Tag: Media policy
Böhmermann trial in Dresden against beekeepers: For a few jars of honey – media
The hall in which Judge Heike Kremz usually hears her cases on Tuesdays has six seats for listeners. This week, however, Kremz is calling for “the Böhmermann case against ……
Jan Böhmermann sues beekeepers – media
The hall in which Judge Heike Kremz usually hears her cases on Tuesdays has six seats for listeners. This week, however, Kremz is calling for “the Böhmermann case against ……
Save democracy briefly via Rundfink – media
Briefly save democracy via broadcasting: The Bitburger Talks are dedicated to the “reform of public broadcasting”, which they do not see as an option, but as a survival strategy. It…
European media policy: Kohl’s gift to corporations – media
The day after Hungary’s local elections in May 2019, regional newspapers across the country featured the same interview with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on their front page. That was no…
Swiss banking law for the media: goodbye to investigative work – media
As the Southgerman newspaper and other media published the “Suisse Secrets”, a research into problematic customers of the major bank Credit Suisse, in February 2022, it caused a stir in…
Heike Raab and the “letterhead affair” in the Mainz state parliament – media
Mainz is a city of the size where you are very likely to be sitting next to a member of the Rhineland-Palatinate state government in a café near the state…
Rape in Parliament: What happened in the minister’s office? – Media
She reported on an alleged rape in parliament, and now the reporter is on trial for defamation. About a trial that is shaking Australia’s media and politics. “Tonight: Rape allegations,…
After a controversial letter: Heike Raab resigns from the SWR board of directors – media
Before a special session of the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament scheduled for next Wednesday, Media State Secretary Heike Raab drew conclusions from a letter to the SWR that could be interpreted…
Media Freedom Act: The EU wants to secure press freedom in Europe – Media
The regulation currently being negotiated in Brussels breathes the spirit of a regulatory upgrade against an impending danger. The European Parliament speaks in a message of “worrying trends” affecting freedom…
How the government screws up media policy – culture
People are “tired of the window speeches”, the “maximally non-binding phrases”, and they are wondering what else they can believe in this government: The publishers’ associations sounded like this and…