カテゴリー: Media
ABS-CBN denied licence after repeatedly clashing with President Rodrigo DuterteLawmakers in the Philippines have voted against the renewal of a 25-year franchise for the nation’s biggest broadcaster, ABS-CBN, ensuring a media conglomerate that has clas…
Consulum’s Ryan Coetzee worked for Nick Clegg’s Liberal Democrats up to 2015 electionHong Kong has turned to the former director of strategy of the UK remain campaign in the Brexit referendum to revive its reputation, amid further scrutiny of the role …
Netflix and Amazon Prime series such as Rasbhari highlight sexual violence, caste inequalities and Hindu nationalism There was little fanfare when Rasbhari landed on Amazon Prime on 25 June. The Indian TV series, about a seductive teacher arriving in t…
Protective measures taken and social media erased as both question how they can operateJournalists and lawyers in Hong Kong are scrambling to adapt as Chinese authorities set up the apparatus to enforce a controversial national security law, including …
AP, CBS, UPI and NPR asked to send government details of their operations in seven daysBeijing has asked four US media outlets to submit information about their operations in China as a tit-for-tat media row between the two countries escalated.On Wedne…
Consulum’s contract coincides with China passing a harsh new security law for the territoryThe Hong Kong government has agreed to pay millions of pounds to a discreet London-based PR firm in a bid to counter coverage of the territory in the internation…
Amendments to country’s media law revoked after outcry from pressAn outcry by the Afghan press over amendments to the country’s media law has seen the government call off initially approved changes.The newly revoked amendments included a rule that woul…
Company agrees to change branding to promote ‘more inclusive vision of beauty’The Indian arm of the consumer goods group Unilever says it will change the name of its skin-lightening cosmetics range Fair & Lovely and stop using terms such as “whiten…
Beijing’s involvement in media overseas is growing almost faster than it can be tracked – the ultimate aim is both ideological and geopoliticalKindergartens, handicrafts markets, high-tech companies, hydroelectric dams … political indoctrination camp…
Exclusive: International Federation of Journalists finds tours, control of infrastructure and provision of pro-China content part of escalating campaignChina is attempting to use journalists from non-English speaking countries to promote its policies b…
Boucher may have bought one of the country’s biggest news brands for NZ$1, but she wants journalists to eventually have a stake in the company When Sinead Boucher started out in journalism her editors weren’t too bothered if she filed a story each day….
Case against editor of influential news website has been condemned as part of a ‘pattern of intimidation’One of the Philippines’ most prominent journalists, Maria Ressa, has been found guilty of cyber libel charges, a verdict that could lead to six yea…
Editor of news website Rappler could face prison if convicted under ‘cyber libel’ lawA verdict will be issued on Monday following the controversial trial of one of the Philippines’ most prominent journalists, in a case widely condemned as an attack on …