2005-2014

The humble television is coming to the aid of the Internet portals when it comes to extending their reach, and selling their wares. Consider this: TV advertising of the Internet portals registered a growth of 190 per cent during January-August 2007 as compared to the same period in 2006, on the back of 77 new websites and a rise in ‘Shopping Portals’ average advertisement on TV during the period...

Imphal, Oct 13: All newspapers and electronic media houses in Manipur remained shut for the third day today since October 11 last after yet another attack on media freedom. On Wednesday last, the outlawed People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK)’s Central Committee sent out a press release regarding its Raising Day celebrations. Later in the night, another faction of the outfit...

MIAMI Leaders of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) insisted Saturday that the press freedom group will meet next year in Venezuela -- and they essentially dared President Hugo Chavez to stop them. IAPA officials say that in the past months, several hotels in Caracas, Maracaibo, and the resort Margarita Island have agreed to be the venue for the mid-year meeting scheduled for next March -...

New Delhi: For the past few weeks, Indian newspapers have seen a steady drumbeat of media stories on a case involving four employees of Mid-Day tabloid newspaper and their legal woes. The fairly innocuous stories about a former chief justice of India and potential conflict of interests drew the wrath of the Delhi high court, which sentenced the employees, including three journalists, to jail terms...

NEW YORK: Supporters of Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein, who has been held without charge by U.S. officials in Iraq for 18 months, marked the year-and-a-half anniversary Friday by presenting an online petition with 1,500 signatures to several top federal officials, organizers said. In a letter faxed Friday to the White House, U.S. State Department, the Speaker of the House of...

(PROBIDAD/IFEX) - On 11 October 2007, the National Civil Police announced the capture of José Alfredo Hernández, suspected murderer of radio journalist Salvador Sánchez Roque, who was killed on 20 September. According to the authorities, Hernández is a gang member. He, among others, previously issued death threats against the journalist, believing that the journalist had incriminated them in his...

(CPJ/IFEX) - NEW YORK, October 12, 2007 - The Committee to Protect Journalists is increasingly concerned about the fate of missing journalist Birendra Shah as political pressure mounts in Nepal to find him. CPJ called for the release of Shah, who reports for Nepal FM, Dristi Weekly, and Avenues TV, on Wednesday. He was abducted by local Maoist cadres in Bara district in central Nepal, according to...

The son of the murdered ethnic Armenian journalist Hrant Dink and a journalist colleague were convicted yesterday of insulting Turkish identity for publishing remarks that had also landed Dink in court. Aram Dink, and Serkis Seropyan, both editors at the Turkish-Armenian daily Agos, were each given a one-year suspended sentence under Turkey's controversial law on insulting "Turkishness", their...

The BBC has defended the director-general Mark Thompson's decision to attend a cocktail party in India as he finalises plans to cut up to 2,800 jobs. Mr Thompson and three executives have jetted off to Mumbai for a lavish bash to celebrate the BBC's success in India. The trip is costing a reported £12,000. Next week, BBC employees will be given details of swingeing job cuts to be made as part of...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Companies will spend a record $31 billion this year to advertise everything from toothpaste to home loans on the Internet, supporting countless news sites, social networks, video exchanges and blogs. But some media veterans worry that expectations for online advertising may be getting out-sized. Increasingly, they say, too much media depends on advertising as the only source...