Author: MPM
Czech News Website Motejlek in Disarray After Founder’s Decamping
The Czech server Motejlek.com is a rare success story of paid online news. The departure of its founder is likely to harm the site –…
Slovak Prime Minister Wins Less Than Expected, Votes Go to Neo-Nazis
Slovakia’s election was not short of surprises with some gaining more votes and some less than expected. Prime-minister Robert Fico eventually won the election but…
Prime Minister’s War With Critical Journalists Puts off Slovak Voters
The Social-Democrat party Smer-SD in power in Slovakia now expects another victory in the upcoming elections on Saturday. But its leader’s unabated nastiness towards critical…
How to Fight Abuses of Media Power in UK: Be the Media, Know the Media, Change the Media
We have more media, but only a few very powerful companies controlling them. Can anything be done against this hegemony? Professor Des Freedman offers a…
Government Sacks Heads of Polish Public Media
TVP is to be headed by a politician. Poland’s President, Andrzej Duda signed a controversial law today that enables the conservative Law and Justice (PiS)…
