12th October 2014 / By Turkish Media Wach Freedom and pluralism of the media are key issues potential candidate states are being asked to take into account in order to be a part of the European Union, Maja Kocijancic, a spokesperson for the European Commission, said when asked to evaluate an expanding media accreditation ban…
8th November 2014 / By La semana pasada se hizo público el informe correspondiente al Reino Unido de las pruebas piloto del Monitor del Pluralismo de los Medios, promovido por la Comisión Europea y que coordina el Centro para el Pluralismo y la Libertad de los Medios (CMPMF), dependiente del Instituto Universitario Europeo de Florencia.…
Digital intermediaries and the public interest standard in algorithm governance 7th November 2014 / byPhilip Napoli Philip Napoli is Professor of Journalism & Media Studies in the School of Communication & Information at Rutgers University, where his research focuses on media institutions and policy. He has provided testimony on media policy issues to the U.S. Senate,…
5th November 2014 / By Reporters without Borders Freedom of information has made important progress in Brazil during the past 12 years under President Lula da Silva and (since 2011) his successor Dilma Rousseff, who was reelected on 26 October, winning a fourth consecutive term for the Workers’ Party (PT), but much remains to be…
5th November 2014 / By John Cordina The government’s manipulation of public broadcasting in the 1980s is largely at the root of the present weaknesses in Malta’s broadcasting sector, according to a report published by the Today Public Policy Institute today. The twelfth report published by the think-tank since its inception in 2008 is called…
5 November 2014 / By Robin Foster Robin Foster is an adviser on strategy, policy and regulation in the media and communications sectors and a founding member of Communications Chambers. He previously held strategy and board level posts at Ofcom, Independent Television Commission, and the BBC and has provided senior level advice to leading organisations including…
4th November 2014 / By /www.teinteresa.es La denuncia del aumento de la concentración de la propiedad de los medios europeos en manos de unos pocos grupos de comunicación es este año el objetivo central de la jornada europea ‘En pie por el periodismo’, que ha convocado para este jueves la Federación Europea de Periodistas (FEP). En…
3 November 2014 / By Adelina Marini, Zagreb EU can and should have a bigger role in supporting media freedom and pluralism in the EU and beyond. This is how begins the report of the high level group on media pluralism and freedom, established by the former European commissioner for the digital agenda and media, Neelie…
4th November 2014 / by Emma Goodman, LSE Media Policy Project Today, the Advisory Council to Google on the Right to be Forgotten holds its last public meeting in Brussels. The Council, which was set up by Google following the European Court of Justice’s ruling that a Spanish citizen had the right to ask the…
1th november 2014 / By LSE Media Policy (blog) LSE Media Policy Project (blog) Over the coming weeks, this blog will host insight from leading world experts focusing on the topic of the role of new digital intermediaries in the context of traditional media policy concerns with media pluralism and editorial responsibility. We are pleased…
29th October 2014 / By Petra News Agency Amman, Oct. 29 (Petra) – A three-year media project funded by the European Union (EU) was launched Wednesday. The ‘Support to Media in Jordan’ project is part of a broader EU initiative to support civil society and media and will be implemented by UNESCO’s Amman office in…
October 29th, 2014 / by LSE Media Policy Project This year has seen significant developments in internet governance, including the Brazilian government’s attempt to create a truly multistakeholder global process in the wake of the Snowden revelations, and the US government’s announcement of its intention to transition domain name functions to the global multistakeholder community.…
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