Jamaican journalists urged to seek greater press freedom
From the Jamaican Observer
MEDIA Association of Jamaica (MAJ) chairman Gary Allen, yesterday urged the Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) to examine the relevant laws in Jamaica which might be creating roadblocks in the fight for freedom of the press and freedom of expression. The call by Allen — managing director of the RJR Communications Group [...]
Media giant TPC makes $16 million
The Trinidad Publishing Company is still profitable despite the tough times.It still gets its fair share of the advertising dollar.
The Trinidad Publishing Company might have slipped as a media giant in that the Trinidad Guardian is back at the pack in the dailies, the five radio stations are behind in the ratings [...]
Slander suit to follow Umbala sacking?
Not for the first time, irrepressible talk show host George Umbala Joseph is fired from radio i95.5FM. This time the matter may end up in the court.
The sacking of popular talk show host George Umbala Joseph by Louis Lee Sing, chairman of i95.5FM, may have its sequel in the courts.
Joseph,71, was dismissed earlier this [...]
Radio Shakti gets new owner
Radio Shakti was founded in 2002 by top radio men Hansley Ajodha and Afzal Khan and financed by the HCU. Adman Rawlins Boodan now runs the station.
While Harry Harnarine holds court in his Chaguanas roti shop about the grandiose plans he has for the re-starting the many companies he once led as [...]
Press is free in Trinidad and Tobago
As a Reuters correspondent in Argentina during the hardline military regime in Argentina, Pantin was held incommunicado by the secret police and drugged. Some of his terrified colleagues, who were threatened, fled Argentina.
The recent dispute between Prime Minister Patrick Manning and the press illustrates once again the adage that [...]
The Guardian brings up the rear
Only 17 per cent of newspaper readers bother to buy a Guardian. Is it really guarding democracy as it claims?
Did you get a free daily newspaper thrown on to your front yard or placed in your mailbox this morning? It’s becoming a habit, you say.
Market Facts and Opinion (MFO), the organization which determines how [...]
Channel C sends home journalists
The reincarnated TTT station seems to have inherited some bad karma.
Press cartel double newspaper prices
All three daily newspapers – the Guardian, the Express and Newsday, decide to simultaneously double the price of their daily editions.
Gayelle’s All Fool’s Day media deal
Errol Fabien, a popular comedian, said with a straight face that he hoped CNC3 would hire Gayelle’s laid off staff. News is that CNC3 has financial troubles of its own.
Blast newspaper folds
The expansion of the electronic media and the introduction of cable television and the Internet have dealt the weekly newspaper industry a mortal blow.