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Wednesday, September 08, 2010
BBC World Service broadcasts in Burma face axe
The BBC is locked in talks with the government over drastic cuts to the
World Service budget which could force it to withdraw from Burma and
several other countries. The Foreign Office, which funds the World Service through an annual
GBP 272m grant, has told executives to prepare for a possible budget cut of
25 percent from April 2011 as part of the public sector cutbacks.
The BBC service in Burma is one of those identified by the government as
under threat, according to a diplomatic source. The World Service Russian presence, which reaches about 700,000
listeners and a further 1 million through its Russian-language website,
may also be vulnerable to cuts, according to BBC insiders. BBC sources said talks with the government would continue for six weeks,
however, and claim no final decisions have been made. The outcome of the consultation will be known on 20 October, when the
chancellor, George Osborne, outlines the scale of the government cuts in
the Treasury's public spending review. Although best known for its radio broadcasts the World Service also runs
websites and TV stations in 32 countries in dozens of languages. It has
a global audience of 241 million across TV, online, radio and mobile
phones. The World Service was criticised for pulling out of eight countries in
eastern Europe three years ago to fund new services in the Middle East,
including a new Persian TV service.
(The Guardian)
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Join EJC & top media thinkers at PICNIC 2010
On 23 September, world class media thinkers including Jeff Jarvis, Rafat Ali, Mark Glaser and Paul Bradshaw, will join EJC for a day of debates on the future of journalism at PICNIC 2010.
Held in Amsterdam every year, PICNIC is a renowned festival-cum-conference that blurs the lines between creativity, science, technology, business and society. Attracting a wide audience, from government leaders and heads of business to scientists and innovators, the aim is to explore new solutions in the spirit of co-creation.
Covering the successes and failures of recent years in the media industry, as well as the growth of public engagement, EJC’s exclusive one-day PICNIC 2010 programme will focus on the real need to reconstruct journalism and its relationship with the citizen and society.
Posted on August 11, 2010 by EJC
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Press Freedom 2.0: pluralism and participation
The Press Freedom Consortium, a new collaboration of five Dutch development organisations that support press freedom worldwide, has finalised and submitted its final programme application this Thursday to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in The Hague, in the context of the ‘Co-Financing System II’ (MFSII).
The proposal, entitled Press Freedom 2.0, aims to alleviate structural poverty by enhancing media quality, improving democratic processes and strengthening women, children and minorities by giving them a voice.
Posted on July 1, 2010 by EJC
Filed under announcements.
EJC launches GoogleWatch to monitor global conversations about Google
We’ve had our eye on Google since the beginning.
We now bring you GoogleWatch, a stand-alone platform that enables a deeper look at the global conversation about Google.
Posted on May 20, 2010 by EJC
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Press Freedom 2.0 moves forward
The Dutch Ministry of Development Co-operation has encouraged Press Freedom 2.0, a collaboration of five organisations including the EJC, to persist with its plan to strengthen press freedom worldwide.
The Press Freedom 2.0 project will address challenges to media and journalism in a development context. The project will focus on 13 developing countries over five years as part of the wider goals of the Dutch foreign ministry in reducing global poverty.
Posted on April 12, 2010 by EJC
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