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The Association of Journalists Against AIDS in Tanzania (AJAAT), has published a gloomy report on the struggle against the HIV/AIDS pandemic at workplaces of media houses in the country. The report follows a survey in 17 media houses based in Dar es Salaam with intention to establish whether media outlets had HIV/AIDS policies at their workplaces or programmes which need attention and serious...

London, Oct 1 (IANS) The exponential growth of the Indian media has led to some hand-wringing among many who bemoan the lowering of standards of content, but Western media research is increasingly taking note of what is becoming one of the largest culture industries in the world. For decades India and other countries of what is considered the 'South' figured intermittently on the Western media...

WHAT is black, white and read all over? goes the old joke. The answer might once have been a plain old newspaper, but try telling that to the staff of the Financial Times. Those reporting for work at the pink ‘un today are coming to terms with the launch of the UK’s first completely integrated newsroom. From now on all the material that appears on ft.com, email news alerts, blogs, podcasts and all...

What does Google search for? Over the past few months, the Web titan has been looking for new partners. It has teamed with Intuit to enable small-business owners to manage Google ad campaigns, partnered with eBay to offer "click-to-call" ads that connect online shoppers to sellers, joined with MySpace to supply the social network's search and advertising, and helped MTV distribute video clips with...

The Delhi High Court has directed the Chairman of United News of India (UNI) and the Registrar of Companies to maintain the 'status quo as of date' and restrained them from transferring a major stake in the news agency to Zee TV's Subhash Chandra-owned Mediavest India Pvt Ltd. While hearing a petition filed by Bhopal-based Dainik Sandhya Prakashan, Justice Rekha Sharma asked the UNI Chairman and...

They're fresh out of college and very excited about getting into the big bad world of journalism. Deadlines excite them, breaking news sets their adrenaline rushing and the very mention of 'exclusive story' makes them feel like future Pulitzer recipients. We're talking about journalism students who're taking baby steps into newspapers and TV channels. Do cub reporters believe they're the...

New York, September 29, 2006—The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by death threats against a media company owner and a prominent columnist, both harsh critics of President Néstor Kirchner’s administration. CPJ today called on Argentine authorities to immediately denounce the threats and to launch a thorough investigation. Joaquín Morales Solá, columnist for the daily La Nación and host...

MOSCOW: The chief editor of Kommersant, a leading business daily noted for its critical reporting on the Kremlin, quit on Friday, one month after a deal was announced to sell it to a Russian steel magnate with ties to the state gas monopoly Gazprom. Kommersant's new owner, Alisher Usmanov, accepted the resignation of Vladislav Borodulin, said Pavel Filinkov, commercial director of the Kommersant...

The Irish Times journalist who wrote the article that has left the Taoiseach in serious political trouble has refused to reveal his sources to the Mahon Tribunal today. The newspapers's public affairs correspondent, Colm Keena, has been summoned to appear before the tribunal today along with editor Geraldine Kennedy. However, he is refusing to reveal the source of his story last week revealing...

BAGHDAD — Ahmed al-Karbouli, a reporter for Baghdadiya TV in the violent city of Ramadi, did his best to ignore the death threats, right up until six armed men drilled him with bullets after midday prayers. He was the fourth journalist killed in Iraq in September alone, out of a total of more than 130 since the 2003 invasion, the vast majority of them Iraqis. But these days, men with guns are not...