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Kushtia --- A Kushtia court acquitted editors of three local daily newspapers in much talked about local daily Dainik Sikol torching case, filed on May 13, 2004. The editors are Manjur Ehsan Choudhury of Dainik Andoloner Bazar, S.M. Halimuzzaman of Dainik Deshtathya and Sanjay Chaki of Dainik Kushtia. Unidentified miscreants set fire to the office of local daily Sikol on May 12, 2004. After the...

SYDNEY, March 30 (Reuters) - Shares in Australian media companies rose sharply on Friday ahead of the introduction of new media ownership laws which are expected to trigger a fresh wave of takeovers among radio, television and newspaper businesses. The Australian government said late on Thursday the laws would come into force on April 4, ending uncertainty about the timing of the changes which...

NEW YORK In a remarkable op-ed column, published today in the Charlotte Observer and by several other newspapers across the country over the past eight days, Stephen E. Wright, editorial page editor of the San Jose Mercury News, describes sending his 18-year-old son off to Iraq this month -- and calls it "the wrong war." Wright says that his son is part of the "surge" of troops to Iraq, adding...

(MFWA/IFEX) - One year ago, 28 March 2006, the Gambian government forcibly shut down the offices of "The Independent", a Banjul-based bi-weekly newspaper. At the time of the closure, no explanation was offered, neither has the newspaper been allowed to resume publication. On 28 March 2006, a week after the government announced a foiled coup, Gambian security agents sealed off the newspaper's...

Readership of several Canadian magazines is falling amid competition from the Internet, while some titles are cutting back circulation to focus on more lucrative subscribers. Reader's Digest, the country's largest magazine with a circulation of 986,000 copies an issue, maintained the highest readership in the country with 7.08 million readers over age 12, according to data released yesterday by...

(IAPA/IFEX) - MIAMI, Florida (March 29, 2007) - In a new action in its hemisphere-wide campaign to create public awareness of the impunity surrounding crimes against journalists, the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today urged Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to order a speed-up in the investigation into the murder of the Nicanor Linhares Batista, owner and director of Vale do...

(IFJ/IFEX) - The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today condemned the attack on five journalists whose car was ambushed by armed men as they went to cover a story in Hiran region in central Somalia. "We condemn this attack on the journalists in Hiran," said Gabriel Baglo Director of IFJ Africa Office. "We call on the authorities of Middle Shabelle region to conduct a serious...

Reporters Without Borders called today for the immediate release of freelance business journalist Ali Farahbakhsh, who was convicted of spying in a parody of a trial on 26 March and was sentenced to three years in prison and an exorbitant fine. “The same day that the UN Human Rights Council decided not to examine the situation in Iran, a journalist was the victim of the Islamic Republic’s...

University journalism programs are stepping up to meet newsroom demands for students with online skills. Schools are adding programs to teach print students to use words, audio, video and other tools needed for the quickly evolving world of online news. “The more they know, the more marketable they’re going to be,” said Wayne Wanta, president of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass...

MUMBAI: The privilege committee of the Maharashtra Legislature has recommended a 10-day imprisonment for the editor of a Marathi weekly for publishing a 'derogatory' article against Speaker Babasaheb Kupekar. The committee, headed by MLA Chandrakant Chhajed, tabled its report in the Assembly on Wednesday finding that Madhukar Londhe, editor of Sasemira published from Kolhapur, carried an article...