Nepal Commission Submits Recommendations to Restructure Media Sector
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Text of report by Nepalese Kantipur Television on 15 September  [Presenter] The High-Level Media Commission, which conducted research into the media industry in Nepal, presented its report and recommendations to Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala.
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Newspapers will and should be subject to some form of new external regulation, outgoing PM says.
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A high-level report calls for the UN to be reformed  to allow more intervention in failed states,  the BBC learns.
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The Federal Communications Commission is expected to approve Tuesday a proposal by Chairman Kevin Martin that will allow broadcasters in the nation's 20 largest media markets to also own a newspaper Â overturning a 32-year-old rule.
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The Federal Communications Commission set new rules regulating the size and scope of the news and cable firms.
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Commercial television network Viasat3 may have to give up its ties to free daily newspaper Metro and restructure its ownership - as well as its program schedule - should the National Television and Radio Board ...
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Ethnic unrest in southern Nepal that has blighted the country's fragile peace process has to be tackled before crucial polls to decide Nepal's political future, the United Nations said.
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The system should be revamped to aid more workers displaced by a transforming economy, economists said as they released overhaul proposals.
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The BBC should focus on core public service broadcasting, a panel set up by the government says.
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Text of report by Ghanaian GBC radio on 11 December  A conference on the media and national development is taking place in Accra. The participants from all over the country are deliberating on how the media can respond responsibly to the unlimited freedom they are enjoying.
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The world's media is urged to find ways of making the global battle against poverty more engaging.
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Nepal plans to relax curbs on civil rights gradually, a minister in the newly formed royalist government says.
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By Dolbeck, Andrew  The media sector has been seeing a fair amount of merger and acquisitions activity lately. Traditional print and broadcast media firms, struggling to compete with new online and mobile media outlets, have been targeted by private equity buyers.
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Nepal's prime minister announced that ethnic Mahadhesis would have a greater role in shaping the nation's future in a move aimed at ending deadly protests in the south.
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Radical plans for the future of the BBC have been announced by Director General, Mark Thompson. Mr Thompson said the changes are needed so that more of the licence fee can be put into programmes and content.
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A panelÂs sweeping plan would mark an epochal shift for an industry that has fiercely resisted shrinkage.
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Text of report by Nepalnews.com website on 7 September  The visiting international media mission has recommended the government of Nepal for extensive amendments of media laws to strengthen the press freedom and democratic values.