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If content is king, then its queen is making money. This marriage of substance and sales has driven progress and profits in the media world for decades. The Internet has been and will continue to be no different, in our view. This is why we believe Internet companies that enable and promote revenue generation from their content should be viewed as critical allies of, not necessarily competitors to...

Last week, the Ministry of Finance addressed a seemingly innocuous letter to the Indian Newspaper Society. Written by the Director (Budget) in the Department of Revenue, the letter informed newspapers they were liable to deduct tax at source on advertisement revenues from advertising agencies. It said, “the Central Board of Direct Taxes has arrived at the view that the payment made by the...

afrol News, 2 November - Since Mozambique's 1991 press law came into force, Mozambique's reputation for press freedom has risen substantially and it is perhaps one of the most liberal in the world. Now, however, the government has announced a public debate on proposed amendments the law. But the sector warns about the changes and holds that most Mozambican journalists yet have to see the draft...

A court ruled on Thursday last that a Danish newspaper did not libel Muslims by printing cartoons of the prophet Mohammed that unleashed a storm of protests in the Islamic world, Reuters reported. Seven Danish Muslim organisations brought the case, saying the paper had libeled them with the images, which included one depicting the prophet with a bomb on his turban, by implying Muslims were

New York, November 1, 2006—The Committee to Protect Journalists urges an immediate, high-level investigation into today’s murder of Mohammad Ismail, Islamabad bureau chief for Pakistan Press International (PPI). Ismail’s body was found this morning near his home in Islamabad with “his head completely smashed with some hard blunt object” according to Mazhar Abbas, secretary-general of the Pakistan...

New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) India could review the 26-percent foreign equity cap in news and current affairs publications if stakeholders take a collective view on the matter, Information and Broadcasting Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunsi said in an important declaration of intent Monday. 'Let the industry decide and get back to me. We will then review the policy. We have an open mind,' Dasmunsi told a...

NEW DELHI: Figure this out. Even as the government busies itself with a policy to put Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) from countries such as China, Hong Kong and Macau under an intense security scanner (Pakistan and Bangladesh are already excluded from the benefit of automatic FDI) even for soaps and shampoos, it is quite oblivious to the security threat posed by attempts to fudge something as...

TEHRAN (Reuters) - A state-owned Iranian newspaper resumed publication on Saturday, more than five months after it was banned for insulting Iran's Azeri minority. The Culture Ministry's Press Supervisory Board suspended the Iran daily on May 23 after publishing a cartoon that offended Azeris and led to days of unrest in northwestern provinces, where Azeris make up a large majority of the...

OAXACA, Mexico (AP) - Violence in a troubled Mexican province has left an American journalist from New York dead and several other people injured. Protesters in Oaxaca (wuh-HAH'-kah)have barricaded streets and occupied government buildings for five months in a bid to oust the governor. The gunfire erupted in a rough neighborhood when armed men tried to remove a blockade set up by protesters. Both...

(FMM/IFEX) - Free Media Movement (FMM) registers its strong condemnation of continuing threats and harassment directed at Tamil-language media in Sri Lanka. On 23 October 2006, 10,000 copies of the Tamil daily newspaper "Virakesari" were burned by a paramilitary organization, the Karuna group, which operates in the east of Sri Lanka, relevant authorities of "Virakesari" told FMM. This is only the...