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# media - Thursday 10 May, 2012
New figures show Distilled Media is Ireland’s largest online publishing group
Latest figures show that Distilled, which publishes sites including TheJournal.ie and Daft.ie, gets more monthly page impressions than RTE.ie, IrishTimes.com and Independent Digital.
# media - Wednesday 9 May, 2012
Blackmail and night-vision pics: George Michael shares his NotW experiences
The singer criticised the authorities for failing to “genuinely prosecute” journalists who break the law.
# media - Saturday 5 May, 2012
Sky News to launch new 24-hour Arabic channel
Sky News Arabia will broadcast rolling news from Abu Dhabi, starting tomorrow.
Ryan Tubridy headed back to BBC for breakfast show stint
It looks like BBC bosses were impressed by Tubridy’s performance last year – he’s landed another high-profile slot.
Father Kevin Reynolds is not out for revenge – solicitor
Robert Dore said the priest is awaiting with interest the outcome of the meeting between the Communications Minister and the board of RTE.
# media - Friday 4 May, 2012
RTÉ fined €200k over breaches of broadcasting regulations in Mission to Prey
A BAI report is heavily critical of the procedures followed by the programme makers who libelled Fr Kevin Reynolds and RTÉ on whole over a programme broadcast nearly a year ago.
# media - Thursday 3 May, 2012
Investor buys 5 per cent of Independent News & Media in one single trade
A single trade worth almost €10 million – totaling some 27.7 million shares – went through on the stroke of noon.
Column: On World Press Freedom Day, Ireland can stand proud
We might moan about the press – but Irish media consumers are among the world’s luckiest, writes Ross McCarthy.
# media - Monday 30 April, 2012
Here’s how the French papers reacted to Leinster’s win yesterday
L’Equipe were not happy with Wayne Barnes’ performance, while Le Figaro suggested that the visitors deserved their victory.
# media - Friday 27 April, 2012
Column: ‘The press is becoming the battleground for thought control’
Nobody is investing in newspapers for profit any more, writes Michael McDowell. Instead, it’s driven by political and editorial control and influence.
# media - Thursday 26 April, 2012
BAI will consider ownership of newspapers in approving broadcast takeovers
The new Ownership and Control Policy is the blueprint under which authorities will consider whether to block a takeover.
# media - Sunday 22 April, 2012
Column: There aren’t enough female characters on kids’ tv – so I’m doing something about it
There’s just one female character for every 3 male character in films aimed at children. This needs to change, writes actress Geena Davis.
# media - Friday 20 April, 2012
AUDIO: What did Gavin O’Reilly do with his first day post-INM resignation?
Family visits and a holiday are in the offing… However, INM re-releases its statement today to remove the word ‘unanimous’ from the directors’ decision on the deal O’Reilly received on departure.
# media - Thursday 19 April, 2012
Gavin O’Reilly steps down as CEO of INM
Vincent Crowley, current Group Chief Operating Officer, appointed in his place.
TV3 chief: We couldn’t afford to make mistake like Mission to Prey
David McRedmond says his station wouldn’t have made libel because “we couldn’t afford a settlement” like that given by RTÉ to Fr Kevin Reynolds.
# media - Wednesday 18 April, 2012
Prime Time Investigates doc wins international TV award
Exposé on counterfeit cigarette trade in Ireland given Gold World Medal in investigative news programme category in New York.
The 9 at 9: Wednesday
Nine things you need to know this morning…
Column: The future of the media in Ireland is more diverse, more democratic and driven online
Talking about old versus new media misses the point, writes Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte. Instead, we need to look at copyright, regulation, and defamation.
# media - Monday 16 April, 2012
Column: Let’s not cow-tow to ‘sacred’ cheese industry
Far from worrying that a ban on advertising cheese to children will hurt their calcium intake, says food writer Frank Armstrong, concerned gastronomes are missing the point…
# media - Thursday 12 April, 2012
Shatter likens questions over Lowry meetings to 1950s McCarthyism
While statement alleges Independent News and Media “agenda”, Minister makes remarks on media pursuit of questions over Lowry meetings.
Alan Shatter statement: I am not participating in INM agenda
Full statement released by Justice Minister says there is an “unethical media project” to “condemn” or imply “guilt by association” with Michael Lowry – and that it has echoes of McCarthyism in the 1950s.
# media - Wednesday 11 April, 2012
ABC – where the ‘B’ doesn’t just stand for ‘broadcasting’
Some media experts say the abbreviation for ‘bitch’ may be satirical and reclaiming the word – but some feel it is polarising and an attention-grabbing move.
# media - Friday 6 April, 2012
Facebook leaning toward Nasdaq, reports say
Facebook’s initial public offering is pegged at $5 billion – meaning it could be a big win for Nasdaq.
# media - Wednesday 4 April, 2012
Poll: Should advertising cheddar cheese to children be restricted?
The National Dairy Council has again come out with an appeal for cheddar cheese not to be placed in the ‘less healthy’ food/drink list in the Children’s Commercial Code. What do you think?
# media - Tuesday 3 April, 2012
What happens to the rest of the ‘A Mission To Prey’ crew?
Noel Curran, Director General of RTÉ, has said that the movement of two senior execs was voluntary and that an independent external board is still investigating other personnell in ‘A Mission to Prey’ debacle.
RTÉ: Full statement on “two very serious editorial failures”
Director General Noel Curran’s on ‘rebuilding trust’ between the State broadcaster and its audience. “They also expect that we do not lose our nerve…”
WE’RE HIRING: Attention, news journalists
Are you a journalist? Interested in online media? Passionate about current affairs? We want to hear from you…
# media - Sunday 1 April, 2012
Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
The very best of the week’s writing from around the web.
Stop press: An announcement from TheJournal.ie team
Soon we’ll be bringing you breaking news and the best of the web – on paper.
# media - Saturday 31 March, 2012
Brenda Power to host new media programme on RTÉ radio
The Media Show will examine issues in print, online and broadcast when it begins airing on RTÉ Radio 1 next month.
# media - Wednesday 28 March, 2012
Shatter launches stinging attack on ‘contrived’ journalism
The minister for justice tells a Seanad debate that some journalists omit important facts in order to scandalise the public.
# media - Friday 23 March, 2012
Gallery: Mahon Tribunal hits the front pages
‘He lied and lied and lied again’. How the newspapers saw the report’s revelations…
# media - Tuesday 20 March, 2012
Column: What is wrong with the media? All the faces are the same.
Putting different faces on screen isn’t about box-ticking – it’s about catering to the real society that’s out there, writes Dil Wickremasinghe.
# media - Monday 19 March, 2012
BBC director general to quit after Olympics
Mark Thompson is the longest-serving chief since the 1970s.
# media - Monday 12 March, 2012
China: Two girls take their own lives in hopes of ‘time travelling’
The 12-year-olds drowned in a pool near their homes in a seeming attempt to travel back in time to the Qing Dynasty – a currently popular subject in some soap operas.
Average adult listens to over 3 hours of radio each day
Statistics compiled by Ipsos MRBI for JNLR show that the average adult listens to 196 minutes of radio broadcasts each day.
# media - Saturday 10 March, 2012
Column: We’re all being misled. Why? Because we don’t understand numbers
Misunderstandings and lazy reporting of statistics can lead to everything from wrongful convictions to tragic deaths, writes David Robert Grimes.
# media - Friday 9 March, 2012
Dáil party leaders mentioned in over 108,600 articles since GE11
From ETA’s ceasefire to the Queen’s visit, here the issues that saw members of the 31st Dáil getting media attention over the past 12 months.
How did the foreign press cover Occupy Dame Street camp’s removal?
Gallery: Check out the headlines the camp’s forced dismantling created in Britain, the US – and Egypt.
# media - Wednesday 7 March, 2012
Dramatic surge in number of smartphones and tablets in Ireland
New research carried out by Red C found that 49 per cent of Irish people own a smartphone while 16 per cent own a tablet.
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