Category: Head Honchos
The Key Media Owners in Romania Have All Fell Foul of Law
They started television stations two decades ago and acted as the “merchants of hope” as they were selling glittering realities Romanians were craving for. More…
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Blunt journalism
Media in Figures
2022-03-25 Media in Figures. 70% of Journalists Expect Fall in Ad Revenues Triggered By War in Ukraine 2022-03-07 Media in Figures. US$ 458m: Total Philanthropic Funding Spent in the Media in 2020 2022-02-22 Media in Figures: TikTok To Grow To Almost One Billion Users by 2025 2022-02-14 Media in Figures: Highest Number of State Controlled Media in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia
Smart Views
State Media: Move Fast and Label Things
Dominant thanks to their privileged status and special funding arrangements, state media play a disproportionately high role in shaping narratives, especially in times of crisis,...
Great Reads
The Sorry, Sorry State of State Media
In a study released recently, Marius Dragomir introduces a new tool to assess the editorial independence of the world’s state media and finds that nearly 80% of...
Idiot of the week
Idiot of the Week: Gianni Infantino
When the world is mad at Russia for invading Ukraine, bombing its buildings and killing its people, companies leave Russia in droves, and sanctions are...