2005-2014

Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has rejected a bill that would have forced editors to name their sources if their stories led to court cases. Kibaki declined to sign Kenya’s Media Bill after calling an amendment within it “a great inhibition of press freedom” that could “undermine the [country’s] democratic strides,” according to an official statement posted on the website of Kenya’s

Rupert Murdoch doesn't yet own the Wall Street Journal, but he's already flexing his muscles. In the last two weeks, the chairman of News Corp. has called at least three reporters who were considering leaving the top financial publication and asked them to stay, people familiar with the calls said Thursday. Some journalists in the newsroom took the gesture as a sign of Murdoch's commitment to keep...

Reporters Without Borders today condemned the censorship of six privately-owned Arabic-language dailies during the past five days in an attempt by the security forces to suppress reports about the arrests of eight alleged terrorists. “The vice-president announced the official lifting of censorship nearly a year ago,” the press freedom organisation said. “Now we regrettably see that this practice...

Kolkata, Aug 23 (PTI): The media were barred from covering a high-level meeting between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharjee at a five-star hotel here today. Though the state government's information and cultural affairs department had sent invitations to a section of the media yesterday, these were cancelled hours later. A statement said,...

Kula Lumpur, 23 August (AKI) - A Malaysian Tamil-language newspaper, Makkal Ossai, has apologised for publishing an image of Jesus holding a cigarette and what appeared to be a can of beer. However the daily is facing calls be shut down, according to a report in the Malaysian daily, The Star. The picture of Jesus was reportedly downloaded from the Internet and used on the front page of the paper...

Reporters Without Borders voiced concern today about deputy information minister Alyaksandr Slabadchuk’s announcement on 20 August that a working group is being set up to look at the “Internet’s legal regulation.” The announcement came two weeks after President Alexander Lukashenko threatened to put an end to “anarchy” on the Internet. “We are alarmed that the authorities have decided to pursue...

Audiences are now more in control than ever over their digital media and entertainment habits and increasingly savvy about filtering marketing messages, a recent survey has concluded. Consumers are seeking consolidated, trustworthy content, recognition and community when it comes to mobile and Internet entertainment. Armed with PC, mobile and interactive content and tools, consumers are vying for

Aug 23 (Reuters) - Dow Jones & Co Inc (DJ.N: Quote, Profile, Research), which is being acquired by News Corp (NWSa.N: Quote, Profile, Research), on Thursday named new general managers for three key online operations. The company said Daniel Bernard, vice president of marketing for The Wall Street Journal Digital Network (formerly Dow Jones Online), is now general manager of The Wall Street Journal...

Sudanese authorities released a local journalist Monday who had been held for two months for allegedly violating a government ban on coverage of dam construction in the northern part of teh country. Five other activists were released besides the journalist, news agencies hve reported. Courtesy: sudaneseonline.com The state-run SUNA news agency said Mujahid Abdallah had violated the prohibition...

NEW YORK: After more than 10 years of newspapers slowly migrating to the Web, most have embraced the medium as their future, showing they can break news, provide audio and video extras, and give readers more space to react and rebut than ever before. Successes are many, ranging from exclusive online interviews to sourcing details that give readers more complete information than any daily could...