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US Attorney General questioned over AP phone records seizure America’s Attorney General has been grilled by lawmakers over the secret seizure of phone records from the Associated Press news agency. Eric Holder told… 16/05/2013
Leak that prompted AP phone records seizure put ‘American people at risk’ The US Justice Department has come out in defence of its actions to seize phone records of The Associated Press. The seizure is believed to be linked to an… 15/05/2013
Journalists remembered on World Press Freedom Day Journalists who have died while pursuing their trade have been remembered on the 20th annual World Press Freedom day. In Mexico supporters rallied for crime… 03/05/2013
What will be the TV hits of 2014? What will be the next Mad Men or Walking Dead? The television shows that will – hopefully – grip people around the world over the next few years are being… 10/04/2013
euronews Knowledge: welcome to our new YouTube channel!Euronews has announced the launch of a YouTube channel fully dedicated to science and knowledge. Called Euronews Knowledge, this Web TV portal was launched… 10/04/2013
Baumgartner: Next challenge? Double the speed of sound, in the future The fastest man in the world is in Cannes, for the MipTv, where he talked about is achievement of last October, when he reached the speed of 1,342 km/h… 10/04/2013
Claudio Rocco on euronews: “I learn and grow each day” When I came to Lyon twenty years ago, right at the start of euronews, there was a bunch of us, newly-arrived colleagues, and the whole thing felt like a high… 27/03/2013
British parties agree on press regulation Following days of heated debate, British politicians reached an agreement on press regulation on Monday, March 18, unveiling a new code designed to curb the… 18/03/2013
Pope charms journalists in first media test Hard nosed journalists perhaps more known for their cynicism were won over by a papal charm offensive as a relaxed Pope Francis joked with them during his… 17/03/2013
Students set sights on games industry The games industry has come a long way since the 1980s. From a niche market, it has grown into a global industry – with Hollywood-size budgets and plenty… 11/03/2013
Media freedom in Venezuela in the spotlight What, at first glance, looks like a bunker, is in fact a TV station.The headquarters of Globovision have been protected by police since Hugo Chavez… 11/03/2013
Vatican City turns media city ahead of papal conclave As the Roman Catholic Church’s Cardinals meet at the Vatican to discuss the election of a new pope the modern world meets the ancient as the world’s media… 07/03/2013
Lack of outlook hits Vivendi’s shares Vivendi’s shares slipped on Tuesday after it said it is not planning to give a full-year group financial outlook. The entertainment-to-telecoms conglomerate… 26/02/2013
Reader’s Digest in trouble again The parent company of Reader’s Digest is filing for bankruptcy protection from its creditors for the second time in three and a half years. The… 18/02/2013
South Africa in shock over Pistorius murder case South Africa has been stunned by the arrest and prosecution for murder of the country’s star Olympian, Oscar Pistorius. The athlete has appeared in court… 15/02/2013
No rights fight between Liberty and BSkyB US firm Liberty Global has said it is not going to get into bidding wars for content with Rupert Murdoch’s BSkyB once it owns British cable TV group Virgin… 06/02/2013
euronews: 20 years of storytelling The new year means a birthday for euronews, which started life 20 years ago. It was born out of war. The European Broadcasting Union saw how the US 24-hour… 01/01/2013
Conflict and political changes mark the last 12 months Euronews reflects on the events that marked 2012, starting with look at the conflict in Syria. 2011 ended with a violent crackdown. The bloodshed continued… 31/12/2012
Jamel Ezzedini As euronews celebrates its 20th birthday, Jamal Ezzedini, a journalist with the Arabic service, tells how he covered the Arab Spring uprising in Tunisia… 28/12/2012
Aurora Velez As euronews celebrates its 20th anniversary, Aurora Velez, the producer of the programme ‘Learning World’ recounts a journey to interview a Cambodian orphan… 28/12/2012
Jon Davies As euronews celebrates its 20th anniversary, Jon Davies, a journalist with the English service, recounts how he was sent to Tehran to interview president… 28/12/2012
Luis Carballo As euronews celebrates its 20th anniversary Luis Carballo, a journalist with the Spanish service, remembers his trip to Egypt during the recent political… 28/12/2012
Valérie Gauriat 28/12/2012
Education and Media Media technology is everywhere, and of course it is important to teach young people to make the best use of it, to use radio, TV and social networks to step… 07/12/2012
Indian translators in EcuadorEcuadorian Indian broadcasters simultaneously translate a Spanish transmission for the benefit of Amazon residents listening in to a message from President… 18/11/2012
Penguin and Random House to merge Bertelsmann and Pearson are to merge their books operations Random House and Penguin to create a new publishing giant and make significant economies of… 29/10/2012
YouTube announces 60 new channels at MIPCOM Stars from television and the other sectors of the entertainment world came to Cannes for one of the world’s most important TV markets. MIPCOM is an event… 11/10/2012
Festival of photojournalism shocks in France One of the biggest photojournalism festivals in the world is now on in Perpignan in France. Entitled Visa pour l’image, the event includes evening… 12/09/2012
Interview with Mircea Toma Interview with Mircea Toma, president of the Bucharest based Media Monitoring Agency ActiveWatch. 27/07/2012
Vivendi’s decade old TV deal hurts share price The past has caught up with Vivendi as it lost a legal battle in the US over the purchase of TV channel. Its share price fell further as it is having to put… 26/06/2012
Murdoch warming to News Corp split? Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp is considering splitting into two according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Its newspaper and book publishing assets… 26/06/2012
Euro 2012: IBC officially opened The Euro 2012 International Broadcast Centre in Warsaw was officially opened by UEFA president Michel Platini on Wednesday. It will act as the heartbeat for… 06/06/2012
Beppe Grillo explains Comedian Beppe Grillo has shaken up Italian politics, with his 5 Star Movement party (Movimento 5 Stelle) winning local and administrative polls in the… 24/05/2012
Murdochs ‘unfit’ to lead – report A British parliamentary cross-party committee has condemned News Corporation chief Rupert Murdoch as being unfit to lead his media empire, saying he… 01/05/2012
Freedom of speech, “alive and kicking in Hungary” Alex Taylor, Euronews: “Opposition media closed down, moves to make the justice and banking systems dependent on the government. The President of the European… 21/02/2012
Turkish newspapers furious with FranceThe decision by the French Parliament to pass a law punishing those who deny that the bloody events of 1915 in the last days of the Ottoman era were a… 23/12/2011
Arab Spring and euro crisis spark debate at Forum Libération There has been plenty on the agenda at the Forum Libération at Lyon in France – everything from the Arab Spring, the euro crisis, social upheavals and… 30/11/2011
Landlady 1, Sky Sports 0 The way in which lucrative broadcast rights for the English Premier league are sold could soon be changed thanks to the landlady of this pub in the south east… 04/10/2011
LG cuts spending as tablet boom hits LCD TVs Booming sales of mobile devices, such as tablet computers and smartphones, are hitting makers of liquid crystal display flat-screens for TVs and… 29/08/2011
James Murdoch remains BSkyB chairman The directors of BSkyB have unanimously backed James Murdoch to remain as chairman of the satellite broadcaster. Some BSkyB shareholders had called for him… 28/07/2011
Rupert Murdoch attacked with shaving foam pie – nocomment Rupert Murdoch would have been anticipating a barrage of questions, but not a shaving foam pie in the face. 19/07/2011
Murdochs count the cost of hacking scandal As the Murdochs faced questioning before the parliamentary committee, their business empire was counting the cost of the hacking scandal. Rupert Murdoch’s… 19/07/2011
Phone hacking fallout: ‘sales have gone down’ The decision by News Corporation to abandon its bid for BSkyB is a dramatic reversal of fortune for Rupert Murdoch. For years in Britain the success of his… 14/07/2011
Rupert Murdoch’s global empire Lived and died by scandal – a phrase that sums up the history of the News of the World. Overwhelmed by the furore caused by the hacking of mobile phone… 13/07/2011
E-book boom draws thousands to Tokyo fair Tokyo has been playing host to one of the world’s largest e-book exhibitions. More than 150 companies turned up to show off their new products, including… 13/07/2011
Last edition for News of the WorldA man reads a copy of the final edition of the News of the World in a newsagent in London. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor 10/07/2011
Anti-Murdoch demonstration in London – nocomment Demonstrators opposed to Rupert Murdoch’s News International bid for BSkyB staged a protest outside the Houses of Parliament in London on Friday (July 8)… 09/07/2011
The end of the News of the World James Murdoch has closed down a newspaper that for some was a British Institution. Sunday paper the News of the World has been published for 168 years with… 08/07/2011
Murdoch empire under threat? Rupert Murdoch is one of the world’s wealthiest individuals who has built a hugely powerful and profitable corporate machine – a media business that… 08/07/2011
BSkyB shares slump on doubts over deal BSkyB shares slumped further on Friday because of the phone hacking scandal involving Rupert Murdoch’s News Of The World tabloid newspaper. The … 08/07/2011
Lady Gaga turns newspaper editor for a day As publicity stunts go, this one definitely wins points for originality: Lady Gaga has ditched her microphone and turned into guest editor of the newspaper… 17/05/2011
Bin Laden’s death dominates world news The news that the world’s most wanted fugitive, Osama bin Laden, had been killed in a US-led operation went global straight after President Obama’s… 02/05/2011
US press hails bin Laden’s deathAlmost all major newspapers in the United States were celebrating the death of Osama bin Laden on their websites ahead of going to press. In New York, the… 02/05/2011
Worldwide attention for royal wedding International coverage of the British royal wedding spanned the globe. Journalists from around the world sought out their countrymen and women among the… 29/04/2011
Meet the man behind high-speed internet In 1987, French inventor Emmanuel Desurvire along with colleagues Randy Giles and David Payne came up with the optical amplifier. This revolutionised global… 19/04/2011
Does popular video-sharing site encourage creativity? YouTube, the video-sharing website, is experiencing phenomenal growth according to one of its bosses, Patrick Walker. 35 hours of video are uploaded every… 18/04/2011
Back in the Day: the day nothing happenedApril 18, 1930. A BBC Radio newsreader announces “Good evening. Today is Good Friday. There is no news.” It’s difficult to imagine what a day without news… 18/04/2011
How do the media decide which stories to cover? Frank, Lyon, France: “Events in Libya and the rest of the Arab world have dominated news coverage over recent weeks. This has completely overshadowed… 14/04/2011
Facebook: “network of 500 million passions” As social networking sites grow by the minute, it is estimated that some half a billion people around the world are members of Facebook. The average user has… 14/04/2011
Blurring the sci-fi boundaries at MIPTV The boundaries between reality and science fiction were more blurred than ever at this year’s MIPTV in Cannes, Europe’s biggest television programme trade… 13/04/2011
No end in sight for UK phone hacking scandalRupert Murdoch-owned News of the World’s apology and offer of compensation doesn’t seem to have calmed the victims of the daily’s phone hacking scandal. The… 11/04/2011
Italy’s picture perfect TV women “Be beautiful and shut up” is a phrase which will probably be heard and denied during Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s trial over his relations with an… 31/03/2011
RIM puts PlayBook into tablet fray Canada’s Research In Motion has announced that its PlayBook tablet computer will go on sale in the US on 19 April. That will heat up the tablet battle against… 23/03/2011
Pick of the Clicks: Apocalypse…now?Pick of the Clicks looks at the most clicked story of the week on our website and how its being treated elsewhere on the net. This week: The Apocalypse… 12/03/2011
Pick of the Clicks: Libya looks to the skies for helpPick of the Clicks looks at the most clicked news story of the week on our website and how it’s being reported elsewhere on the net. This week… 04/03/2011
Pick of the Clicks: Tunisia- talk about a revolution!In the chaotic death throes of President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali’s regime, he blamed “hostile elements in the pay of foreigners” for the unrest sweeping… 21/01/2011
Hungary’s right turn Hungary’s populist right-wing government is causing democratic discomfort all over Europe: a new media law squeezes press freedom; pension funds are being… 20/01/2011
European of the Year Since 2001, the newspaper ‘European Voice’ has honoured key individuals in the political and news landscape with a prize for ‘European of the Year’. Who won… 21/12/2010
Mediterranean TV channel soon to be reality The 17th gathering of COPEAM The Permanent Conference of the Mediterranean Audiovisual Operators convened in Paris to discuss broadcast opportunities in… 13/04/2010
El Pais apologises for Chavez photoInfluential Spanish newspaper El Pais has apologised for publishing a “false photo” cancer-stricken Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. The charismatic leader… 24/01/2013
False Chavez photo embarrasses El PaisSpanish daily newspaper El Pais has had to make an embarrassing apology after publishing a photo of a hospitalised man that it said, falsely, was Venezuelan… 24/01/2013
Three – way live election results in IsraelIt’s voting time in Israel, as people come forward to vote for the 19th Knesset – the state’s next parliament. Elections results will be available in real… 22/01/2013
Rare strike puts press freedom under scrutiny in ChinaIn China there has been a rare protest over press censorship. Yellow chrysanthemums, symbolising the death of press freedom, were laid outside the… 07/01/2013
Israel bans too skinny models from showIsrael has blocked its media, websites and catwalk shows from using overly thin models or those with a low body mass index. The law aims to protect… 02/01/2013
Newsweek’s final print runOnce one of America’s top magazines, Newsweek is about to disappear from the news stands and go digital. The final print edition will be on sale on… 29/12/2012
Putin to consider banning US parents from adopting Russian childrenRussia’s President Vladimir Putin has held the first major news conference of his third presidential term. During the live, televised event, Putin said he… 20/12/2012
Obama named Time magazine’s Person of 2012Hot on the heels of winning a second term in the Oval Office, US President Barack Obama has been named Time magazine’s Person of the Year for a second time… 19/12/2012
Call me the Apocalypse Correspondent!It is not an everyday occurrence to get a call from your editor, asking you to report the end of the world from the only village that will survive the… 18/12/2012
Larry Hagman has died aged 81Larry Hagman, best known as the ruthless oilman J.R. Ewing on TV’s Dallas, has died aged 81. The Texas born actor had suffered from cancer and cirrhosis of… 24/11/2012
Kazakh prosecutors call for opposition bansProsecutors in the central Asian state of Kazakhstan say concerns over extremism have prompted them to ask for two opposition movements critical of the… 22/11/2012
The crisis continues in IsraelIsrael has been bombing Palestinian militant targets in the Gaza Strip from the air and sea for a fifth straight day. The Jewish state’s military has… 18/11/2012
Berlusconi wants to stay in politicsFormer Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi will stay in politics with the aim of reforming his country’s justice system, but he will not be a candidate… 27/10/2012
Slick Silvio convicted but he’s not in jail yetThe former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has been preparing a formal public response to his prison sentence for tax fraud. A court in Milan gave… 27/10/2012
Berlusconi’s political opponents celebrateFormer Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been convicted of tax fraud by a court in Milan. The 76-year-old was ordered to serve four years in… 27/10/2012
Berlusconi says jail sentence for tax fraud is “politically motivated”Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has described his conviction and jail sentence for tax fraud as “unreal”. The 76-year-old was ordered to… 27/10/2012
Berlusconi’s 20 years of court battlesFormer Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been accused of swindles, sleaze and sex with starlets during his two decades in politics. None of the… 26/10/2012
Berlusconi sentenced to jail for tax fraudFormer Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been sentenced to four years in jail for tax fraud. The term was later reduced to one year because of an… 26/10/2012
Silvio Berlusconi sentenced to four years jailFormer Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has been sentenced to four years in jail for tax evasion following an investigation into the affairs of his… 26/10/2012
BBC’s top man denies cover-up of Savile reportThe head of the BBC has denied helping cover up an investigation into the monster in the midst of the organisation, the late Jimmy Savile. The BBC is… 23/10/2012
Newsweek goes digitalAfter 79 years in print, Newsweek, one of the best-known newsweeklies in the world, is going digital only as from 31st December. The decision is indicative… 19/10/2012
Italy shocked by custody battle videoItaly has been shocked by this video of police seizing a ten-year-old boy at the centre of a bitter custody battle. Officers took the boy outside his school… 12/10/2012
Moscow protest over Radio Liberty staff cutsA small protest has taken place outside the US Embassy in Moscow over mass lay-offs at Radio Liberty. The Russian service is being shrunk after American… 09/10/2012
Russian billionaire on hooligan chargeRussian billionaire Alexander Lebedev, owner of two leading British newspapers, has been charged with hooliganism over a televised punch-up. Lebedev owns… 26/09/2012
Russian censors take aim at kids TVTelevision executives in Russia have a new censorship headache. But this time it is not critical news coverage that is in the government’s… 05/09/2012
Woman presenter wears Islamic headscarf on Egyptian TVFor the first time in fifty years a woman presenter has appeared on Egyptian state television wearing an Islamic headscarf. Under the Mubarak regime there was… 03/09/2012
Syrian president says Turkey shares responsibility for bloodshedPresident Bashar al-Assad has given an interview to a Syrian TV station defending the actions of his government and armed forces. Assad talked extensively… 29/08/2012
Celebrating brave journalism: the Ilaria Alpi Awards, 6-8 September 2012In partnership with: History of Ilaria Alpi While pursuing a story in Mogadishu, Somalia, in 1994, the Italian investigative reporter for RAI, Ilaria… 29/08/2012
Myanmar says it has abolished media censorshipMyanmar says there will be no more censorship of its national media, in the latest reform since pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was freed in 2010. The… 20/08/2012
Murdoch quits boards of British newspapersNews Corporation’s Rupert Murdoch has resigned from a string of directorships. The 81-year-old media mogul has stepped down from boards overseeing the Sun… 22/07/2012
New faces feature heavily on Emmy nomination listSeveral new television series have made it to the list of nominees for this year’s Emmy Awards, joining a list of past favorites. Earning nominations in… 19/07/2012
