November 15, 2017 / By El Dínamo A Andrónico Luksic no le gustó para nada que el Partido Comunista recurriera a la Fiscalía Nacional Económica (FNE) para buscar impugnar la venta del 33% de la propiedad de Canal 13 por parte de la Universidad Católica a su sociedad TV Medios. Y es que los parlamentarios…
3 September, 2017 / By Michelle Rowland There are two kinds of politicians: those who value an evidentiary and principles-based approach to law-making; and those who spurn analysis in favour of short-termism. Paul Keating was the consummate member of the first category. The cleansing power of competition. The will to drive unprecedented economic and social transformation.…
August 20, 2017 / By Nicolás Oses, ladiscusión.cl Durante la ceremonia de lanzamiento de la revista y página web de la Región de Ñuble, el Presidente de Empresas La Discusión, Alejandro Santa María, aprovechó la instancia para agradecer a la Presidenta Michelle Bachelet por su gestión en la creación de la región “Ñublensina”. “La Región…
August 20, 2017 / By Luis Villadiego, DigitalSevilla En los últimos 40 años hemos asistido a un reagrupamiento paulatino de la mayoría de medios de comunicación con alcance internacional. Hoy en día, más de dos terceras partes de la prensa occidental pertenece a sólo 14 grupos (21st Century Fox, Bertelsmann, CBS Corporation, Comcast, Hearst Corporation,…
30 July, 2017 / By Faith Ndlovu, Bulawayo Two weeks ago, the Zimbabwean media industry celebrated as two of the country’s biggest media players, Zimpapers and AB Communications, launched new media products amidst a harsh economic environment, posing a serious viability challenge to the sector. Zimpapers unveiled a new publication, the Business Weekly, while AB Communications…
20 July, 2017 / By Peace FM Online The Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) will hold a one-day stakeholder forum to present a report on research findings on media ownership in Ghana on Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at 9a.m. at the Alisa Hotel in Accra. The research project titled: “Media…
July 31, 2017 / by Kweku Zurek, graphic.com Six GCGL newspaper brands; Daily Graphic, Junior Graphic, The Mirror, Graphic Showbiz, Graphic Sports and Graphic Business were assessed as part of the research. The GCGL maintained its status as the leading and largest newspaper publishing company in Ghana. The GCGL papers placed first, ahead of Western…
June 29, 2017 / by Mikhail Minakov, Opendemocracy Eastern Europe has become a source of short- and long-term risks for the entire European continent. Inter-state conflicts, authoritarianism and illiberalism seem to permanently dwell here and increase the threats to democracy in other parts of Europe. With the commence of the Russian-Ukrainian war and annexation of…
Observatory of Media Pluralism 