CAIRO, Jan. 23 (Aswat Masriya) – An Egyptian lawyer filed a lawsuit before the administrative court on Saturday calling for the lifting of the media gag imposed on the case of Central Auditing Organisation (CAO) head Hesham Geneina. Last month, Geneina told Egyptian media services that the size of governmental …

CAIRO, Jan 26 (Aswat Masriya) - A Cairo court sentenced writer and poet Fatma Naoot to three years in prison and fined her EGP 20,000 (around $2,550) for "contempt of Islam". Naoot responded to the court's decision with, "thanks to the judiciary of kind Egypt," also thanking those who "accuse us …

  تأثير التحولات في ثقافة غرف الأخبار والبيئة التنظيمية الجديدة على أجندة البحث العلمي في حقل دراسات إدارة المؤسسات الصحفية واقتصادياتها: رؤية تحليلية نقدية د. محرز حسين غالي- أستاذ الصحافة المساعد بكلية الإعلام جامعة القاهرة. يدور موضوع هذه الدراسة حول تأثير التحولات في ثقافة غرف الأخبار والبيئة التنظيمية الجديدة على أجندة …

Baker, Chris (1997) Global Television: An Introduction. Oxford: Blackwell. Sinclair, John; Elizabeth Jacka and Stuart Cunningham (1996) New Patterns in Global Television: Peripheral Vision. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Herman, Edward and Robert McChesney (1997) The Global Media: The New Missionaries of Corporate Capitalism. London: Cassell. Reviewed by TBS Review Editor …

It's gratifying, as we move into our second year of publication, to note the growth of TBS in terms of the coverage we provide, the audience we reach, and the people who have become involved in the publication. There are several new faces to welcome with this issue: we have …

"We want to go out of l999 with a smile, so we will celebrate comedy and open with a tribute to comedians throughout the 20th century at the 23rd Cairo International Film Festival, to be held from Nov. 24-Dec. 7," said Hussein Fahmy, president of Cairo Fest, speaking from the …

The Fifth Cairo International TV and Radio Market and Festival (CAMAR TV '99), held from July 11-15 at the sprawling Cairo Convention Center, presented a world in itself of the growing Middle Eastern broadcasting and radio industry. The business of television and radio coincided with the presentation of more than …

"Asia: Information Poor to Information Rich: Strategies for the 21st Century" For the first time in its 26-year history, the Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) held its annual conference in South Asia in mid-year. A major regional resource center based in Singapore and funded largely by governments, inter-government …

Peter Einstein was appointed president and chief executive of Gulf DTH/Showtime, the fastest growing direct-to-home digital satellite pay-TV service for the Middle East, in January 1997. Showtime provides eleven channels of Western programming throughout the region, from the Gulf to North Africa. As president and chief executive, Einstein has overall …

Submitted to TBS by Cees J. Hamelink, professor of International Communication at the University of Amsterdam and initiator of the People's Communication Charter. For reactions: hamelink@antenna.nl For more information on this charter, its history and development, and the signatories, please see The People's Communication Charter: An Introduction, by Cees Hamelink. We, …