February 16, 2017/ By Marisa Kellam and Elizabeth A. Stein President Donald Trump continues to wage his self-proclaimed “running war with the media.” During yesterday’s press conference, he evaded inquiries about his campaign’s contact with Russian officials by ignoring mainstream media reporters, only taking questions from those working for conservative news outlets. This is becoming a pattern…
November 20, 2016/ By Malta Today At least half of the Maltese nation is not following debates on current affairs or national issues on the social media, according to a survey of over 500 respondents carried out for an Europe-wide survey on the media. The Eurobarometer survey on media pluralism and democracy found that 52%…
February 8, 2017/ By LSE In December 2016, Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox reached an agreement in principle to buy UK satellite broadcaster Sky, a deal which might trigger a public interest test on the grounds of media plurality and a review by Ofcom. Des Freedman, professor at Goldsmiths, and Justin Schlosberg, lecturer at Birkbeck…
February 7, 2017/ By The Irish Time The business model for local newspapers is “broken” and the future of Celtic Media’s seven titles is best protected by being part of a larger company, its chief executive Frank Mulrennan has told an Oireachtas committee. “The reality is we are faced with a broken business model for…
February 7, 2017/ By DW En visita a Polonia, canciller alemana abogó ante su homóloga, Beata Szydlo, por el pluralismo, la independencia de la prensa y el poder judicial. Bruselas investiga a Varsovia por “vulneraciones al Estado de derecho”. Merkel aboga en Varsovia por pluralismo e independencia de medios y JusticiaLa líder alemana destacó…
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