August 20, 2017 / By Luis Villadiego, DigitalSevilla En los últimos 40 años hemos asistido a un reagrupamiento paulatino de la mayoría de medios de comunicación con alcance internacional. Hoy en día, más de dos terceras partes de la prensa occidental pertenece a sólo 14 grupos (21st Century Fox, Bertelsmann, CBS Corporation, Comcast, Hearst Corporation,…
August 13, 2017 / By Paul Goldman and Lawahez Jabari and Alexander Smith, Euronews TEL AVIV — Israel is often described as “the only democracy in the Middle East.” But in recent weeks it has drawn criticism from human rights organizations by taking steps to ban the pan-Arab news channel Al Jazeera. Israel has opposed Al…
August 10, 2017 / By dircomfidencial.com La Clasificación Mundial de la Libertad de Prensa es publicada cada año por Reporteros Sin Fronteras (RSF) y permite conocer la situación de 180 estados en esta materia. En la lista se ordenan los países en cuanto a la presencia de pluralismo, independencia de los medios de comunicación, la seguridad y la…
August 3, 2017 / by Susanna D’Aliesio, bjp-online.com Mathias Depardon was shooting for National Geographic in South East Turkey when he was taken for questioning by police – and held for 32 days in total When Mathias Depardon was released by the Turkish government on 09 June, he had been held in custody for 32 days.…
August 1, 2017 / byRock Ronald Rozario, lacroix.com The Arab crisis surrounding Qatar and the demands by the Saudi Arabia-led campaign to shut down its influential Al-Jazeera news agency shines a light on the growing threats to freedom of speech in the region. David Kaye, the United Nations special rapporteur on freedom of opinion and…
July 31, 2017 / By Paginasiete.bo Las afirmaciones de la ministra de Comunicación, Gísela López, en sentido de que “el Canal 7 es completamente plural” y de que “Página Siete no es plural” han provocado más de un comentario irónico entre los usuarios de redes sociales, ante la abundancia de evidencia de que la realidad…
30 July, 2017 / By Faith Ndlovu, Bulawayo Two weeks ago, the Zimbabwean media industry celebrated as two of the country’s biggest media players, Zimpapers and AB Communications, launched new media products amidst a harsh economic environment, posing a serious viability challenge to the sector. Zimpapers unveiled a new publication, the Business Weekly, while AB Communications…
25 July, 2017 / By Joseph Varghese, Gulf Times Several leading media experts have stressed the need for joint efforts to protect media freedom around the world. They were speaking yesterday at the plenary session of an international conference on the threats facing freedom of expression, being held in Doha which will conclude today. Organised by…
24 July, 2017 / By By Rex L. Navarro, Bussines Mirror.com.ph IN his first State of the Nation Address, President Duterte called for the creation of a People’s Broadcasting Corp. (PBC), replacing PTV-4, the government-run TV station. The PBC aims to replicate credible international public broadcasting networks like the British Broadcasting Corp. Along with this, he…
22 July, 2017 / By Abu Mubarik, Pulso.com.gh Journalists, however critical they are of the president, must not be denied access to the Flagstaff House. The foundation of any growing democracy is to have a buoyant press that speaks truth to power, no matter how awkward or detestable they are. In the United State of America,…
July 21, 2017 / infomajadahonda.com Somos Majadahonda junto con Izquierda Unida presentan en el próximo Pleno Municipal de Majadahonda del mes de julio, una moción para la supresión del uso de la contratación menor en los servicios de la publicidad institucional del Ayuntamiento. “Desde Somos Majadahonda hemos observando como la publicidad institucional del Ayuntamiento de Majadahonda se repite año tras…
20 July, 2017 By Stefano Stefanini, EURACTIV.com Federica Mogherini must push the Gulf states to clean up on terrorism and work towards an end to the standoff with Qatar, writes Stefano Stefanini. Stefano Stefanini is former permanent representative of Italy to NATO and diplomatic advisor to former Italian President Napolitano. This Sunday (23 July), Federica Mogherini will visit…
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