante los despidos del PP y urge a su democratización con garantías de pluralismo. Díaz: “RTVM y sus profesionales tienen que desarrollar un papel clave en el impulso democrático, pero con el PP en el gobierno es imposible” El Grupo Municipal de…
30 November 2014 / By Paula Correa El primer encuentro analizó el producto que llega a los usuarios, el desarrollo de contenidos, la infraestructura y la falta de una legislación adecuada, constituyendo una red que estará atenta al monitoreo de los medios y el desarrollo de las comunicaciones en nuestro país. Este sábado se realizó…
30th November 2014 / By Telam Politica Lo indicó el jefe de Gabinete y señaló, además, que “no hay ninguna posibilidad de desarrollar la creatividad y el talento artístico si no hay un rol activo del Estado para promover este diseño y ejecución de las políticas públicas”. Al encabezar la apertura del 4to. Encuentro de…
26th November 2014 / By Voice of America The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has condemned as “drastic and disproportionate” an injunction by a court in Kazakhstan effectively shutting down a weekly magazine. The OSCE said Wednesday that the Almaty district court’s order to stop the distribution and publication of the independent magazine…
25th November 2014 / By Prince Obimpeh (Peace fm Online) A Ghanaian has been elected to serve as rapporteur on the Bureau of the Intergovernmental Council of the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC at the Headquarters of UNESCO in Paris, France on. Mrs. Diana Heymann-Adu who was a Senior Lecturer at the…
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