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Swan Songs for the Three Tycoons
It was like watching the movie from the day before yesterday. Suddenly, all the three of them were back: Leo Kirch, Silvio Berlusconi and Rupert Murdoch, the tycoons who influentially roughed up the...
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The New Barons. Power, Politics, and Media
Media barons – media owners who use their newsrooms to exercise political pressure and power – have become more influential in many Central and Eastern European countries. The most recent mega deals in...
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Ukraine’s Press Freedom Threatened by Oligarchs
Recent political developments in Ukraine, following the EuroMaidan Revolution, have seen increased democratization of the country. Yet press freedom remains highly vulnerable, as media-owning oligarchs...
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Last Western Media Owner Sells Up In Czech Republic
Over the last two years the Czech Republic has seen the most dramatic change in newspaper ownership since the beginning of 1990s. Western (mostly German) companies that bought Czech newspapers 20 years...
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NewsGuard’s “news trust” ratings rolled out to Europe
NewsGuard aims to help readers find reliable sources of information NewsGuard, the US media start-up launched in 2018 with the ambitious aim of providing news consumers with a reliable guide to the...
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