Next-to-last issue of the newsletter
No. 41
October 27 - November 9, 2012
The state vs. media independence: NUNS and OSCE defend independence of RRA and RATEL – Libel remains a criminal offense in the Criminal Code – NUNS voices protest – The Travica case: Court harms journalist even when passing a verdict in his favor – SEEMO demands better protection of journalists in Serbia – Nine illegal radio station exist in Novi Sad only – ANEM issues a new monitoring report – USAID and IREX organize a conference – Sejdinovic says that local and regional media outlets are nearly extinct – Two major television stations TV Avala and Nis-based TV5 are closed down – Huge disappointment in Nis – Nis is not the same anymore without TV5 – New demands that the state withdraw from the media – RTS again sues subscribers, including those who are not covered by TV signal – Police inspector who beat family of a journalist is still employed – Recording of the attack is published – Explosive device is found in the yard of the house belonging to the journalist – Police receives numerous complaints and demands for full investigation – Colleagues attack the editor of Blic – NUNS condemns the attack – Spokesman of the football club Crvena Zvezda insults the journalist with the daily Informer – DSS says that the programme “The Insider” on Kosovo constitutes “hysterical campaign” – Laslo Sas writes a book about his days in prison – Journalist wins lawsuit, has to go to prison – NUNS and NDNV protest – The state redefines the media strategy – EU gives 1.5 million euros for implementation of the media strategy – Survival of the minority media outlet Bratstvo is uncertain more |
The least professional programmes on television have the largest number of viewers – The Press Council condemns Press and Politika – Front page articles about violence against children usually violate the journalistic code of conduct – Director of RTS rudely insults students – I did not insult students, says Tijanic – Police calls on journalists to refrain from sensationalism – Awards are given to Somborac, Djurica, Markovic, Krutenjuk, Risovic, Slamnig, Hamidovic, Boarov, Vukovic, Petrovic, Lolic – Seminar on professional reporting about EU is held – Boris Tadic had the most time on-air during election campaign – Novosti still hold the first position on the list of most-read newspapers, shows ABC auditing report – Is the circulation falsified or not? - a fierce debate takes place – ABC and Ipsos deny accusations – Public contest for a new editor of Radio Novi Sad is announced – UNS gives award to those who have been its members for more than 50 years – Ljubisa Vukadinovic is honored – Radio Han celebrates 16th anniversary – Weekly magazine Zrenjanin celebrates six decades of existence – Branko Djurica, Slobodan Nestorovic and Rasko Kovacevic pass away more |
This year's advertising revenue in the media will match the level achieved in 2011 – TV Avala is definitely closed down – A new channel, TV Pink 2 appears instead of TV Avala on the same frequency – Comments and explanations follow – RRA, RATEL and the Ministry meet to discuss the allocation of the frequency that belonged to TV Avala – Journalistic associations condemn the closure of TV Avala – Strike on TV Mozaik ends – Nis-based RTV5 is closed down – The city of Nis can afford to finance Narodne Novine – Pozarevac-based weekly magazine Okrug ceases publication – Boom93 in Pozarevac protests, stops airing news about activities of the local self-government – SNS: “Press is in Djilas' pocket” – Ribnikar expects that “energetic and professional action by Vucic will solve the murky situation in Politika” – Politika distributes Ruska Rec without agreement between the editorial team and the editor-in-chief more |
NUNS is one of the organizers of the memorial exhibition dedicated to anti-fascist struggle – UNS organizes public discussion about decriminalization of libel – Journalistic trade unions hold two protests – RRA adopts sanctions against TV Prva, TV Pink and TV Happy – The state has to pay 640 million due to RATEL's fault – UNS is concerned about the SOS channel – RATEL issues a recommendation to importers of telecommunication equipment – SEEMO is concerned because of escalation of attacks on journalists – SEEMO voices concern due to new legislation more |
Government is not present on social networks – Political parties have reduced their activities on social networks after the election – Zeljko Mitrovic explains the concept of TV Pink 2 – Downloading of media products in digital formats triples worldwide between 2006 and 2010 – Web portal Novinarnica and the Center for Promotion of Science present the concept of reading newspapers, magazines and book in the digital form more |
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