November 30, 2017 / By Zoltan Simons, Bloomberg The U.S. pledged to provide funding to cash-starved media outlets in rural Hungary, where allies of Prime Minister Viktor Orban have come to dominate the industry. Locals are also improvising ways to provide news outside of the government’s purview. The State Department will grant up to $700,000…
November 24 / By Neaman Lerhmari, Morocco World News Rabat – Moroccan-based investigative media Le Desk has partnered with Reporters Without Borders to author a web-based report on media ownership in Morocco. The international initiative aims to bring more transparency to the Moroccan media landscape in an attempt to answer the age-old question: who controls the media? “Monitoring and ensuring ownership…
November 16, 2017 / By El Ciudadano A través de su cuenta de Twitter, el diputado comunista Daniel Núñez llamó al empresario Andrónico Luksic a debatir en Canal 13 sobre la propiedad y el pluralismo de los medios de comunicación. El emplazamiento se produjo luego que esta semana la bancada del Partido Comunista anunciara que…
November 14, 2017 / By Natalia Seguel Parlamentarios del PC rechazaron la compra del 100% de la propiedad de Canal 13 por parte del empresario Andrónico Luksic. De acuerdo a los legisladores, esta venta se trata de una “grave concentración de poder económico y político”, por lo que recurrirán a la Fiscalía Nacional Económica para impedir que se concrete la…
Oktober 16, 2017 / By Chacodíapordía El ex subsecretario de Medios del kirchnerismo analizó el panorama mediático actual, tras cumplirse ocho años de la aprobación de la ley de Servicios de Comunicación Audiovisual por parte del Senado, desmembrada por el presidente Mauricio Macri a poco de asumir. “Cuando gana el actual gobierno buena parte…
October 5, 2017/ By Danny Gonzalo Monsálvez A. La controversia producida entre la candidata Beatriz Sánchez y el ex ministro de la dictadura Sergio Melnick, ha puesto nuevamente en el tapete de la discusión el tema de la responsabilidad de los civiles que participaron de la dictadura de Pinochet. Pero no se trata de cualquier civil,…
21 September, 2017 / By rcmediafreedom The media sector in Montenegro is characterised by strong political polarisation. The few examples of non-aligned investigative journalism are subject to both direct and indirect pressure by the financial and political powers in the form of legal actions and, in the worst cases, of physical attacks to reporters and their property. The…
September 14, 2017 / By Alla Rosca The greatest propagandist of Moldova pretends to be the great propaganda fighter,” remarked Maia Sandu, the pro-European leader of the Action and Solidarity Party, about Vladimir Plahotniuc’s recent legislative initiative. In June 2017, Plahotniuc, the chairman of Moldova’s Democratic Party, introduced legislation ostensibly intended to bolster the security…
14 September, 2017 / La Asociación de Entidades Periodísticas Argentinas (ADEPA) destacó la agenda de libertad de expresión que está implementando el gobierno de Mauricio Macri, donde se terminó la guerra contra los medios y se avanzó en una agenda que incluye el acceso a la información pública, las conferencias de prensa y medios públicos…
September 10, 2017 / By Mironline The world’s 400th IKEA store recently opened in Serbia. This seemingly banal event has special significance for the country, where an IKEA first opened in the early 1990s and quickly closed as the crisis in Yugoslavia worsened. Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić effusively praised the arrival of the furniture store as a…
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.…
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…
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