19 February 2015 / By Silvia Chocarro There is no question media pluralism and diversity are crucial for strong democracies. The pressing question is how to guarantee it. According to a group of Latin American experts that met in Washington, DC, the media environment in the region needs some regulation–but without undermining media independence. The…
19 February 2015 / By Ioanna Zikakou Greece ranked 91st in the annual Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index 2015, which is a step up compared to last year when the country was ranked in 99th place. The World Press Freedom Index ranks the performance of 180 countries according to a range of criteria that…
13 February 2015 / By Jigger J. Jerusalem THE continuing impunity and the unabated media killings in the country are still the main reasons the Philippines has ranked low in a worldwide survey on press freedom, a media group leader said Friday. Although its ranking among the 180 countries has moved a few notches higher, the…
13 February 2015 / By Staff Correspondant The Daily Star Bangladesh’s position remained unchanged at 146 among 180 countries in this year’s World Press Freedom Index. Finland topped the list for the fifth consecutive year, followed by Norway and Denmark while Eritrea hit the bottom. The yearly index by Reporters Without Borders evaluates countries on…
12 February 2015 / By Martinoticia.com Se situó en el lugar 169 entre 180 países en el escalafón confeccionado anualmente por Reporteros Sin Fronteras. Venezuela fue el número 137 Cuba subió un peldaño en el Indice Mundial de Libertad de Prensa 2015 publicado este jueves por la organización Reporteros Sin Fronteras, pero continuó en el…
8 February 2015 / By In Serbia Networks American Fund “KKR investment”, headed by former CIA chief General David Petraeus, from October 2013 until this day, in less than a year and a half, has put under its control a significant part of Serbian media, internet portal “Vaseljenska” reported. Americans first bought SBB, the largest cable…
28 January 2015 / By European Federation of Journalists Senior representatives from broadcasting, network infrastructure, trade unions and professional organisations call on EU decision-makers to shape an ambitious industrial strategy for Europe’s creative and cultural industries. Europe’s unique radio and audiovisual model is a huge asset for Europe’s competitive position in the digital world, cultural…
28 January 2015 / By Periodistas en espanol.com La concentración en la propiedad de los medios de comunicación es la amenaza más extendida en Europa para el pluralismo de los medios y la información, según un estudio del Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF), del Instituto de la Universidad Europea de Florencia (Italia).…
25 January 2015 / By European Federation of Journalist Europe needs more media pluralism. The application of the “Media Pluralism Monitor 2014″, developped by the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF) at the Florence European University Institute, demonstrates that there are various risks for media pluralism across nine selected countries (Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, France,…
27 January 2015 / By Sadaf Aman India has not been kind to people who have taken the path less travelled — be it MF Hussain or Salman Rushdie and more recently Perumal Murugan. Even while we have social media that has boosted freedom of expression and creativity, there is a rider in the form…
25 January 2015 / By Naomi Sakr In a classic essay in the Journal of Democracy in 2002, “The End of the Transition Paradigm,” democratization analyst Thomas Carothers questioned the assumption that elections are the be-all and end-all of democracy. His argument seems especially apt in Egypt’s case. One mistake, according to Carothers, is to believe…
24 January 2015 / By Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom During 2014, the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF) carried out a pilot-test implementation of an updated and streamlined version of the Media Pluralism Monitor (MPM) developed in 2009 by a consortium led by the University of Leuven. The implementation was conducted in nine EU Member…
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