2005-2014

Richard Li, son of Asia's richest man Li Ka-shing, has bought a controlling stake in an esteemed Hong Kong newspaper, raising fears among journalists and lawmakers for its editorial independence. The Hong Kong Economic Journal, first published in 1973, is widely respected for its independent, critical and rational views and has a reputation as a paper of choice for the southern Chinese city's...

KABUL: Pakistan has released an Afghan Sikh journalist who was arrested on the Pakistan-Afghan border and tortured on charges of being an Indian national, and also apologised over the 'mistreatment'. Spokesperson of the Radio and Television of Afghanistan, Anwar Wafadar Samandar, informed media persons in Kabul Wednesday that Pakistan had expressed its apology over the arrest of Dayal Singh...

NEWS Corporation has struck internet paydirt, securing at least $US900 million ($1.17 billion) in internet advertising revenues from search engine Google in a move that could increase the value of its internet group to $US5 billion. The deal, which News chairman Rupert Murdoch flagged on a recent visit to Australia, centres on a "multi-year" agreement making Google the exclusive provider of search...

Amnesty International is concerned at the sharp deterioration in freedom of expression in Azerbaijan, and in particular the killing, beating and intimidation of journalists. A series of violent attacks on journalists and the lack of thorough, effective and independent investigations into these incidents have had a chilling effect on the freedom of expression in the country. The fact that no one...

When Time, Inc.'s Teen People shuts down its print edition this September and moves online for good, it will be migrating to where an increasing number of teens are spending their time. But Teen People online will be facing a whole new set of challenges in attracting the young set, in some ways more daunting than those it faced competing for their attention in print. True, teens spend an...

(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has said it was "very shocked" by the murder of French journalist Grégoire de Bourgues at his home in Almaty on 2 August 2006 and called for an immediate investigation. De Bourgues, 24, had been in Kazakhstan since 22 April as an editorial adviser for an Athens-based firm called SML Strategic Media, which had sent him there for three months to do an...

YAHOO IS DELIVERING A DRUBBING to its main competitors in the general news arena, according to a study released Monday by comScore Media Metrix. Yahoo News was the undisputed leader in absolute terms--attracting almost 31.2 million unique visitors in June--and also in growth, showing 13 percent growth on a year-over-year basis. The next-biggest general news site, MSNBC, slid 14 percent from 27.33...

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Two Iraqi journalists have been killed in separate incidents in Baghdad, police said Tuesday. Mohammed Abbas Hamad, 28, a journalist for the Shiite-owned newspaper Al-Bayinnah Al-Jadida, was shot by gunmen at he left his home Monday in the Adil section of western Baghdad, police Lt. Mohammed Khayoun said. Late Monday, police found the bullet-riddled body of freelance journalist...

Several journalists in Kirkuk have accused American and Iraqi security forces of assaulting them and their crews as they tried to report on the worsening security situation in the northern city. In at least six separate incidents since June, Iraqi reporters said they had been physically beaten, had their equipment confiscated and been falsely accused of "terrorism". Senior US and Iraqi military...

WASHINGTON – Since its arrival on the scene, the citizen journalist revolution that is so often heralded as the dawning of a new age has faced one serious and nagging problem. Blogging, in and of itself, is not hard. It is a fairly simple equation of software plus a little time plus, probably, a bit of attitude - with maybe a smattering of reporting thrown in for good measure. But reporting and...