April 9, 2016 / By Diario Digital RD Urge que los estados adopten legislaciones y medidas para promover el pluralismo, la diversidad y para revertir el proceso de concentración de medios que se registra en América Latina, advirtió Claudio Paolillo, presidente de la Comisión de Libertad de Prensa e Información de la Sociedad Interamericana de…
April 8, 2016 / By Roderick Flynn, Irish Examiner A European project looking at media pluralism has found that ownership of newspapers and broadcasting outlets is becoming concentrated in fewer hands, says Roderick Flynn THE extent to which media constitute a pluralistic public sphere has been an issue in Ireland for some decades. Concern has focused on…
April 6, 2016 / By Colum Kenny, The Irish Times Some social and cultural groups have difficulty getting their voices heard ‘Paddy likes to know the full story,’ said Enda Kenny famously. But Paddy’s chances of getting the full story are reduced by factors identified in a new European report on the media. The report for…
April 6, 2016 / By UNESCO, Published By BigNewsNetwork.com The 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions allocates an important place to the role of media. Whether it be through highlighting the importance of media as essential advocates of the Convention, or the central role given to freedom of…
April 04, 2016 / By Francisco Carnese, lmneuquen.com La ley de medios, el grupo Clarín y el rol del Estado en la nueva política comunicacional fueron los ejes que en una entrevista con LM Neuquén abordó el secretario de Medios Públicos de la Nación, Jorge Sigal. ¿Por qué se derogó la ley de medios? En principio…
April 4, 2016 / By Michael O’Regan The Irish Times Report calls for retrospective reform of competition law to restrict influence of individuals. Concentration of media ownership in Ireland poses a “high risk” to diversity of opinion, according to a report compiled by a Dublin City University lecturer. Fewer owners limit the opportunity for diversity of opinion and…
April 3, 2016 / By SHUBHDA CHAUDHARY, The Citizen.in In an attempt to silence Freedom of Speech and Expression, Argentina’s Television Channel Telesur is facing egregious silencing and abandoning from the government. Currently, Argentina has a 16 percent stake in La Nueva Television del Sur, the company that owns Telesur, whose other shareholders are Venezuela, Cuba,…
March 31, 2016 / By Gustavo Gómez en La red 21 Pese a que la Ley de Servicios de Comunicación Audiovisual (Ley SCA) de Argentina fue declarada constitucional por la Suprema Corte de Justicia argentina y valorada en su momento por los relatores de libertad de expresión de ONU y OEA por su equilibrio entre garantías para…
March 31, 2016 / By Cristina Papaleo, Deutsche Welle La decisión de Argentina de retirarse de Telesur fue anunciada por el Titular del Sistema Federal de Medios y Contenidos Públicos, Hernán Lombardi. El Estado argentino es accionario en un 16 por ciento y el fin de su participación tendría, de concretarse, un costo económico para…
March 30, 2016 / By Teinteresa.es España es uno de los cinco países de la UE, junto a República Checa, Finlandia, Luxemburgo y Rumanía, donde la concentración en la propiedad de los medios de comunicación merece una catalogación de “riesgo alto”. Así lo refleja el informe ‘Monitorización del Pluralismo de los Medios en Europa’, que…
March 30, 2016 / By Radio Free Europe /Radio Liberty Latvian authorities shut down Russia’s pro-Kremlin news site Sputnik on March 29, calling it a “propaganda tool” and drawing an immediate rebuke from Moscow. Latvia’s local domain registry suspended Sputnik’s right to hold the news site Sputniknews.lv, which was established only a few weeks ago to…
March 30, 2016 / By By Chen Wei-han, Tapei Times The New Power Party (NPP) caucus yesterday proposed draft legislation to prevent media monopolies and to maintain media pluralism to address issues that sparked protests against media monopolization in 2012. The proposal seeks to limit media mergers, stipulating that a company cannot own more than three…
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