Media

After tech companies, now US media titans begin lay-offs. Is the job market going to weaken further?

On Friday, Vox Media announced it would lay off seven per cent of its staff. Heavy hitters such as CNN, NBC, Washington Post, MSNBC, and Buzzfeed have all announced job cuts recently

Afghanistan: Over 6,000 journalists unemployed as Taliban stifles Afghan media

Many radio and TV stations as well as news agencies are struggling to stay afloat under Taliban rule. According to a report by Khama Press, more than 6,000 journalists have lost their jobs since the Afghan Taliban captured Kabul in August 2021

People trust business far more than other institutions in a more divided world, says report

People are more gloomy about their economic prospects than ever before and trust business far more than other institutions like governments, nonprofits, and the media in an increasingly divided world

The British monarchy has always controlled how much the public sees of it. Will King Charles III change that?

Censorship and royal control are not uncommon. The same can be expected at Charles III's coronation. The royal family's success is dependent on the palace's careful curation of their image, as well as their ongoing battle with the media over what can and cannot be shown

Elon Musk's abrupt suspensions of journalist widen rift between Twitter and media

Individual reporters with The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, Voice of America and other news agencies saw their accounts go dark Thursday

Explained: The alternate reality of the Ukraine war being presented by Russian state TV

Leaked emails show how Russia's largest state broadcaster has spun a version of the war in which Russia is winning, Ukraine is in shambles, and Western alliances are fraying. Even as the country suffers from battlefield losses, rising casualties, economic isolation, and international condemnation

Five years of Harvey Weinstein expose: How #MeToo reshaped media coverage on sexual abuse

According to a study conducted by the Women's Media Center feminist organisation, the media coverage of #MeToo and sexual assault jumped 52 per cent in 2018 after the initial 'The New York Times' and 'New Yorker' stories dropped

Explained: How 'infobesity' around Queen Elizabeth II's death is causing news fatigue

Experts believe that the blanket coverage of the Queen's demise may only encourage more people to turn off the news entirely — deepening the malaise surrounding the industry

'Media should self-regulate': Delhi HC blasts newspaper for dragging vlogger's child into article says

The Delhi Hight Court was hearing an appeal by the newspaper challenging an order of the single judge directing it to take down the allegedly objectionable article criticising a blogger

Taliban rulers order women TV anchors to cover their faces on air

An Afghan local media official confirmed his station had received the order and was told it was not up for discussion