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October 13, 2016 •
Aktuelt, Digitale nyhende, Mediepolitikk •
by George Brock
The story of the ‘right to be forgotten’ is the story of well-established principles – free speech and privacy – coming up against new circumstances. The question is whether new technology requires us to alter the operation or the...
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October 11, 2016 •
Aktuelt, Etikk & Kvalitet, Mediepolitikk •
by Gábor Polyák
The publisher Mediaworks has suspended the publication of Népszabadság, Hungary’s leading opposition newspaper and highest circulation broadsheet. Though the measure was officially referred to as a suspension, in reality it...
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October 10, 2016 •
Aktuelt, Digitale nyhende, Forretningsmodellar •
by Alessio Cornia
Should news organisations continue to pursue digital advertising and large scale audiences to grow their business, or should they put greater emphasis on developing pay models, even if this may limit their audience reach? Major European...
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October 4, 2016 •
Aktuelt, Mediepolitikk, Pressefridom •
by Vas Panagiotopoulos
Nikos Pappas, Greece’s minister of state, hopes to shatter the corrupt system of mutual interdependence of the country’s media, politicians and business elite. Nepotism and incapacity have prevented previous governments from adequately...
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September 12, 2016 •
Aktuelt, Forsking, Mediepolitikk •
by Hannah Marsh
TV, radio, newspapers, and online media have historically provided society with a common foundation, ensuring the flow of information, offering an arena for debate – and a handful of other functions vital to democracy. But we live in...
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September 6, 2016 •
Aktuelt, Mediepolitikk, Pressefridom •
by Clemens Bomsdorf
For a long time, Iceland was seen as a shining example of press freedom – too good to be true, perhaps. But more recently, the country’s politicians have been attempting to influence the media. The latest example came right from...
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August 18, 2016 •
Aktuelt, Mediepolitikk, Pressefridom •
by EJO
Tajikistan’s internet providers have started to block online ‘anonymizers’, which allow users to access various banned news sites and social networks, the National Association of Independent Mass Media in Tajikistan reports. The move...
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August 5, 2016 •
Aktuelt, Mediepolitikk, Pressefridom •
by Ceren Sozeri
A week before the recent coup attempt in Turkey a group of journalists launched a campaign to defend press freedom entitled “I am a journalist! Journalism is not a crime!”. Participating newspapers and online news portals...
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July 12, 2016 •
Aktuelt, Etikk & Kvalitet, Forretningsmodellar •
by Vas Panagiotopoulos
On a late June morning in a hotel in central Athens, the award-winning journalist Yavuz Baydar is discussing the erosion of press freedom in Turkey. “The Panama Papers were completely ignored,” he shrugs. In the audience, there are...
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