Cameroon’s Independent Media: Zero Tolerance

6 years ago

One of the wealthiest media tycoons in Cameroon lands firmly into the government’s crosshairs as attacks on independent journalism intensify.…

Head of Open Society Journalism Program Quits

6 years ago

The director of the Program on Independent Journalism (PIJ), the flagship journalism program of the Open Society Foundations (OSF) has…

Hungary: Prime Minister’s Allies Take Over Popular News Website

6 years ago

Hungarian businessman Zoltan Speder sold in mid-September 2018 his stake in the company cemp-X Online, which owns several publications and…

Romanian Government Funds Sputnik-Affiliated Website

6 years ago

Last year, the Ministry for the Romanians from Everywhere allocated €20,000 to fund the website Usd24.ro, a website that republishes…

TV Barrandov in the Dock After Scrapping News

6 years ago

The Council for Radio and Television Broadcasting (RRTV), the broadcast regulator in the Czech Republic, asked the owners of TV…

The Man Who Wants to Be the Czech Berlusconi

6 years ago

Jaromir Soukup, owner of TV Barrandov in the Czech Republic, is building a media empire with Russian and Chinese money.…

Galicia: Journalists Raise Against Manipulation

6 years ago

The staff of CRTVG, the public broadcaster in Galicia, an autonomous community in northwestern Spain, took to the streets to…

The Rich Disruptor

6 years ago

For nearly two decades, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has spent more on media partnerships than almost any other…

How Russian Government Funds Foreign News Websites

6 years ago

Using companies incorporated in Serbia and Cyprus, in recent years the Russian government has been funding a bevy of news…

Romanian Regulator Wants to Ban Broadcasting of Funerals

6 years ago

The Romanian media loves the tabloid fare so much that nothing is considered too much to be broadcast. Journalists are…