Friday, August 21, 2009

Media Watch 21 August 09

Shades of NewsChannel13? The newsroom of Puerto Rico's only public channel, TUTV, was practically dismantled recently, allegedly due to budget cuts. The president of the Corporation of Puerto Rico of Public Broadcasting, Israel “Ray” Cruz - who was appointed by the government elected last November - fired about 50 employees, many of them journalists. The newscast, founded 15 years ago, will still be on the air for the next two months, at which point the lay-offs will be final. Global Voices' Firuzeh Shokooh Valle reports.

Is Free News on The Internet Over? The discussion continues as publishers ponder how to charge For content...

Filmgoers who have long turned to the local newspaper to find theaters and show times for movies may have to start looking elsewhere as theater chains rethink the value of paper and ink. Regal Entertainment Group and AMC Entertainment Inc., the top two U.S. chains, have begun reducing or have eliminated the small-type listings showing the start times for movies at individual theaters.

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