by admin | Apr 5, 2013 | Online Journalism, Ownership, Technology
The most disturbing reality might be that there are “more Indians have access to a mobile phone than to a toilet,” but there are other digital facts like “60 percent of all households have cable and satellite” or that “DD National, covers...
by admin | Dec 10, 2008 | Business, Ethics & Legal issues, Ownership
This is an interesting story. It doesn’t come as a surprise. After 8 years of Bush’s dirty tricks, what does one expect.Obama choices for FCC chairman haven’t been very reassuring though.
by admin | Apr 10, 2008 | Business, Ownership
Turner International, a unit of Time Warner Inc, has recently bought a minority stake in the Indian production firm Miditech Pvt Ltd, which makes regional-language general entertainment channels. Turner operates the Cartoon Network and Pogo channels for kids. CNN-IBN...
by admin | Feb 3, 2008 | Business, Online Journalism, Ownership
Steve Yelvington’s got it right:Why does Microsoft want Yahoo, anyway? Here’s why: It’s four o’clock in the afternoon for the Microsoft software empire. At four o’clock there’s plenty of daylight left, but night is on the...
by admin | Oct 14, 2006 | Business, Journalism, Ownership
It is uncommon to hear of journalists involving themselves in helping out the management about the future of a newspaper. I’ve heard only of ownership of newspapers by journalists’ collectives and so on. Here’s a new one: The Los Angeles Times...
by admin | Oct 11, 2006 | Ethics & Legal issues, Freedom of Information, ICTs, Internet, Ownership
A special edition of The World Debate, one of the BBC’s flagship programmes, will be filmed on Thursday October 26 at the World Congress on Communication for Development in Rome, Italy. Entitled “Is a free media essential for development?” it will be...
