October 20 2014 / By Manuel Fuentes EFE La presidenta de Chile, Michelle Bachelet, y la responsable de la Cepal, Alicia Bárcena, destacaron el luns ante la asamblea de la Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa (SIP) la importancia de una información pluralista y veraz, especialmente en tiempos de cambio como los que vive la región. “El…
21 October 2014 / Media Policy Project Blog LSE Robert G. Picard is Director of Research at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism , University of Oxford, a research fellow at Green Templeton College (Oxford), and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts . He explains the results of the pilot implementation in the UK…
Political and media figures criticize media crackdown by Maliki government 22 October 2014 / By Afrah Shawqi Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Political and media figures welcomed the return of Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper to Iraq’s newsstands on Tuesday after a 10 month absence. A Baghdad newsstand owner, Abu Zaina, said he was happy to see the return of…
October 19, 2014 / By Diego Taboada Varela Pues siento decirlo, pero para mí la península ibérica no tiene solución. Haría falta un verdadero milagro político para poner algo de orden en lo que José Saramago bautizó como la Jangada de Pedra. Pues siento decirlo, pero para mí la península ibérica no tiene solución. Haría falta…
October 17, 2014 / By Svetla Dimitrova Media concentration and lack of ownership transparency are a major obstacle to media pluralism and freedom in Bulgaria. According to media law expert Nelly Ognyanova, neither of these obstacles can be removed without political will. Interview A campaign in support of a European Citizens Initiative on Media Pluralism was underway…
October 17, 2014 / By Igne Graef Inge Graef, an expert on the intersection between personal data and competition law on online media platforms from KU Leuven, looks at the Facebook/WhatsApp acquisition and argues that the European Commission should have examined the impact data concentration can have on attracting and retaining users and privacy as a…
By Aung Ye Maung Maung October 16, 2014 / Voice of America FILE – A Myanmar journalist with his mouth sealed with tape, symbolizing the government’s recent crackdown on media, protest outside Myanmar Peace Center where President Thein Sein attends a meeting in Yangon, Myanmar, July 12, 2014. Myanmar journalists are objecting to a proposed…
October 16, 2014 / RIA NOVOSTI en.ria.ru Russia should make every effort to guarantee freedom of expression, support media pluralism, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) researcher told RIA Novosti, regarding the new law, which has reduced the possible share of foreign stockholders in Russian media. MOSCOW, October 16 (RIA Novosti) – Russia should make every effort…
October 16, 2014 / Walk Street Journal By VERONIKA GULYAS Thursday confirmed it filed an official complaint to the European Commission about Hungary’s advertising tax, saying it hurt media pluralism and was discriminatory. Hungary introduced a new advertising tax this summer levied on revenues with progressive tax rates ranging from 0% to 40%, payable by media…
June 30, 2014 / www.worldbank.org Communications experts analyze Latin American media law in the context of the region’s digital revolution This article most likely arrived to you by recommendation of Facebook and/or Twitter, which makes you part of the growing legion of global users —250 million of them Latin America— who use the web and social…
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