2005-2014

(MEAA/IFEX) - Pushing through radical media ownership changes was just one of many victories for a conservative government in the censorship of the Australian press in 2006-07. Extended ASIO [Australian Security Intelligence Organisation] phone tapping powers, the charging of two journalists for refusing to reveal their sources, and conviction of a whistleblower whose revelations sparked the...

(Globe International/IFEX) - On 3 February 2007, an appeals court reaffirmed the ruling delivered by a court in the village of Kherlen Soum, located in Dornod Aimag (province), convicting "Dornod" newspaper's editor-in-chief, B. Tuya, of defamation, pursuant to a complaint filed by Miss Mongolia 1994, G. Tuul. In "Dornod" newspaper's 10 November 2006 issue, an article entitled "Women-trafficking...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. newspaper circulation fell 2.1 percent as of the end of March, according to data released on Monday, illustrating the migration of readers to the Internet and publishers' efforts to trim less valuable discount subscriptions. The decline reflects an ongoing movement of readers from paid print editions to mostly free online papers, but experts said it also shows an effort...

The Indian Paparazzi has come of age. Just when we were thinking that Abhi-Ash saga was behind us, it turned out that there was more to follow! Thanks to an enthusiastic photographer getting roughed up by the Big B’s security personnel.– the actor first apologized and then lashed out through the media, at the media for what he called nauseating interest in a private affair. This hungama was a...

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh warned the abductors of BBC journalist Alan Johnston that there would be serious consequences if the reporter came to harm, Israel Radio reported on Wednesday morning. Palestinian security forces know the identity of the kidnappers of the British reporter, but are not going to use force to win his release, a Palestinian security chief said in an...

It used to be that news-media outlets competed for the best stories or the most compelling photographs. Nowadays, though, some of the most furious competition in the news business is over the best Internet search words for a big story. With the Web assuming an increasingly vital role for print and television news outlets, and online competition intensifying, more outlets are turning to search...

April 30 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. newspaper circulation fell 2.1 percent in the six months through March as the Los Angeles Times and Washington Post lost readers, the Newspaper Association of America said. Circulation at 745 daily newspapers was 45 million, down from 45.9 million in the same period a year earlier, the association said today in a statement, citing data from the Audit Bureau of...

LONDON (Reuters) - The BBC is to launch a range of web-based on-demand TV and audio services which could revolutionise the way people watch television. The BBC Trust, which oversees the corporation, said on Monday it had approved the service after examining the public demand and any impact it would have on commercial rivals. Broadcaster Channel 4 said on Monday that its on-demand service had been...

BAGHDAD — One of Iraq's most beloved broadcasters was wounded in an assassination attempt Sunday, the latest target in a string of attacks against journalists here. Amal Mudarris, 58, a Baghdad radio veteran who began her career in 1962, suffered serious head injuries when she was shot several times outside her Baghdad home Sunday morning. Doctors said later in the day that her condition had...

AMMAN, Jordan: Jordanian authorities confiscated an edition of a local newspaper after it tried to print a front page article containing material authorities claimed harmed relations with the Palestinian government, its chief editor said Monday. Fahd Al-Rimawi, editor of Al-Majd, told the Associated Press that the April 30 edition of the semimonthly newspaper was confiscated during its printing...