Category: Markets & Players
Journalism in Ukraine: A Feast of the Oligarchs
With the Ukrainian media ruled by four influential oligarchs, the future of the country’s independent journalism looks bleaker than ever. The dominance of a handful…
Newspapers in Pakistan: Extinction Crisis
A major media group in Pakistan shuts down five of its publications as journalism crisis in the country worsens. Jang Group of Newspapers, the largest…
Thai Far-Right Gets Its Hands on Fancy Newspaper
A business group with far-right affinities buys The Nation, one of Thailand’s most respectable newspapers. This means that independent reporting is now likely to be…
Cambodia Daily: Sudden Death, Khmer Style
Cambodia Daily is shutting down operations after nearly a quarter-century in business. An outright dictatorship is on the horizon. The journalists of Cambodia Daily newspaper delivered their last…
Philippine Daily Inquirer: Fearless No More?
The sale of a majority stake in the Philippine Daily Inquirer raises concerns about the newspaper’s fabled fearlessness. On 17 July 2017, Marixi Prieto, the chair of the…
Russian Television in Moldova: Winning Hearts and Minds
With blistering attacks on the west and extolling coverage of Russia’s head honchos, Russian TV channels are making inroads in Moldova’s media market. In a…
Estonian Daily Postimees: Journalists Ward off Ownership Meddling
Journalists at the biggest Estonian daily newspaper confront intrusive management. “To our knowledge, for the first time in the history of Postimees, we are told about…
Malaysiakini Under Fire
Malaysia’s embattled government has already offed most of the critical journalistic outlets in Malaysia. Now, it has a new target. When a prime minister has…
Media Diet in Ukraine: Russian Social Media and Oligarch-Owned TV
Ukrainians trust Russian media less and are more aware than ever of who controls their local media. However, they still embrace Russian social networks and…
Hungary’s Main Opposition Newspaper Shut Down
Nepszabadsag’s publisher, Mediaworks announced that it has suspended the paper’s operations. This is arguably the biggest event in Hungary’s media history since the collapse of…