These are dog days for Kenyan media. Its journalists, editors and owners have been accused of pro-government partisanship, tribalism, corruption, cowardice, selling out … name it. The election of December 2007 was, probably, the turning point and, since then, every election has brought a new crisis, newsroom turmoil and disillusioned readers and viewers. The crisis […]
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BRICS media groups to deepen cooperation
Leaders of 25 media organizations from BRICS countries are to gather here for an unprecedented event dedicated to promoting media cooperation within the BRICS framework, which will inject new vigor and vitality into common development of the five-member bloc. With the theme of “Innovation, Development, Cooperation and Trust,” the first BRICS media summit will focus […]
Euronews extends African reach ahead of new channel debut
News channel Euronews has extended its reach in Lusophone Africa thanks to a new agreement with South Africa-based pay TV provider DStv, and has launched a programming strand on the Ouest TV channel in Francophone Africa. The latest deals come ahead of Euronews’ planned launch of Africanews , a dedicated multilingual pan-African news channel later […]