Media News - Monday, May 05, 2008
Dutch citizen journalism website shuts down
Dutch website Skoeps, which invites citizens to submit pictures and
video clips of breaking news, will shut down after failing to find a
sustainable business model, its owners said on Friday. Such ‘citizen
journalism’ sites have become increasingly popular in recent years and
have been seen as a possible challenge to the more established
publishers. Many media companies, such as broadcasters CNN and BBC, also
ask viewers to submit photos or videos as local people armed with
cameras on their mobile phones are often the first on the scene when a
major event develops. ‘The ambition of the news site was partially
successful, but Skoeps did not succeed in developing a financially
healthy perspective,’ the owners, publisher PCM Uitgevers and investment
company Talpa Media, said in a statement. Skoeps - the name is a play on
the English word ‘scoop’ - received 1,000 to 1,500 submissions per
month, the companies said.
(Reuters)
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Yahoo under pressure after Microsoft walks out
Yahoo Inc faced growing pressure on Sunday to find an alternative strategy to Microsoft Corp's USD 47.5bn takeover offer after the software maker walked away over a disagreement on price. Yahoo shares could fall by more than 30 percent on Monday over the breakdown of talks, but that drop could be softened if Wall Street believes Yahoo Chief Executive Jerry Yang has another strategy up his sleeve, analysts said. Yahoo is likely to push for an advertising partnership with Web search leader Google Inc, sources familiar with the matter said. A tie-up with Google, seen as a big winner from the end of Microsoft-Yahoo talks, should help boost Yahoo's operating performance in the near term. Yahoo is also still considering a deal with another Internet media and advertising major, such as Time Warner Inc's AOL, people familiar with the discussions said. (Reuters via France 24)
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BBC to resume unvetted news in Pakistan
The BBC World Service will Monday announce it has been cleared to resume news broadcasts in Pakistan on an unrestricted basis, ending a long-running dispute that saw it accused of compromising its editorial independence. The BBC Trust is considering complaints from staff and union officials after it emerged the World Service agreed to the former Pakistani government vetting its news broadcasts. Under an agreement with a local FM service, BBC World Service executives agreed to allow the state regulator to listen to its BBC Urdu news bulletins 15 minutes before they were broadcast, prompting fears of censorship. The National Union of Journalists raised its concerns with the World Service director, Nigel Chapman, as well as the BBC Trust and the director general, Mark Thompson. The BBC will argue the deal with Pakistani regulators gave them no additional control over its bulletins, other than the opportunity to preview them in full. Meanwhile, it has permission for unrestricted live news broadcasts from Tuesday, after six months off air. (The Guardian)
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Rights group highlight threats in Europe on press freedom day
Media rights campaigners Reporters Without Borders (RSF) marked World Press Freedom Day Saturday by highlighting threats to journalists' safety inside Europe. Elsewhere meanwhile, journalists and international organisations highlighted what they said were attacks on media rights in Africa, Asia and Latin America. RSF's new report on the media rights situation inside the EU acknowledged: ‘There is genuine press freedom within the European Union. ‘No state has ordered the murder or imprisonment of a journalist and state censorship is a thing of the past.’ But it highlighted problems of security faced by some journalists in several western European countries including France, Denmark Italy, Northern Ireland and Spain. The World Association of Newspapers on Saturday issued a statement denouncing what it called China's broken promises regarding human rights reforms ahead of the Olympic Games. UNESCO, the UN cultural organisation, honoured Mexican journalist Lydia Cacho Ribeiro for her coverage of political corruption, organized crime and domestic violence in Mexico. They awarded her the 2008 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. (AFP)
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Chinese newscasters to be fined for erroneous pronunciation
Erroneous pronunciations by TV newscasters will result in a nominal fine at China’s national broadcaster but a slip of the tongue may be forgiven. In an afternoon news show on China Central Television (CCTV) on April 26, Guo Zhijian, a promising young newscaster, chose one, unluckily erroneously, from a few different pronunciations for a same word. He repeated the gaffe three times. Liang Ruini, a CCTV News outreach coordinator, said Guo would be fined for his negligence. The house rules stipulated fines ranging from CNY 50 yuan (EUR 4.64) to CNY 200 (EUR 18.58) for each wrong pronunciation. Another newscaster, Xu Wumei, was caught out by the audience for a slip of the tongue. At the beginning of a news program when newscasters were usually expected to say ‘Good afternoon,’ Xu blurted out a few eerie words that could hardly be deciphered as ‘Good afternoon’. Some decoded that she said ‘Good this day,’ which is more than rarely used by native Chinese speakers. Xu’s slip didn’t deserve monetary punishment because it was not a technical mistake for broadcasting, Liang was quoted as saying by a local news paper. ‘We thank our audience for paying meticulous attention to our news shows and will circulate a warning to our newscasters,’ Liang said. (Xinhua via Media Network Weblog)
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