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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Friday called on the management at the Associated Press (AP) to reconsider the proposed sale of its French service in a deal that they say could seriously undermine its quality and objectivity. Journalists working for the AP French service, which provides news for French media, held a one day strike on Thursday, shutting down the wire in protest of...

Advertising expenditures for newspaper websites in the United States increased by 18.8 per cent to $3.2 billion in 2007, according to preliminary estimates from the Newspaper Association of America (NAA). Spending on newspaper websites has now grown to account for 7.5 per cent of all newspaper ad spending last year (up from 5.7 per cent in 2006). For last year’s fourth quarter, advertising...

Leading newspapers in Slovakia published identical protests on otherwise blank front pages Thursday to condemn legislation that they said would undermine press freedom, news agencies have reported. The six main dailies, including Novy Cas, SME, Pravda, Hospodarske Noviny and Plus Jeden Den, left their front pages empty except for a list of "seven sins" in the legislation, which would require them...

The killer of investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya has been identified and placed on the country's 'most wanted' list, news agency RIA-Novosti reported Friday quoting the Russian Prosecutor-General's Office. The journalist, who gained international recognition for her criticism of the Kremlin and reports of atrocities against civilians in the troubled Caucasus republic of Chechnya, was...

The police have established the identity of two suspects in the murder of television Channel One reporter Ilyas Shurpayev, a spokesman for the Moscow investigation department of the Investigation Committee at the Russian Prosecutor’s Office told Itar-Tass on Thursday. “Two people who may be involved in the murder of Shurpayev have been identified by the present moment,” he said. No other...

An appeals court has issued a 60-day temporary restraining order on the trial of the suspected masterminds of the killing of a journalist. Osmeña Montañer and Estrella Sabay, accused of ordering the March 24, 2005 killing of journalist Marlene Garcia-Esperat, filed a petition on February 4 2008 for a temporary restraining order to prevent Cebu Regional Trial Court Judge Simeon Dumdum from hearing...

Questioning of new witness in the Serbian journalist Slavko Ćuruvija's murder case has resumed, according to Tanjug news agency. In a supplement to the application for an investigation to be carried out, the Special Prosecution recently proposed questioning a further 10 to 15 new witness, and as well for a medical-ballistic forensic examination to be performed. The names of the witness, as well as...

Google shareholders will propose that the Web search company take steps to ensure freedom of Internet access and establish a review of its operations' effect on human rights, according to a regulatory filing on Tuesday. A Reuters report said that in one proposal expected to be submitted at the company's 2008 annual meeting on May 8, shareholders will ask Google to commit to certain standards...

Journalists and newspaper employees Thursday held a demonstration outside UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi's residence in New Delhi to demand interim relief under the wage boards set for them, the Press Trust of India (PTI0 has reported. The demonstration was held under the banner of the Confederation of Newspaper and News Agency Employees Organisations, which also sought "proper" functioning of the...

Security police Thursday raided Belarussian broadcasters' offices and detained at least two reporters at their homes, Reuters has reported. The raids were launched two days after police broke up a rally by opponents of President Alexander Lukashenko and dozens of activists were fined or handed short jail terms. Zhanna Litvina, head of Belarus's Journalists' Association, told Reuters that the KGB...