Rupert Murdoch scraps the proposed Fox-News Corp merger More than a decade ago, the billionaire and media mogul Rupert Murdoch…
Ricardo Salinas Pliego, owner of TV Azteca, has in recent months used his television station to pressure the Mexican government…
Radu Mazare pioneered independent journalism in the early days of post-communist Romania. But his excessive craving for fame, wealth and…
A wealthy and influential lawyer buys the sole English newspaper in Cyprus. The real motive: cleaning his digital record. The…
One of the wealthiest media tycoons in Cameroon lands firmly into the government’s crosshairs as attacks on independent journalism intensify.…
Jaromir Soukup, owner of TV Barrandov in the Czech Republic, is building a media empire with Russian and Chinese money.…
One businessman has managed to bring both the state structures and big business in Bulgaria under his tight control. Media…
A business group with far-right affinities buys The Nation, one of Thailand’s most respectable newspapers. This means that independent reporting…
The sale of a majority stake in the Philippine Daily Inquirer raises concerns about the newspaper’s fabled fearlessness. On 17 July 2017, Marixi…
Politicians meddling with the journalism business is not uncommon in Moldova’s media. But now, the battle to control dissenting voices…
