20 April, 2016 / Vedran Pavlic in Total Croatia News Media freedom deteriorated around the world last year, according to an annual report published by Reporters Without Borders. That includes Croatia as well, which fell five places in the rankings compared to 2014, reports Novi List on April 20, 2016. The media freedom rankings cover…
April 15, 2016 / By Infobae.com De ese modo, cumple con la promesa del DNU que creó el Enacom. Héctor Huici, Andrés Gil Domínguez, Henoch Aguiar, Santiago Kovadloff, Alejandro Pereyra y Silvana Giudici tienen 180 días para redactar el proyecto El Gobierno conformó hoy la comisión encargada de redactar una ley para reformar las leyes…
April 14, 2016 / By Europa Press Con especial atención a los peligros específicos de género que enfrentan las mujeres periodistas El Comité de Ministros del Consejo de Europa ha hecho públicas una serie de recomendaciones dirigidas a los Estados miembro con el objetivo de que protejan el periodismo y la seguridad de quienes lo…
April 11, 2016 / By European Federation of Journalist The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) was invited by the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists &Democrats in the European Parliament to a seminar on Diversity in Media and Culture Versus Convergence on Thursday 7 of April. Ms Maria Joao Rodrigues, S&D Vice President and…
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…
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