2005-2014

Reporters Without Borders today condemned the two-year prison sentences which a Bangkok court imposed on two TV talk show hosts on 12 April after finding them guilty of defaming deputy Bangkok governor Samart Ratchapolasit by saying on two different occasions that he had taken bribes. “We are not claiming that the allegations made by the two TV presenters were in any way based on established facts...

Sulaimaniya, Apr 17, (VOI) - Security forces in the city of Sulaimaniya arrested on Tuesday the editor-in-chief of (Lavin) Magazine, Ahmed Mera, after publishing an article on the repercussions of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's recent illness, an official from the Kurdish magazine said. "After publishing an article titled ‘Legacy of the sick man’ on the repercussions of the recent illness of...

BBC correspondent Alan Johnston’s abductors have demanded $5 million for his release, the London-based Asharq Alawsat reported Tuesday even as the police in the Gaza Strip scuffled with journalists demonstrating in support the journalist. The demand for ransom contradicts reports circulated Sunday that Johnston had been executed, which Palestinian Authority security officials said they could...

Sky News' website will relaunch on Thursday with a renewed emphasis on breaking news. The new-look site's aesthetic will be brought into line with the March revamp to the rolling news channel's on-air graphics. "Three separate home page templates will aid news delivery, with one ensuring a large proportion of the page is devoted to major breaking news stories," according to a statement, which said...

(RSF/IFEX) - A total of 16 journalists were physically attacked, mainly by lawyers, while covering a demonstration organised by the Karachi Bar Association (KBA) on 12 April 2007 in Karachi in protest against the dismissal of Supreme Court president Iftikar Mohammed Chaudhry, said Reporters Without Borders, condemning the violence. It was the third time that journalists have been targeted during...

MEXICO CITY, April 17 (Reuters) - Gunmen snatched a Mexican crime reporter outside a police station near the U.S. border, the latest journalist victim of a deadly drug war in which traffickers are stepping up attacks on the media. Four armed men dragged Saul Martinez from his car in the city of Agua Prieta early on Monday morning as he sought refuge in a police station, said his brother Edgar...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Web 2.0, a catchphrase for the latest generation of Web sites where users contribute their own text, pictures and video content, is far less participatory than commonly assumed, a study showed on Tuesday. A tiny 0.16 percent of visits to Google's top video-sharing site, YouTube, are by users seeking to upload video for others to watch, according to a study of online...

The newspaper is not an endangered species, but sometimes it seems that way. The industry's overall profit margins are still in double digits. Newspapers have loyal readers and deep ties to communities, and their Web sites are getting more viewers every year. But many key segments of the business are spiraling down, with little relief in sight. Circulation declines are so bad that a newspaper with...

LAS VEGAS--The Internet is the cause of much fear and loathing here at this gathering of broadcasters. Some attendees of the National Association of Broadcasters conference this week are worried that local television affiliates will be the next business species to be endangered by the Internet. The warning signs are ominous for local TV outlets. Last month, NBC Universal and News Corp., parent...

NAIROBI, Kenya -- Police questioned two top editors and two directors of Kenya's oldest newspaper for seven hours Monday about a front-page report that an unnamed Cabinet minister was trying to arrange the assassination of former president Daniel arap Moi's son. The Standard newspaper described what it said was a taped confession by the would-be assassin in Monday's story. The alleged target of...