October 10, 2017 •
Media Economics, Recent •
by Kaja Grzybowska
Internet publishers in Poland, who have traditionally based their business models on display advertising, are being challenged by a surge in the use of ad blockers. The country has the dubious privilege of being a world leader in ad...
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October 2, 2017 •
Media and Politics, Short stories •
by Ido Liven and Kornelia Trytko
There are growing concerns that state agencies in Poland were, and possibly still are, spying on journalists – a trend that could have a chilling effect on Polish media, experts warn. Some reporters are adopting tools and practices to...
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August 14, 2017 •
Media and Politics, Media Economics •
by Raluca Radu
A study of Europe’s Public Service Media (PSM) has revealed the 2008 global financial crisis forced some public broadcasters to make significant strategic changes to policy, funding and content while others were barely affected. It found...
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June 21, 2017 •
Digital News, Media Economics, Recent •
by Kaja Grzybowska
Digital news providers in Poland are experimenting with video content to reach new audiences and increase advertising revenue. Some organisations have focused on producing very short videos, with subtitles, for distribution on social media...
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April 26, 2017 •
Media and Politics, Press Freedom •
by Caroline Lees
The 2017 World Press Freedom Index, published today, reveals that violations of the freedom to inform are no longer the prerogative of authoritarian regimes and dictatorships. Once taken for granted, media freedom is proving to be...
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February 24, 2017 •
Ethics and Quality, Media and Politics, Recent •
by Adam Szynol
Polish media remain under constant pressure from ongoing government reforms, aimed at bringing the press under tighter political control. Since the right-wing Law and Justice Party (PiS) won both the 2015 presidential and parliamentary...
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April 20, 2016 •
Recent •
by EJO
There has been a ‘deep and disturbing’ decline in respect for media freedom on every continent over the last three years, according to the latest edition of the World Press Freedom Index, published today by Reporters Without Borders....
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April 11, 2016 •
Ethics and Quality, Recent •
by Filip Láb
A woman sits wounded and dazed, her shirt blown off. Another beside her, also injured, phones for help. It is minutes after two massive suicide bomb explosions at Brussels airport and the soon-to-be iconic image is taken by a Georgian...
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January 25, 2016 •
Recent •
by Adam Szynol and Paulina Pacula and Michal Kus
Over the last few weeks Poland’s recently elected conservative government has sacked the managements of public TV and radio, appointed their successors, and closed television programmes considered critical to its policies. It has also...
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