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REVIEW media : Jihad: the Musical

Jihad: the Musical

Appears only the name of the six-member US production courted the real controversy in Edinburgh this August

by Nabeelah Shabbir @ , carles matamoros balasch // 05/09/07

media, religion, jihad, entertainment, edinburgh, festivals, osama bin laden

INTERVIEW media : El jueves 's caricatures: 'Banning a magazine is grotesque'

El jueves 's caricatures: 'Banning a magazine is grotesque'

Interview with Oscar Nebarada, editor of the Spanish newspaper El jueves banned from sale on 18 July for containing a caricature of the Prince and his wife in the throes of passion

by Jane Mery @ // 27/07/07

media, freedom of opinion, barcelona, spain, european union, europe

PORTRAIT media : Naughty EU Media

Naughty EU Media

EU Commission uses sexy film scenes to show how it supports European cinema

by Prune Antoine @ // 18/07/07

media, cinema, sex, european union, society

PORTRAIT media : Olga Karatch: 'Lukashenko takes EU leaders for great lumps'

Olga Karatch: 'Lukashenko takes EU leaders for great lumps'

The German presidency of the EU judged the local elections on January 14 in Belarus ‘undemocratic’. The country’s opposition has already announced its intention of contesting Lukashenko

by Natalia Sosin @ // 07/02/07

media, minsk, belarus, communism, dictature, poland, warsaw

FOCUS media : Web 2.0, the European way

Web 2.0, the European way

Google buys YouTube? Wikipedia explodes? Europe must react to the challenge of the second generation of the Internet

by alberto nardelli // 14/11/06

media, web 2.0, europe

FOCUS media : Netlabels challenge the music industry

Netlabels challenge the music industry

Riding on the web 2.0 wave, music labels on the Internet attract more and more enthusiasts

by lam vo // 30/10/06

media, lifestyle, technology, music, culture, europe, society

media : Wolfgang Stranziger, the eye catcher

Wolfgang Stranziger, the eye catcher

Visionary bohemian, shrewd artist or cool businessman? The Austrian Wolfgang Stranziger, 36 years old, lomography founder, discusses the ‘fortuitous’ beginnings of his empire of snappy, zany photography

by piola @ // 19/09/06

media, art market, brunch, photo, pixel, photography, culture

media : Bloggers’ war against traditional media in Lebanon

Bloggers’ war against traditional media in Lebanon

A Lilliputian army of bloggers and freelance journalists are besieging the Western media. According to the provocative point of view of a young blogger, the Western media is too often inclined to demonise Israel.

by Nicola Dell'Arciprete @ // 21/08/06

media, israel, blogs, citizen journalism, culture, society

INTERVIEW media : “The audience has a role to play in the future of journalism”

“The audience has a role to play in the future of journalism”

Thanks to blogs, today everyone is a journalist. But will this uncontrolled media hurt the overall quality of the press? Dan Gillmor, author of 'We the Media', claims this new journalism will ultimately be profitable for everyone

by nicolas baker // 17/07/06

media, california, writers, internet, united states, ethics, blogs

media : A cartoon image of enlightenment

A cartoon image of enlightenment

The crisis surrounding the Mohammad cartoons is not only a European media sensation, but it also shows us that the media do not react appropriately. Instead of enlightening us, they are just adding fuel to the fire.

by Martin Schneider @ // 10/02/06

media, syrian arab republic, middle east, damascus, afghanistan, lebanon, violence

Can Europe really exist without a truly European media?

On the link between democracy, a public forum, public opinion and a collective European identity.

by Simon Loubris @ // 03/11/03

media, european democracy, european media, politics, europe

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When in Europe, 'gag' as the Chinese do

Early May saw Li Kegiang, 56, in Brussels before visiting Moscow and Budapest, but we would not know all there was to know of the Vice Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of China. The European Union allows members from Russia or China to state who they will or ...

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R.I.P. Traditional Media Conference

Cafebabel Brussels invites you to the debate R.I.P. Traditional Media Conference. New ways to Communicate Europe. Thursday 9 December at 18.30 The development of new media represents a great opportunity to change the way we communicate about Europe. Despite their influence, traditional medias often fail to inform ...

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"Erasmus for Journalists" feasibility report presented by EC

The European Commission has presented a report on a proposed mobility scheme for journalists provisionally entitled "Erasmus for Journalists". The initiative, originally proposed by members of the European Parliament, was discussed by an assembly of media workers who were invited to share their opinions of the report in a workshop ...

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On texts

I sometimes get comments both to this blog and the Lithuanian one, saying that the statements in one or another blog entry are "not objective", "biased", etc. Hence today I wanted to share some basic knowledge about categories in opinion journalism. I hope that you'll excuse me for only ...

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How the world spreads

I can't help but come back to the topic of misrepresentations of the debate about the Nazi and Soviet crimes. The Minister of Justice Remigijus Šimašius, previously part of the neo-liberal mouthpiece, the Lithuanian Free Market Institute, wrote an entry in his blog about the accusations against Lithuanians for ...

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