January 7, 2016 / By Ariel Rieda, Chequeado Contrariamente a lo afirmado por el flamante ministro de Comunicaciones, los principales actores mediáticos controlan una gran proporción de mercado y de audiencias, un fenómeno que se repite en toda la región latinoamericana. “La Argentina no tiene medios concentrados, monopolio”, declarósemanas atrás Oscar Aguad, ministro de Comunicaciones…
January 7, 2015 / By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA, Startribune.com A new wave of concern for media freedom in Poland rose among European Union leaders and independent journalists after Poland’s president signed a temporary new law Thursday that’s a step toward giving the government full control of state radio and television. The legislation will take effect Friday and…
January 4, 2016 / By Index on Censorship The undersigned press freedom and media organisations – European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), European Broadcasting Union (EBU), Association of European Journalists (AEJ), Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Index on Censorship – are outraged by theproposed bill, hastily introduced by the majority party in…
2 December 2015 / By Khmer Times/Chea Takihiro Reporters Without Borders (RSF), an international journalism watchdog group, released a report on the ownership of media in Cambodia, highlighting the alarming amount of outlets owned or controlled by the government. The group conducted a study on Cambodia for its ‘Media Ownership Monitor’ project, which they say is…
4 December 2015 / By Carla Moscoso, El Mostrador En lo que va del año, la cobertura de los medios respecto del quehacer político y la transparencia de la función pública ha reinstalado el viejo debate en torno al rol de los medios nacionales en la configuración del debate público. Y aunque el desfase comunicacional…
3 December 2015 / By Dunja Mijatović, Index on Cersorship Propaganda, counterpropaganda and information wars are all terms that, unfortunately, have become part of our daily discourse. As the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Representative on Freedom of the Media, I have raised the issue of propaganda emanating from the conflict in and…
27 November 2015 / By Facundo Franco, La Diaria Según estudio, libertad de expresión se ejerce correctamente en Uruguay y la ley de medios constituiría una mejora. Todas las instituciones educativas terciarias que ofrecen carreras de comunicación en Uruguay y la UNESCO presentarán hoy un informe en el que se analizan varios indicadores de desarrollo…
26 November 2015 / By Ghana Web A former director of the School of Information and Communication Studies of the University of Ghana has said a spike in the number of radio stations across Ghana has, in reality, not translated into media pluralism. Prof Audrey Gadzekpo said the liberalisation of the media in Ghana since…
25 November 2015 / By Silvia Higuera, Journalism in the Americas Blog At a conference in Bogotá, Colombia, the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), Edison Lanza, talked with representatives of various international organizations concerned with media concentration in the Americas. The discussion, held during the international…
25 November 2015 / By Jonathan Luxmoore, The Pilot Media monitors at the 57-country Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe condemned the Vatican’s trial of two journalists and urged the Holy See to honor its international press freedom commitments. “Our main concern is for the protection of confidential sources — this is a pillar…
23 November 2015 / By Annette Chrysostomou, Cyprus Mail Violations of press freedom have increased drastically worldwide from last year, especially in Europe. Though Cyprus has gained one place on the international scale – up to 24 – the country is part of this trend, with a two per cent decline in press freedom, according to…
20 November 2015 / By Radio Free Europe – Radio Liberty The OSCE’s representative on freedom of the media, Dunja Mijatovic, has deplored the decision of Russian authorities to label the nongovernmental organization Glasnost Defense Foundation (GDF) as a “foreign agent.” In a November 20 statement, Mijatovic said GDF had been “working tirelessly to protect and…
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