Category: Markets & Players
Reform of Myanmar’s Media System: Bracing for a Slow Ride
Local journalists are investing much hope in the newly installed power in Myanmar to reform the country’s media system. But that will be a gargantuan…
How Indalo Group Used Taxpayer Money to Buy More Media
A journalistic investigation unearths a raft of favors the former Argentinian government made to the group Indalo. But it also highlights an unsettling pattern of…
Macedonia’s Digital Muck-Up: Politics as Usual Means “No TV for You!”
Digitization of broadcasting was hoped by many in Macedonia to pave the way for new voices to enter the media market. Instead, a digital dictatorship…
China Plans to Push out Foreign Owners From Its Internet
Chinese authorities have never liked dissenting voices. Now, they want to solve that problem by removing foreign players from their internet. This would be a…
Next Target for Moldovan Politicians: The Internet
Politicians meddling with the journalism business is not uncommon in Moldova’s media. But now, the battle to control dissenting voices moves online. The recipe used…
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…
Internet Providers in Eastern Europe: Non-Transparent, Dubious, Politically Linked
The Internet has become the new heaven for unheard voices, new forms of commerce and limitless communication across eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union….
Media Owners in Chile and Colombia Have a Hand in Many Pies
A handful of groups control media in Chile and Colombia. Their businesses extend much further into a spate of industries ranging from banking to retail…
European Audiovisual Groups Increase Their Market Share at Home
European broadcast groups are dwarfed by American ones on the global level. But at home, they enjoy a comfortable position. And they tend to further…
Concentration of Media Ownership Increases Worldwide: Where Is the Limit?
A new study from Columbia University Business School unveils worrying trends. Some say the answer to growing media concentration is protecting quality journalism. A landmark…
