2005-2014

MIAMI, Florida (June 20, 2006) - The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) said today it is extremely concerned at the introduction of a draft bill to reform the Penal Code in Panama, saying it would drastically stiffen penalties for journalists found guilty of libel or defamation - an action in sharp contrast to the progress in the area of press freedom that President Martín Torrijos has been...

Guwahati: Veteran journalist and the former Editor of The Assam Tribune, Satis Chandra Kakoti, died at his residence here on Monday night. He was 94 and is survived by two sons and four daughters. Mr. Kakoti began his career in 1937 and served as the Guwahati Correspondent of Hindustan Standard, Ananda Bazar Patrika and the Press Trust of India. He joined The Assam Tribune as Assistant Editor in...

King Gyanendra and Maoist rebel leader Prachanda, the instigators of many killings, attacks and arrests of journalists, were removed today from the Reporters Without Borders list of Press Freedom Predators because the king has ceded power to parliament and government, and Prachanda signed a political accord with Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala on 16 June undertaking to respect democracy and...

Are you a Plum – a pregnant woman 35 or older – or do you think Pink, by making your career a lifestyle? If you’re a business-owning, cookie-baking fashionista who lives in a bungalow and likes to spend the weekend traveling with your dog or container-gardening with your kids, there’s at least one magazine that caters to you. Or more likely, a dozen. And if you’re a man … well, there’s plenty for...

WASHINGTON, June 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday will embark on a new attempt to revamp media ownership restrictions and the battle lines over whether to allow more consolidation are already being drawn. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin has long advocated lifting a 1975 restriction preventing a company from owning a newspaper as well as a radio or television station...

NEW YORK -- Led by surging growth in the online sector, global entertainment and media will expand into a $1.83 trillion industry in 2010, up from an estimated $1.33 trillion last year, making for a compound annual growth rate of 6.6%, according to an annual study from PricewaterhouseCoopers. Consumer/end-user spending gains will outpace advertising growth as PwC estimates compound annual...

Nearly three-quarters of newspaper website users in the United States also read the daily's printed edition. In fact, a recent study has revealed, the percentage of such individuals has varied very little in the last five years. ER, WHERE ARE THE SUBSCRIBERS? Daily newspaper boxes line the sidewalk in downtown Ottawa. Across the border in the United States in 2005, 6 per cent of the users...

Six journalists have been killed in the Philippines this year and 43 since Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo came to power in 2001, more than those killed under the 14-year Marcos dictatorship, according to the National Union of Journalists Philippines (NUJP). The Philippines was second only to Iraq in the number of journalists who died there last year. This year too the ranking remains unchanged. STOP THE

New York, June 21, 2006—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the arrests of Ogulsapar Muradova, an Ashgabat-based correspondent for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), and her three children. Muradova, arrested on Sunday, is being held without charge at Ashgabat Interior Ministry (MVR) headquarters. Her three adult children—Maral, Berdy and Sona—were taken into custody on Monday...

George Vigo and his wife, Macel Alave-Vigo, both journalists, were murdered in the Philippines Tuesday. The two were walking home from a public market on the island of Mindao when they were shot by men on a motorcycle, according to media reports. They died on the way to the hospital, according to Reuters, which quoted local police. STOP THE KILLINGS: Protesters hold up pictures of leftist