Media Summit ends with call for objective coverage

October 9th, 2009 BEIJING - The media should promote world peace and development, Chinese President Hu Jintao said Friday at the opening ceremony of the World Media Summit, attended by about 300 representatives from over 170 media outlets from all over the globe. Hu said: "The media should use their distinctive assets and advantages to convey the messages of peace, development, cooperation, mutual benefit and tolerance." "All media organisations should be dedicated to the lofty cause of pushing forward peace and development." In the backdrop of global financial crisis, Hu said, the world's media should comprehensively cover the measures taken and the achievements of all countries to overcome difficulties.

October 9th, 2009 BEIJING - The Chinese government will safeguard the rights and interests of foreign news media, President Hu Jintao said Friday at the opening ceremony of the World Media Summit, attended by about 300 representatives from over 170 media outlets from all over the globe. Hu said: "We will continue to make government affairs public, enhance information distribution, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of foreign news organisations and reporters, and facilitate foreign media coverage of China in accordance with China's laws and regulations." Foreign media coverage of China is growing in terms of its scale, scope and range, which "has played an important role in helping people around the world understand the development and changes in China", he said.

October 8th, 2009 BEIJING - About 300 representatives from over 170 media outlets around the world gathered in Beijing to discuss the shifts and challenges in the industry at the World Media Summit that began Friday. The opening ceremony of the summit was held at the Great Hall of the People in central Beijing.

October 8th, 2009 China pledges to protect foreign mediaBEIJING — President Hu Jintao pledged Friday that Beijing would protect the rights of international news organizations reporting in China. Hu also said in an opening speech to a meeting of global media leaders that news organizations had an obligation to help keep peace in the world.

October 6th, 2009 BEIJING - Heads of media organisations worldwide will gather in the Chinese capital for a unique summit Oct 8-10. The World Media Summit, with the theme "Cooperation, Action, Win-Win and Development", will be attended by officials from major media organisations including news agencies, newspapers, magazines, radio, television broadcasters and online sites.

August 22nd, 2009 NY Gov. Paterson: Media using racial stereotypesALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov.

August 21st, 2009 NY governor says media using racial stereotypesALBANY, N.Y. — New York's governor says the media are exploiting racial stereotypes in their coverage of him, President Barack Obama and fellow black Gov.

July 9th, 2009 L'AQUILA - The Italian media seems to be enjoying the "eccentricities" of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. There has been talk in the media that Gaddafi, who is coming for one of the meetings at the G8-G5 summit, will sleep in his luxury tent in Coppito near here.

July 8th, 2009 Top media execs wonder how Twitter will make moneySUN VALLEY, Idaho — Major media executives are impressed with Twitter's growing popularity as a communications tool. They just can't figure out how the online messaging service is going to make money.

July 1st, 2009 SIRTE, Libya — Iran's president canceled a last-minute call to attend an African Union summit in Libya on Wednesday amid a stir among African delegates, who complained the contentious Iranian leader would divert the conference's attention from Africa's pressing problems. There was no immediate explanation from Iranian or Libyan officials present at the AU summit as to why Mahmoud Ahmadinejad didn't arrive at the summit as planned Wednsday morning in Sirte, Libya.

June 12th, 2009 BRUSSELS - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari will pay an official visit to Brussels June 16-19 leading the country's delegation to the first Pakistan-European Union Summit, Online news agency reports. Zardari will also address NATO's policy making body, the North Atlantic Council.

May 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Wide political coverage on TV news channels this Lok Sabha elections failed to shape public opinion and motivate voters to exercise their franchise, a new study said here Sunday. The study, conducted by the media lab of the Centre for Media Studies (CMS), claims that all the six news channels surveyed devoted over 40 percent of their time to election-related news but failed to make a substantial impact on the audiences and their opinions.

April 29th, 2009 PESHAWAR - The Swat chapter of the Taliban has warned the media not to promote 'anti-Taliban coverage'. Pamphlets warning media houses were found scattered at the office premises of several TV channels and newspapers reporting on developments in the region.

April 24th, 2009 Protests in Georgia's capital go into 3rd weekTBILISI, Georgia — A few thousand Georgians rallied outside the public television station and parliament building in the capital city Friday as daily protests against President Mikhail Saakashvili entered their third week. They continued to demand the resignation of Saakashvili, the Western-backed president who opponents accuse of concentrating power in his own hands and mishandling last year's war with neighboring Russia, which resulted in heavy damages and a loss of territory.

April 24th, 2009 LONDON - A Nepali telecom firm is set to be the first to offer mobile coverage at the top of Mount Everest. Nepal Telecom said that it would set up mobile towers in Thakdin, Manjo, Pheriche and Gorak Shep, to bring the summit within the network coverage.