#mediacapture — Public Fediverse posts

Interesting:

"Taken together, the [European Media Freedom Act]’s provisions offer a tiered but genuinely meaningful landscape for strategic litigation.

Strategic litigation is, however, neither a panacea nor a guarantee. Its effectiveness depends on judicial independence, adequate legal resources, and the willingness of courts to engage with politically sensitive (legal) questions."

https://www.europeanlawblog.eu/pub/m2bjnpey/release/1

#strategicLitigation #mediaCapture #EMFA #mediafreedom

Not Reporting A War Part 2

https://urbanwronski.com/2026/04/12/not-reporting-a-war-part-2/

Pluralistic: California can stop Larry Ellison from buying Warners (28 Feb 2026)

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/28/golden-mean/

"The culture-war framing — “wokest content in the history of the world," LGBTQ representation as "social engineering” — creates pressure for Netflix to move right, to make the kinds of concessions Sarandos was already making in that hearing room. But the report's actual recommendation, that federal agencies "scrutinize with extreme intensity" any Netflix acquisitions, is aimed squarely at the merger."

#USPolitics #MediaCapture #RepublicanDeathCult #Netflix

https://www.readtpa.com/p/netflixs-surrender-has-already-begun

"How did the late Charlie Kirk build his multi-million dollar empire, and what role did billionaire oligarchs play in funding his operation? And why was it so worth it to them to dump millions on this right-wing demagogue?"

#USPolitics #RepublicanDeathCult #RightWingPropaganda #MediaCapture

https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-professional-138706485

Media Watch lifts the lid on BYD bribing influencers and threatening critics — and some Aussie motoring journos took the cash while reviewing the very cars they were paid to promote.
Truth is, this kind of media manipulation isn't new — car companies have been wining, dining and quietly paying off reviewers since the dawn of motoring journalism. What's changed is how blatant and aggressive it's become.
This isn’t just bad ethics — it’s a public trust issue.

#ausmedia #mediawatch #byd #mediacapture #carreview #journalism #conflictofinterest

https://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/episodes/byd/105504496

Media Watch lifts the lid on BYD bribing influencers and threatening critics — and some Aussie motoring journos took the cash while reviewing the very cars they were paid to promote.
Truth is, this kind of media manipulation isn't new — car companies have been wining, dining and quietly paying off reviewers since the dawn of motoring journalism. What's changed is how blatant and aggressive it's become.
This isn’t just bad ethics — it’s a public trust issue.

#ausmedia #mediawatch #byd #mediacapture #carreview #journalism #conflictofinterest

https://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/episodes/byd/105504496

Media Watch lifts the lid on BYD bribing influencers and threatening critics — and some Aussie motoring journos took the cash while reviewing the very cars they were paid to promote.
Truth is, this kind of media manipulation isn't new — car companies have been wining, dining and quietly paying off reviewers since the dawn of motoring journalism. What's changed is how blatant and aggressive it's become.
This isn’t just bad ethics — it’s a public trust issue.

#ausmedia #mediawatch #byd #mediacapture #carreview #journalism #conflictofinterest

https://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/episodes/byd/105504496

On Friday 30 May, Calle Höglund and I will give a talk about our research on how journalists, press freedom groups and media organisations in Uganda mobilise against government repression.

Anyone can attend this online book launch/unconference with lots of interesting presentations on media capture in the so-called global south:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/media-capture-in-the-global-south-power-and-resistance-tickets-1347887410529?aff=oddtdtcreator

#mediacapture #pressfreedom #uganda #humanrights #repression

Very glad to see that the book "Media Capture in Africa and Latin America" – which includes a chapter on resistance to media capture in Uganda co-authored by Calle Höglund and I – has been nominated for the MeCCSA Outstanding Achievement Awards 2025, in the 'edited collection' category:
https://www.meccsa.org.uk/meccsa-outstanding-achievement-awards-2025/

Here's a preprint of our chapter:
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3912443#

#uganda #mediacapture #journalism #mobilization

32 representatives of Ukrainian media are held captive in Russia, according to Rostyslav Karandєєv, the acting Minister of Culture and Information Policy. He discussed the support for regional media and the return of captive journalists during a meeting in Zaporizhia region. Karandєєv stated that negotiations are underway for their prompt return. #Ukraine #MediaCapture

EXCLUSIVE: BBC board and leadership needs reviewing, expert says.

Read my thoughts on the recent reporting failures and independence issues at the BBC… In The National by Steph Brawn #refugees #bbc #media #mediacapture #mediafreedom #unitedkingdom https://www.thenational.scot/news/23396448.bbc-board-leadership-needs-reviewing-expert-says/