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Newspaper circulation worldwide fell just slightly in 2009 despite the economic downturn, and the impact of the global recession on newspaper advertising revenues appears to be easing, the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) has said in its annual world press trends update. The report showed that, contrary to conventional wisdom, newspapers remain a large and thriving...

Mexico's journalist association has adopted a new " security protocol" for Chihuahua state, including recommended measures such as body armour and helmets, in the wake of attacks on media workers by drug cartels. The measures recommended by the State Human Rights Commission for reporters in the US border region is included in a new guide handbook, which details other safety advice such as waiting...

A reporter cum camera-man of Sun TV and his friend were attacked reportedly by activists of Kongu Mennetra Kazhagam (KMK) at Oodanilai near Erode while covering a function in connection the death anniversary of freedom fighter Deeran Chinnamalai. The reporter Gunasekaran, in his complaint, said both of them went to Oodanilai to cover the function in a car. Prior to their entry, there was a fracas...

A Russian police officer who got off with a two-year suspended sentence for killing journalist Magomed Yevloyev in 2008 was shot dead by unknown assailants in the Ingush city of Nazran on Wednesday, investigators said. Two men armed with automatic rifles shot Ibragim Yevloyev, 35, and his colleague Beslan Albogachiyev in a downtown cafe, killing Yevloyev and seriously injuring Albogachiyev, a...

The dramatic arrest of Sunday Times journalist Mzilikazi wa Afrika at the newspaper's Johannesburg offices has sparked outrage in South Africa. Wa Afrika was whisked away Tuesday by at least eight members of the police priority crimes unit the Hawks - without an arrest warrant - on charges of fraud and defeating the ends of justice, the newspaper reported on its website. Wa Afrika was driven off...

Fiji’s main daily newspaper, the Fiji Times, is up for sale following the military regime’s declaration of a media decree requiring all media outlets be owned 90 per cent by locals. The Times is wholly owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Limited. All Fiji media have been under martial law censorship for the last year but the Times has incurred the wrath of coup leader Voreqe Bainimarama, in part by...

Irish publisher Independent News & Media (INM)has sold its remaining 5.7 per cent stake in Indian publisher Jagran Prakashan Limited (JPL). The stake netted INM €32 million (£26.5 million), which it said will go towards reducing bank debt. INM had already sold most of its stake in the Indian media group, which it first acquired in 2005, over the course of the past year to pay off debt, accptdomg...

The author of the Rolling Stone article that ended the military career of Gen Stanley McChrystal, the former top commander in Afghanistan, has been denied permission to join US troops fighting in Afghanistan, the Pentagon said Tuesday, according to the Associated Press. Defence Department spokesman Col David Lapan told reporters that freelance writer Michael Hastings was rebuffed when he asked to...

A Venezuelan newspaper that takes a critical line against President Hugo Chavez's government says its office has been attacked with firebombs, the Associated Press has reported. Carlos Hernandez is executive director of Las Noticias de Cojedes. He said no one was injured when unknown people hurled two Molotov cocktails at the building early Tuesday. Hernandez told the local television channel...

The Press Guild of Kashmir has condemned the fresh curbs on media in Kashmir in the wake of curfew restrictions. The Guild reminded the government of its commitment made to all the representative bodies of the media groups the other day. With the curfew remaining in place in most of the Valley areas, the police and security forces are not honouring the curfew passes issued to the media persons by...