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Media Capture, Made in Bulgaria

One businessman has managed to bring both the state structures and big business in Bulgaria under his tight control. Media was a key piece...

Media in Slovenia: among criminals, politicians and “the barbarians”

By Blaž Zgaga Once praised as a role model country for the Balkans, Slovenia as the most developed part of former Yugoslavia, an EU and...

Bulgaria: time to tackle the nightmare next door

Emotions ran high at ECPMF’s Expert Talk on Bulgaria, held in Brussels on 25 January. There was a moving testimony from ECPMF’s Journalist-in-Residence (JiR)...

Ownership, financial models and programme diversity of the most influential TV channels in Macedonia, Croatia and Slovenia

Unlike in Macedonia, where national commercial terrestrial TV stations are exclusively "home" owned, the most influential commercial media in Croatia and Slovenia are in...

Media business or (geo)politics behind foreign investments in the Slovenian media market

Slovenia’s small media market, which is highly concentrated in its TV segment and has repelled rather than attracted foreign investment in the past decade,...

Joan Barata: A unique and open media market is a guarantee of pluralism and transparency

A single law to regulate in a comprehensive manner the whole media sector is a guarantee of respect of European standards and the transparency...

“A Sickness Beyond Borders:” Understanding and Combating Media Capture

By Kate Musgrave When dozens of journalists, media development experts, and human rights advocates gathered at Central European University’s Center for Media, Data and Society (CMDS) earlier...

Audiovisual services in Europe: Focus on services targeting other countries

An analysis of cross-border audiovisual services in Europe, their ownership and market power. According to a new study by European Audiovisual Observatory (June 2017), around one third...

Four Broadcasters Dominate Serbian Media, BIRN Shows

New research by BIRN and Reporters Without Borders highlights the extent to which the Serbian media space has become dominated by a handful of...

Who owns the Media in Serbia?

Media Ownership Monitor presented by RSF and BIRN 21 June 2017 – Political influence and concentration distorts the Serbian media market. The resulting lack of...
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