Media Power Monitor Old Collection (2015-2023)
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 recipe: “Be the media, know…
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. But who owns the companies…
Internet Freedom Threatened by Cybercrime Law in Pakistan
Pakistani authorities want to access people’s data stocked online, shut down websites anytime they wish or put people behind bars for trivial activities such as scanning for a wifi network…
Ruling Conservatives to Name Their Stalwarts at the Helm of Public Media in Poland
The Law and Justice (PiS) party, who won last year’s elections in Poland, rushed to adopt legislation in the last days of 2015 allowing them to fully control the public…
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 to food manufacturing. A Chilean…
Embattled Nigerian Senate Faces Stiff Opposition Over Anti-Free Speech Bill
Since its inauguration June 2015, the Senate, the upper legislative chamber of Nigeria’s National Assembly, has been wading through a series of controversies ranging from bogus salaries and allowances, corruption…
Millennials Are Shaping the Future Latin American Media
Millennials, as today’s youth are known, are the dominant audience of Latin America. They increasingly consume media on mobile devices. These two trends are telling for where Latin American media…
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 grow. Growing media concentration continues…
Ranking Telcos: Name and Shame Them and They Will Improve
There are several initiatives out there that measure and rank companies. Pharmaceutical manufacturers are ranked according to how they ensure access to medicines and major foodstuffs producers are ranked according…
Right of Reply Law in Mexico: Against Citizens, in Favor of Media Moguls
A new law on the right of reply was adopted last month in Mexico after it had hibernated for eight years in the Congress. But hopes that this act would…
A New Corporate Accountability Index on Digital Rights: No Winners But Many Losers
Internet and telecommunications companies influence our world significantly, be it our personal interactions or political engagement. A new index has been developed to see how they fare in their general commitment to…
After Two Rounds of Elections, Turkish Government Intensifies Attacks on Critical Media
After the snap elections on 1 November 2015 when the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) won a landslide victory in Turkey capturing 317 seats in the 550-member Turkish legislature,…
Romania: How A Corrupt Minister Turned Journalists Agains Journalists
For four years, two journalists investigating a suspected money laundering and influence peddling case at a Romanian ministry faced numerous obstacles. But they didn’t expect to grapple with so many…
Plans to Launch “Public Service” TV Channel in Jordan Raise Eyebrows
Jordan’s state television JRTV has seen its audience levels plummeting in the past decade. Its reform has never succeeded. Now, the government pledges to launch a new TV channel that…
The Moscow Times Changes: Trimming Costs and Fighting for Independence
With a new owner and now a new editor, the English-language paper The Moscow Times is being reformed from the ground up. A leaner, more economically resilient publication is likely…
Only 5% of the World’s Languages Are on the Internet
Many laud the internet for opening up the space for everybody to communicate. But how linguistically diverse is this space? A new report shows it’s not at all: only a…
Chilling Prospects for Media in Poland: Winners in Recent Elections Ready to Purge the Media
The victory of national conservatives in the Polish elections last week is a harbinger of grim times for the country’s journalists. Are their plans similar to those of premier Viktor…
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 study by researchers covering 30…
News Corp, The Daily Mail and Trinity Mirror Control More Than 70% of British Newspapers
Many countries look at the U.K. for models when it comes to media. But is the U.K. market really a model? A new report shows the British media is in…
Clarin and Telefonica Beat the Law and Hold Sway in Argentina’s Media
Six years ago, the Kirchner government, at loggerheads with the powerful Clarin media group, adopted legislation to hurt dominant players in the country’s media. But not much has changed since…