18 February 2016 / By Des Freedman We’re facing a crisis at the heart of our media system – in other words with the dominant players across our media environment – on many different levels: of funding, of ethics, of representation and of legitimacy. The crisis is related, in particular, to the increasingly unequal distribution…
2 February 2016 / Por Aleida Calleja. Publicar por La Silla Rota Sin duda es una buena noticia la ampliación de frecuencias liberadas en el Programa Anual de Uso y Aprovechamiento de Bandas de Frecuencias 2016 que aprobó el Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones (IFT). Es histórica la cantidad de frecuencias que serán utilizadas para poder…
1 February 2016 / By Scott Griffen, Director of Press Freedom Programmes. Published by International Press Institute One year after historic election, optimism mixes with sluggish pace of reform Just over one year ago, Sri Lankans chose Maithripala Sirisena to be their next president, in a surprise rejection of incumbent leader Mahinda Rajapaksa, the man who…
1 February 2016 / Published by http://www.rt.com Ukraine’s authorities have urged a French broadcaster to take a documentary titled “Masks of Revolution” off the air. They claim the movie misrepresents Maidan events, and have a list of their own suggestions for what needs to be shown. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry in their facebook statement went…
30 January 2016 / By Arturo Flores Rodríguez. Published by El Diario del Cohuila La libertad de expresión es una característica de todo régimen que se catalogue como democrático, el discurso sobre la libertad de expresión es posible encontrarlo en muchos Estados, sin embargo en cuantiosas de las ocasiones el mismo se restringe mediante acciones…
January 26 / By Teresa Mioli, Journalism in the Americas Reunir a todas las partes interesadas en la industria de los medios de comunicación de América Latina con el fin de discutir los desafíos más grandes que enfrenta este campo es una tarea de enormes proporciones. Sin embargo, esto fue lo que un grupo de…
January 19, 2016 / By Jan-Werner Mueller in Project Sindicate PRINCETON – Poland’s turn toward authoritarian rule has set off alarm bells across the European Union and within NATO. Since coming to power in October, Jarosław Kaczyński’s Law and Justice party (PiS) has attacked the country’s Constitutional Court, politicized the judiciary and the civil service, and…
19 January 2016 / By Silvia Martínez Bruselas, El Periódico “En Polonia no se están violando ni los derechos humanos ni los principios. Todo se está llevando a cabo de acuerdo con laConstitución. No estamos haciendo nada que no se haya hecho en otros Estados miembros. Este debate no tiene sentido. Hay problemas más importantes…
19 January 2016 / By European Parliament News The European Commission’s decision to start a dialogue with Polish authorities on the rule of law and media independence in Poland was hotly debated in plenary on Tuesday, in the presence of Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydło. While some political group leaders criticised her government for disregarding…
15 January 2016 / By El destape Edison Lanza advirtió que puede haber una mayor concentración con los cambios en la ley introducidos por DNU. Expresó solidaridad con Víctor Hugo. El Relator Especial para la Libertad de Expresión de la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH), Edison Lanza, advirtió que los cambios en la Ley…
13 January 2016 / By Pier Luigi Parcu, Director of the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom, European University Institute Very bad news for European fundamental values is in the offing from Poland. The Polish President Andrej Duda signed a law that is creating serious concern at both national and European levels. The law was imposed, right…
8 January 2016 / By Reporters without Borders Reporters Without Borders’ project Media Ownership Monitor reveals oligopolies and lack of regulation, provides fresh data and analysis of the Colombian media market, public website http://www.monitoreodemedios.co launched in October. Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the international press freedom organization, launched its Media Ownership Monitor (MOM) project, a global…
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