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Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp Under the Scanner as Australian Senate to Probe Media Monopolies -Peoples Dispatch

-Newsclick.in/ Peoples Dispatch The senate inquiry announcement comes days after a petition by ex-prime minister Kevin Rudd to investigate Murdoch’s media monopoly in Australia garnered half a million signatures On Wednesday, November 11, the Australian Senate voted in favor of an inquiry into media monopolies in the country with the focus certain to be on Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. The move to hold an inquiry was proposed by Green Party senator Sarah...

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Media regulation that is quite over the top -Sashi Kumar

-The Hindu Bringing Digital media under the I&B Ministry nips in the bud the promise of combative journalism The government’s move bringing online news and current affairs portals along with “films and audio-visual programmes made available by online content providers” under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is as brazen as it is wily. Brazen, because this is an attack on the free press, targeted at a section that has been bold and...

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Tech Platforms Feel the Heat -CP Chandrasekhar

-NetworkIdeas.org In a move that was expected, the US Justice Department has filed an anti-trust lawsuit against internet search giant Google, alleging that it resorts to anti-competitive practices to ensure its dominance in the search engine space and, through that, over the related online advertising revenues. As a leading example the case cites the successful effort to exclude the competition through a deal, in place since 2005, in which Google pays...

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Online News Portals, Content Providers Now Under Government Regulation -Arvind Gunasekar

-NDTV.com New Delhi: The government has issued an order bringing online news portals and content providers such as Netflix under the Information and Broadcasting ministry. At present, there is no law or autonomous body governing digital content. The Press Council of India takes care of the print media, the News Broadcasters Association (NBA) monitors news channels, the Advertising Standards Council of India is for advertising while the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC)...

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11 Digital-Only Platforms Join Hands to Launch DIGIPUB for a ‘Healthy News Ecosystem’

-Newsclick.in The Foundation seeks to “represent, define and protect” the digital-only news ecosystem in collaboration with independent journalists, news entrepreneurs, news consumers among others. New Delhi: To “represent, define and protect” the fast-growing digital news media sector in India, 11 top names in the field on Tuesday launched a new organisation – DIGIPUB News India Foundation -- to ensure a “healthy and robust” digital-only news ecosystem The 11 founding members of DIGIPUB are...

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