Issue No. 19
December 10-23, 2011
Increased pressure on the media to be expected during election campaign – UNS: Journalist is not to blame for exposure of state secrets – Two critiques of the Report prepared by the Anti-Corruption Council – Media situation in Sandzak gets scanned – Economic Intelligence Unit Democracy Index shows worsening of media freedom in Serbia – State financing of the media faces problems – Committee for Control of State Assistance is practically a part of the Ministry of Finance – Proposed Budget for the year 2012 allocates 368 million dinars for financing of the media – Coalition of five media associations criticizes the decision not to use project-based allocation of money from the budget – Isakov: RTV is the only public service broadcaster in Europe without its own building – Dispute between SUBNOR and Aleksandar Tijanic – Court acquits former JUL official in litigation with Blic – Editor-in-chief sues journalist in court – Mayor of the city of Nis gives favor to "Infobiro" – Prosecutor's Office publishes a book about incitement to war crimes in the Serbian media – Discrimination of the media and journalists in the municipality of Zvezdara, Belgrade, Aleksandrovac, Kragujevac, Apatin, Pirot – Media Strategy is criticized more |
Serbian TV channels achieve positive changes – The media publish inappropriate and unethical reports about a family tragedy – UNS and NUNS warn the media to report properly about children – IPSOS analyses efficacy of advertising in the print media – Svedok files a complaint against Politika to the Press Council – Drunk TV host and his guests appear in a show aired by TV Pink – Journalists receive awards – Analysis of media usage by minors in Vojvodina – ABC gemiusAudience extends deadline for entry in the program of measuring ranking of websites – New training courses are available – Slobodan Reljic is elected as the president of the Association of European Journalists of Serbia (UENS) – TV Prva snatches the best-rated soap opera in the region from TV Pink – Press celebrates six years of existence; Radio Subotica is 43 years old – Sinisa Jakonic, Aleksandar Bobic and Slobodan Jovanovic pass away more |
NIN reports about economic crisis in RTS – NUNS and UNS oppose the Law on Cinematography – The new Law on Cinematography would reduce the revenue of RRA, RATEL and RTS by 20%, 10% and 1.5%, respectively – Proposed Law on Cinematography contradicts the Law on Broadcasting and the Media Strategy – Pavlovic: The media market in Novi Sad is chaotic – The practice of using state money for advertising is increasingly evident in countries around the world – What is the price of advertising in the forthcoming election campaign? - Alleged purchase of three major daily newspapers by Kurir lead to reactions and numerous speculations – Media associations demand that the state publicly reveal information about the sale more |
NUNS calls on the government to make more effort to create institutional framework for the media – UNS praises Wikileaks – NUNS, UNS, European Federation of Journalists and the trade union protest against the attack by the director of Novosti on the president of the trade union – Trade unions demand that the government make available information about the sale of Vecernje Novosti, Politika and Dnevnik – RRA is opposed to the Law on Cinematography more |
TV BK reappears – Info Center in Vladicin Han receives new equipment – BIRN launches "Media Informant" – Dnevnik from Novi Sad creates a new web portal more |
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