October 11, 2019 •
Media Economics, Recent •
by Lucie Stuchlíková
Independent Czech journalists are increasingly turning to crowdfunding as a way of raising money to launch new outlets and finance special projects....
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March 25, 2019 •
Business Models, Media and Politics, Media Economics, Press Freedom, Recent •
by Kornelia R. Kiss
Media throughout Europe face the same challenge: to retain their independence, they have to be based on sound financial models. In Central and Eastern Europe, the problem is particularly acute. Kornélia R. Kiss looks at some ways in which...
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February 18, 2019 •
Ethics and Quality, Media and Politics, Press Freedom, Recent •
by Paula Kennedy
A new section of the global media watchdog International Press Institute (IPI) has been set up by a group of Czech journalists determined to tackle threats to media freedom in their country and to promote the cause of independent quality...
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October 31, 2017 •
Media and Politics, Specialist Journalism •
by Pavla Holcova
After the 2008 economic crisis, western media companies sold their interests in the Czech Republic’s biggest media houses, radio stations and newspapers to Czech and Slovak billionaires. The concentration of media in the hands of a few...
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September 30, 2014 •
Media and Politics, Press Freedom •
by Roman Hájek and Sandra Štefaniková
On 15 September, the first issue of Reporter, a new Czech weekly, was launched by Robert Casensky, former editor-in-chief of the daily newspaper, Mlada fronta Dnes. Casensky hopes the new magazine could become the Czech version of The...
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August 7, 2013 •
Ethics and Quality, Media Economics •
by Adam Pešek
No other name resonates as strongly in the Czech media market at the moment as that of Andrej Babiš, the second richest citizen in Czech Republic. In June Babiš bought one of the largest domestic media groups in the country, MAFRA. The...
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