20 August 2015 / By La Serena Online La actividad se desarrolló en el marco de las transformaciones impulsadas por la nueva Ley de TV Digital. Directores y representantes de canales regionales de TV, periodistas y estudiantes, realizadores audiovisuales y autoridades locales, asistieron al seminario denominado “Pluralismo, regiones y desafíos de la comunicación”, organizado por…
21 August 2015/ By Milan Dinic Transparency of ownership represents one of the foundations of free and independent media. While in western democracies ownership transparency tends to be high, LSE student Milan Dinic argues that this is not the case in countries undergoing transition to the west, Serbia being one of them. He looks at…
24 August / By Georgia Online Acting Ambassador of the United States to Georgia Nicholas Berliner has responded to the critical statements made against him. As Nicholas Berliner told Rustavi 2 TV, the statement made by him a few days ago reflected the position of the U.S. government and the embassy. “I think the statement…
14 August 2010 / By Pieter-Jan Ombelet In his previous post, Pieter-Jan Ombelet of the KU Leuven Interdisciplinary Centre for Law and ICT (ICRI-CIR) analysed automated journalism (also referred to as robotic reporting) as a potential solution to combat the diminution of investigative journalism. Here, he focuses on the future possibilities of robotic reporting in…
13 August 2015 / By Zviad Adzinbaia, Georgia Today. Georgia’s largest TV Company and the country’s leading media organization Rustavi 2 is under attack. 100% of the company’s shares were sequestered on behalf of Georgian businessman Kibar Khalvashi- who filed a lawsuit to attempt to regain his share of the company on August 7. The…
14 August 2010 / By Pieter-Jan Ombelet Resources for investigative journalism are diminishing. In the digital age, this was a foreseeable evolution: publishers typically regard these pieces as time-consuming and expensive, and the results of the research are often unpredictable and potentially disappointing. In this first of two posts, Pieter-Jan Ombelet of the KU Leuven…
12 August 2015 / By Gerorgia Today The sequestration of 100 percent of Rustavi 2’s shares has attracted international attention. The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović assesses that excessive court measures against the Georgian television channel Rustavi 2 based on an ownership dispute may pose a threat to free media and…
11 August 2016 / By Civil Georgia, http://www.civil.ge OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović said on August 11 that “disproportionate and excessive” court order to freeze Tbilisi-based Rustavi 2 TV’s assets in a dispute over the broadcaster’s ownership may pose a threat to free media and media pluralism. “The court injunction may…
1 August 2015 / By Albaceteabierto.es Pedro Soriano, concejal no adscrito en el Ayuntamiento de Albacete, en una nota de prensa enviada a los medios de comunicación denuncia que el Partido Popular no invita a todos los medios de comunicación a sus eventos y ruedas de prensa. “El PP de Albacete debe informar, tanto a la…
22 July 2015 / By Natasha Lomas. techcrunch.com Every city, every town, every little geeky topic, every area of the news could potentially have an audience. Former Economist journalist Daniel Tudor is one half of the founding team behind London-based crowdfunded journalism startup Byline, along with CEO Seung-yoon Lee. “Journalism is clearly in big trouble.…
Date: 29 Sept 2015, 18:00 hrs Address: European Parliament Brussels, Belgium What is the “Digital platforms: helping or hurting media pluralism?” session about? In general, the media have a significant role to play in supporting and shaping cultural diversity and values and thus ensuring the effective functioning of democratic societies. For more than a hundred of years…
July 5 2015 / By El Colombiano Es muy posible que Donald Trump, el estridente empresario que actúa ahora como precandidato del partido republicano para optar por la Presidencia de la primera democracia del mundo, tuviera perfectamente calculadas las consecuencias políticas y mediáticas de sus disparatadas declaraciones contra los latinos -concretamente los mexicanos- inmigrantes en…
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