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Issue No. 14
October 1-14, 2011
| Anti-Corruption Council presents report on pressure and control over the media – Reactions to the Council’s report – Interview with the president of Anti-Corruption Council Verica Barac – Viewers want more educational and documentary programme – Government prepares amendments to the Law on Commissioner for Information and Ombudsman – Strong connections between the state and PR agencies, says Council’s report – RTS sues 140,000 citizens for unpaid TV fee – Widespread series of attacks, pressure and threats against journalists: Tutin, Sabac, Beograd, Novi Sad, Zrenjanin, Vranje, Kragujevac, Nis – Democratic Party apologizes to Juzne Vesti – Printing company Dnevnik strikes again – Government adopts the Media Strategy – EU comments on the Media Strategy – After New Year the government will be allowed to fund projects but not the media – Most disputed segment of the Strategy: six proposed public service broadcasters – Numerous reactions to media policy of national minorities’ councils – President of the MB of RTV resigns in protest against institutionalization of control of minorities’ councils over the media – The resignation is scandalous, says the Hungarian National Council – UNS requests judgment on constitutionality of the Law on National Minorities and a delayed decision by RRA more  |
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| NUNS and NDNV: More professional reporting on interethnic conflicts is required – False news about Nobel Prize spreads in the media – Press Council holds its first session – Awards, contests and training courses for journalists – EBART documentation offered by the world’s largest library – Media consulting with Slovakians – Russian state TV attacks Danas over articles on Russian influence in Serbia – Number of cable TV users grows – Circulation of all newspapers in Serbia drops – Several Serbian regions suffer from weak TV signal – TV Ultra is the best-rated children’s TV station – Anniversaries of Pobeda, Utisak Nedelje, Enterijer magazine – Jurij Gustincic’s anniversary more |
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| Serbian state institutions allocate money for advertising in the media – Problems with media financing from local sources – Owner of TV Pirot transfers the ownership over the station back to Privatization Agency – Radio Sombor is in trouble – Does Springer jeopardize the competition in the Serbian media market? more |
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| NUNS demands more professional reporting – UNS requests explanation from the Ministry of Defense – RRA issues first 12 licenses to cable broadcasters – SEEMO protests against the Tutin case and the escalation of control over Hungarian minority media – NDNV and the President of Assembly of Vojvodina want less sensationalism in reporting about interethnic incidents more |
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| Radio Belgrade has a new programme schedule – Mobile devices require specialized news – Pescanik is on the air again – Serbian Post Office announces contest for strategic partner for digital TV – Digitalization is delayed because of numerous unsolved problems more |
The Media News Bulletin is edited by Marin and Goran Cetinic who can be contacted at goran.cetinic@gmail.com
Media News Bulletin is a short account of media reports on the situation in the media. It has been created with the aim to register the information about the media published in the previous 14 days in Serbia, shortened to reflect the basic message of media reports and grouped in thematic subsections. The editors convey the news without changing the essential meaning of media reports on the media. For the readers interested in the complete published article, its source and date of publishing are given. Sections
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