US asks Sri Lanka to stop 'harassing' media

COLOMBO, SRI LANKA / WASHINGTON, US: The United States Saturday joined rights groups in demanding that Sri Lanka stop "harassing" media organisations, a day after police shut down opposition news websites and arrested nine employees. 2 Jul 2012 12:19

Comment: Rim's results

LONDON, UK: Malik Saadi, principal analyst at Informa Telecoms & Media comments on RIM's results. 2 Jul 2012 12:10

Press freedom: An own goal for Ukraine

PARIS, FRANCE / DARMSTADT, GERMANY: As the European Football Championships drew to a close yesterday, with the spotlight on Ukraine, the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), Article 19, Freedom House, Open Society Foundations (OSF), and the Ukraine Association of Press Publishers today release their joint report on the country's press freedom situation. 2 Jul 2012 09:00

Interbrand releases 2nd annual Best Global Green Brands Report

LONDON, UK: Interbrand, one of the world's leading brand consultancies and author of the annual Best Global Brands Report, has released its 2012 Best Global Green Brands Report. Toyota (#1), Johnson & Johnson (#2), and Honda (#3) top the ranking with Danone (#9), Ford (#15), Starbucks (#36) and UPS (#43) representing this year's top risers. 2 Jul 2012 08:29

Murdoch sees increasing costs at WSJ

NEW YORK, US: News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch sat down with Bloomberg TV's Betty Liu this week to discuss the break-up of the company. Murdoch said he sees "increasing costs" at The Wall Street Journal but "hopefully, increasing our revenues by more than that." 29 Jun 2012 10:05

Latam 2012: Be a part of the story...

MIAMI, US: The organisers say that since their launch in 2010 they have spent two years listening, understanding and adapting to the market's needs and they now want to share with you their new vision for The Festival of Media LatAm Awards 2012. 29 Jun 2012 10:00

New York Times to launch Chinese news website

NEW YORK, US: The New York Times said on Wednesday it was launching a Chinese-language news website to deliver "high-quality coverage of world affairs, business and culture" to readers in China. 29 Jun 2012 09:47

Australia's Fairfax says editorial integrity key

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Australian media giant Fairfax Wednesday said editorial independence was at the core of the company, as mining magnate Gina Rinehart pushes for greater influence at the respected newspaper firm. 29 Jun 2012 09:43

2012 Midas Awards for The World's Best Financial Advertising: Call for entries

NEW YORK, US: The World's Best Financial Advertising, presented by the Midas Awards, has announced its call for entries. The Midas Awards is claimed to be the only international competition to recognise excellence in financial advertising and marketing on a global scale. Among the companies honoured in the 2011 Midas Report was SA's The Jupiter Drawing Room. 28 Jun 2012 11:44

Ovum comment on Google product announcement

LONDON, UK: Google made a handful of major product announcements at its I/O developer event yesterday; the next iteration of Google's Android operating system, Jelly Bean, an aggressively priced 7 inch tablet from partner Asus, and a home media device which will be marketed under Google's own brand. Jan Dawson, chief telecoms analyst at Ovum provides his perspective. 28 Jun 2012 11:33

London International Awards: Further deadline extension to 13 July

LONDON, UK: The London International Awards 2012 deadline for entries has been further extended to Friday 13 July 2012. 28 Jun 2012 10:37

App payments will shore up mobile carriers' falling content market share

LONDON, UK: According to the latest forecasts from Informa Telecoms & Media, operators will see their share of mobile content and commerce revenue drop from 44% in 2011 to 31% in 2016 globally. 27 Jun 2012 12:12