7 May 2013 / By Media Policy Project Blog The three main UK political parties – the Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats and Labour – have set out their policy priorities for the media & telecoms sectors in their party manifestos. A recent report from Enders Analysis highlights areas of convergence and divergence between them in…
9 May 2015 / By Salvador Muñoz Hace pocos días nos enteramos del cierre del departamento de prensa y de varios programas de La Red lo que es una noticia lamentable pues además de implicar una serie de despidos a profesionales y equipos técnicos del canal, significa una nueva pérdida para el cada vez más…
5 May 2015 / By Godwin Akweiteh Allotey/citifmonline.com/Ghana Ghana has been ranked the 22nd country on the World Press Freedom Index. According to the 2015 World Press Freedom Index ranking, compiled by Paris-based ‘Reporters Without Borders,’ Ghana ranked 22nd out of 180 countries. This was disclosed by the Minister of Communications, Dr. Omane Boamah at a symposium…
5 April 2015 / By Sputnik News The Occupy Democracy demonstrations underway in London and other UK cities are into their fifth day on Tuesday, which will be devoted to demands for democratic reform of the media, the group’s website said. The action in central London is set to start at 12 p.m. (11:00 GMT) with a rally involving…
5 April 2015 / By Euroactive.com SPECIAL REPORT / The news industry is struggling with a shift to mobile, getting scant revenues as more readers turn to smartphones and tablets for information, according to new research published in April. These are among the findings of the latest Pew Research Center’s State of the News Media…
5 April 2015 / By Europa Press El presidente de la Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC), José María Marín Quemada, ha destacado este martes que el organismo vigilará el cumplimiento del pluralismo y la imparcialidad informativa en Televisión Española (TVE). El presidente de la Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la…
4 May 2015 / By Wilfredo Miranda Aburto “Putin controla casi todos los periódicos”. Periodistas independientes rusos denuncian amenazas a la libertad de prensa y los riesgos físicos y psicológicos de ejercer la profesión Riga (Letonia).- Más de 300 periodistas se han reunido en Letonia para discutir la situación de la libertad de prensa en el…
3 May 2015 / By El Mostrador Javiera Olivares participó durante esta mañana en la conmemoración del Día de la Libertad de Prensa en el Barrio Concha y Toro, ocasión en que hizo una crítica directa a la postura de quienes, en la práctica, controlan el libre flujo de las opiniones y expresiones en Chile.…
3 May 2015 / By Today’s Zaman On Tuesday morning, a national newspaper with pro-government values, the Vahdet daily, hit the stands, declaring on its front page that 300 leaders of the outlawed Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK) are crypto-Armenians and claimed that they were baptized in churches. The overall accusatory tone of the article is…
3 mayo 2015 / By DiariodeLeon.es La Asociación de Periodistas de León (APL) se ha adherido al manifiesto hecho público por la Federación de Asociaciones de Periodistas de España (FAPE) con motivo del Día Mundial de la Libertad de Prensa que se celebra mañana. El colectivo solicitó a los partidos políticos que garanticen “el pluralismo…
1 May 2015 / By http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ Every day journalists risk their lives to help inform us. Last year alone 66 journalists were killed, 119 kidnapped, 178 arrested and more 1800 of them attacked of threatened. Ahead of World Press Freedom Day on 3 May, we created an infographic based on the World Press Freedom Index put…
29 April 2015 / By OSCE.org The decision to reopen public service broadcaster ERT is a long awaited and important step to protect media pluralism in Greece, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović said today. ”The decision of the Greek Parliament to reopen ERT is of great importance and I warmly welcome…
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