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SEP 3, 2010
Can Chinese media rule the airwaves?
CNN
At a time when many Western media outlets are contracting, Chinese media outlets are expanding, rapidly. Beijing is pouring billions into the country's state-run media machine, which is churning out new TV networks, radio stations and newspapers aimed at foreign audiences.
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Tags: mediaxinhua
Categories: Media & PD   New Technology   Soft Power   Asia Pacific    


SEP 3, 2010
All the Propaganda That’s Fit to Print
Newsweek
For decades Xinhua has been an unavoidable presence in China. It has a monopoly on official news and the regulatory power to complicate life for other media outfits. But as China has grown in wealth and international stature, Beijing has tired of feeling overlooked or maligned by the Western press.   Read more...

Tags: journalismpropagandaxinhua
Categories: Media & PD   Asia Pacific    


SEP 3, 2010
Opinion: No Mideast peace? Blame the American media
Global Post
The Middle East peace process has always been a fantasyland – a garden of illusions sustained by politicians and myths that by and large the American media have been too timid, too uninformed or too biased to question.  Read more...



SEP 1, 2010
Public TV Hijacked by Foreign Propagandists
Canada Free Press
About 30 non-commercial TV stations around the U.S. are airing “MHz Network Worldview,” which includes programs from Al Jazeera English, the Kremlin’s “Russia Today” and other foreign state-controlled instruments of propaganda.   Read more...



AUG 31, 2010
Israeli PM joins social networking era
Xinhua
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday officially joined the social networking era with the launching of a new YouTube channel, as well as Facebook, Twitter and flickr accounts.  Read more...

Tags: israelgovernment pdmediasocial media
Categories: Government PD   Media & PD   Middle East    


AUG 30, 2010
Forum to boost China-Japan ties
Xinhua News Agency
Now the forum is a major platform for public diplomacy between the two nations. It will see nearly 200 leaders from the political, business, academic and media fields take part in a two-day discussion starting Monday in Tokyo. More than 800 students and journalists have applied for a seat to listen to the panel discussions.  Read more...

Tags: chinamediajapannon-state actors
Categories: Media & PD   Non-State PD   Asia Pacific      


AUG 26, 2010
Radio Farda Says Record Number of Iranians Visit Its Website
Radio World
The Internet has become an increasingly important part of the distribution channels for U.S.-funded international broadcasting operations. Here’s one example. Radio Liberty’s Persian-language radio service Radio Farda broadcasts on short- and medium-wave, the Internet and satellite radio to Iran 24/7.   Read more...



AUG 25, 2010
China Today magazine to launch Turkish edition
Xinhua News Agency
The Turkish edition of China Today magazine will go on sale in major cities of Turkey starting from Sept. 1, which is expected to promote mutual understanding between Turkish and Chinese people and facilitate the two countries' business relations.  Read more...



AUG 25, 2010
International journalists visit Finland
Helsinki Times
The programme aims at deepening the understanding of Finland and to create a positive attitude towards it. In the long run it is an investment into future media relations that are an integral part of the Ministry’s public diplomacy.   Read more...

Tags: mediayouthjournalismfinland
Categories: Government PD   Media & PD   Europe  


AUG 25, 2010
CRI to Establish Its Broadcasting Network
CRI English
China International Broadcasting Network (CIBN), run by the state-owned radio station China Radio International, has recently been approved for establishment by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television. This international new media broadcasting network will feature 61 languages and international characteristics.  Read more...



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