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We Need to Understand Who Really Has Control Over Access to Media Content

December 7, 2017
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A decade or so ago, if you were invited to speak about media pluralism, one would prepare a few slides featuring the dangers of media ownership concentration. As the media industry has changed dramatically due to the rise of digital technologies, the debate on media pluralism has to be reframed.

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Dragomir Cited in Transitions Online’s Article on Media Ownership in CEE

November 29, 2017
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Transitions Online has recently published an article about possible changes in the ownership of one of the biggest media outlets in Central and Eastern Europe. As Transitions writes, “several sources told Reuters that a consortium headed by Chinese energy and investment group CEFC wants to buy Central European Media Enterprises (CME) from Time Warner”.

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Loughborough University's IAS Holds Research Seminar on Media and Illiberal Democracy in CEE

November 16, 2017
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Loughborough University’s Institute of Advanced Studies has recently organized a one-day seminar about the current state of media freedom and the rise of illiberal democracies in Central and Eastern Europe.

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UNESCO Publishes Latest Report on World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development

November 10, 2017
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UNESCO presented the latest report on global trends in freedom of expression and media development on November 6 at its Paris headquarters with the attendance of Marius Dragomir, director of CMDS, who contributed to the panel organized around the key findings of the report.

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Is All Extremist Content Online Created Equal? - VOX-Pol Workshop on the Impact of Content Regulation on Civil Liberties

November 10, 2017
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VOX-Pol, an academic research network focusing on violent online political extremism, has recently held a workshop entitled  ‘Countering Violent Extremism Online and the Impact on Civil Liberties’ at the Berkman Klein Centre for Internet and Society at Harvard University co-organized by the Center for Media, Data and Society as part of the Center's research project conducted  by Kate Coyer, director of the Ce

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