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…
Extended public funding of media content production is not just legitimate, it’s a prerequisite for the maintenance of democracy June 27, 2017/ byDr Roddy Flynn, DCU School of Communications, dcu.ie A day long symposium organised by the Institute for Future Journalism and Media (“FuJo”) at Dublin City University at DCU last week made the…
February 7, 2017/ By The Irish Time The business model for local newspapers is “broken” and the future of Celtic Media’s seven titles is best protected by being part of a larger company, its chief executive Frank Mulrennan has told an Oireachtas committee. “The reality is we are faced with a broken business model for…
November 15, 2016 / By Michael O’Regan Taoiseach Enda Kenny has rejected a call for a public commission on the future of the media in the Republic. Mr Kenny said everybody would agree that a free and pluralistic media was an essential component of a modern democracy. He said a report commissioned by Sinn Féin…
26, October 2016/ By Breaking News The Communications Minister Denis Naughten has suggested it is not legally possible to force media owners to sell their outlets. It comes after a report raised concerns about media ownership in Ireland. The report says too much media is owned by either RTÉ or businessman Denis O’Brien. It rejects…
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 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…
9 March 2016 / By RTE News Ireland is exposed to a “high risk” over its concentration of media ownership, according to the findings of an unpublished report for the EU Commission, details of which have been seen by RTÉ’s This Week. The report is examining media plurality in Ireland for the first time, alongside 18…
7 March 2016 / By Mark Moloney. Published by Anphoblach AN UNPUBLISHED REPORT from the European Union criticises the concentration of media ownership in Ireland, RTÉ reports. RTÉ’s This Week programme cites an unpublished report carried out by the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom based in Florence for the EU Commission. Research for…
19 June 2015 / By Alison O’Connor The general lack of reaction to the Government’s new media-merger guidelines, which were published last week, says a lot. In the midst of a massive national controversy about the concentration of media ownership and censorship, Alex White, the communications minister, finally publishes the new rules for governing this…
9 june 2015 / By Fiach Kelly New media mergers guidelines which say it is “undesirable” for one person or business to hold excessive influence in the industry are set to be passed by Cabinet on Tuesday. Minister for Communications Alex White is expected to publish the guidelines once they have been passed by Ministers…
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