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With 93 journalists killed, 2007 was another deadly year. Iraq proved again to be the most hazardous place on earth from which to report, with the conflict accounting for almost half of all journalists killed during the year. In Somalia, another conflict zone, eight journalists were killed. This tally is according to the IPI World Press Freedom Review 2007, which is the Vienna-based International...

Global press freedom underwent a clear decline in 2007, with journalists struggling to work in increasingly hostile environments in almost every region in the world, according to a new survey released by Freedom House. The decline in press freedom—which occurred in authoritarian countries and established democracies alike—continues a six-year negative trend. Freedom House formally presented

The vast majority of newspaper editors worldwide are optimistic about the future of their newspapers, but they don’t think of them as "print-only," having clearly accepted the multi-media revolution, according to a global survey that provides an insider’s view of newsroom attitudes and strategies. The second annual "Newsroom Barometer," conducted by Zogby International for the World Editors Forum

Democracies from Colombia to India and Russia to the Philippines are among the worst countries in the world at prosecuting journalists' killers, according to the Impunity Index, a list of countries where governments have consistently failed to solve journalists’ murders. The list has been compiled by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). The countries with the worst records for impunity—Iraq

Pearson PLC, the publisher of Financial Times newspaper, is planning to start a new daily business newspaper in India with local partner Network 18 Media & Investments Ltd, which controls India's largest business news television channel, CNBC-TV18, the Wall Street Journal has reported. Pearson is looking to boost its profile in India's growing media market, according to a person familiar with its...

The Associated Press (AP) will further cut fees paid by struggling newspaper members and develop an advertising-supported service that will deliver stories and photos to advanced cell phones. The service, which will carry local news from participating newspapers as well as national and international news from AP, is being tested with several newspaper companies and is expected to launch in the...

Rupert Murdoch and Sam Zell, two media barons who led major newspaper acquisitions in recent times, are among four new members joining the board of directors of the Associated Press (AP), it was announced Monday at the news cooperative's annual meeting. Four incumbent directors were re-elected to three-year terms. They are William Dean Singleton, who is vice chairman and chief executive officer of...

The World Association of Newspapers (WAN) and the World Editors Forum (WEF) have protested to the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki Moon, against a UN decision to investigate the "abuse" of freedom of expression where it constitutes "religious discrimination." In a letter to Ban, the Paris-based WAN and WEF said a decision by the UN Human Rights Council to require its special rapporteur on freedom of...

A person interested in climate change could consistently read a newspaper for information about the phenomenon, but would not be fully informed, says a new study by researchers at the University of Texas at Austin. Advertising assistant professor LeeAnn Kahlor and advertising graduate student Sonny Rosenthal found that one would need to rely on a variety of media sources—television, newspapers...

The United Nations Human Rights Council is acting as a cover for Islamic and other countries aiming to restrict free speech. That's what free speech advocates have to say. The 47-nation council passed resolutions Friday imposing new instructions for its investigator on freedom of expression, free speech advocates say, bows too far to concerns about defamation of Islam, which have flared again with