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MaiLife is a great magazine with informative stories, is on the move with today's Pacific world, is inclusive of stories about a variety of Fiji people. We do want it to survive the decree's subsection about cross media ownership.
From Fijivillage today:
Owners of Mai Life Magazine contemplate future
Publish date/time: 29/06/2010 [17:24]
The owners of Mai Life Magazine are now contemplating the future of their investment as the restrictions on cross media ownership in the new Media Industry Development Decree will have serious implications on the monthly magazine. Under the Media Decree, Cross Media Ownership is where a person of a certain medium is limited in the amount of shares they can hold in other mediums or of the same medium.
This applies to the ownership of Mai Life Magazine which is owned and operated by Richard Boardbridge and his wife Judith Ragg as Broadbridge is also the founder and the director of MaiTv.
Section 39 sub section 4 of the decree states that no person may act as a director in more than one media organisation and they have been given 12 months to comply with the cross ownership requirements in the Media Decree.
Speaking to Fijivillage news, Richard Broadbridge said they have to study the decree before deciding their next step. However he said it would be a shame if MaiLife magazine is forced to close down.
Section 43 of the Media Decree on Cross Media ownership states that any media organisation or person that breaches the provisions will be fined not exceeding $10,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years.
The Decree also stated that any media organisation in breach of this provision may have their registration cancelled and the media organisation cease to operate.
Meanwhile, when asked as to why twelve months has been given to ensure that cross media ownership issues were dealt with and only three months given for media organisations to ensure that were 90 percent locally owned, Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum said it is sufficient time for those who are affected to comply.
The only exemption in this section of the Media Decree extends to the State and any State owned entity or any media organisation in which the State owns majority shares.
Story by: Roneel Lal
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And of course, the Fiji Times owners/staff will have to seriously comtemplate their future as well. I do not like monopolies and want diversity of views in the media, but this is an organization of long standing in Fiji and a reputable newspaper. Certainly it runs rings about Fiji Sun with its little stories of watermelons and so on. Of course there is a trade-off when overseas companies do business in Fiji, but the journalists are local and about two hundred people do have jobs! The Australian media (radio, TV, and print) have had a field day criticizing what has happened, or might happen in three months. A more balanced view is that local ownership shared with overseas investors is desirable but how to get the right balance is debatable.
Showing posts with label Fiji Times. Show all posts
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Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Cleaning up after the cyclone
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There are numerous stories in the Fiji media about the clean-up, the damage to crops, and now flooding. These stories don't get into the international media. I am thinking of my friends from Navua - at the hospital and the nearby Timothy Church where downstairs was flooded once again!
from Radio Fiji website:
Navua and Wainibokasi Hospital closed
Thursday, December 17, 2009
The Ministry Of Health would like to advise members of the public that both Navua and Wainibokasi Hospital are still closed. Health spokesperson Iliesa Tora says Navua will be closed indefinitely until further notice as they are still cleaning up the facility. “We would like to advise members of the public in Navua that we have our medical team now operating at the Namosi Provincial Office building in Navua and we also have a our mobile dental clinic that is going to be run from there.” All emergencies cases and maternity cases for Navua, Wainibokasi and Nausori are being referred to CWM Hospital.
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Although many people in Fiji did not get up-to-date warnings which is not good enough)as a Suva writer on Fiji Exiles Board said there was a 5 hours time-lapse), the Fiji Times did give good updates. Fiji Sun - on-line - was absolutely silent! So I can't understand why the Fiji Times, a reliable newspaper, and Fiji TV, have been excluded from the Media conference. They both bend over backwards, while treading on eggshells, to get stories out to the public, even as a cyclone raged!
Times, TV to be excluded from Media Decree talks
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Statement on Media Decree consultations
Update: 1:57PM THE two largest media organisations in the country will be excluded from any consultation on a Media Decree expected to come into force early next year.
A statement, issued this hour by the Office of the Prime Minister, began by stating that consultations would be held with "all media organisations and other relevant stakeholders which recognise the Bainimarama government and who have an interest in moving Fiji forward for the benefit of all her citizens".
It went on to state that "the media organisations of Fiji Times and Fiji TV shall not be consulted since they have demonstrated through their perverse publication and broadcast respectively that they do not recognise the contemporary Fijian legal system, the status of the Bainimarama government, are partisan and not Fiji focused".
It continued: "However, should these two media organisations change their partisan editorial, publication and broadcast positions and policy, then they maybe invited to be part of the consultative process".
It said dates for the consultations would be publicised in the next few weeks.
All queries and additional information on this issue can be obtained from the OPM permanent secretary Colonel Pio Tikoduadua on phone 3211273 or email pspmoffice@connect.com.fj.
Times been nothing but pro-Fiji: Rika
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Update: 5:07PM THE Fiji Times has been nothing but pro-Fiji in its approach to editorial content. This according to Fiji Times editor-in-chief Netani Rika this afternoon.
"Look at our publications over the last 12 months. We have supported campaigns which raised funds for cancer awareness and care as well as major awareness of HIV/AIDS, violence against women, climate change and helping reform ex-prisoners," he said.
"We implemented an award system to recognise people whose individual efforts contributed to a better Fiji. We have been nothing but pro-Fiji.
"It is regretable that the Fiji Times along with Fiji TV has been banned from dialogue on the proposed media decree thus missing the opportunity for consultations with as wide a variety of interested parties as possible.
"We remain very supportive of responsible journalism which we believe includes presenting all sides of any issue so that the people of Fiji can consider issues affecting them armed with as much information as possible.
"We will continue to remain fully focused and supportive of the people of Fiji, their achievements and their challenges."
There are numerous stories in the Fiji media about the clean-up, the damage to crops, and now flooding. These stories don't get into the international media. I am thinking of my friends from Navua - at the hospital and the nearby Timothy Church where downstairs was flooded once again!
from Radio Fiji website:
Navua and Wainibokasi Hospital closed
Thursday, December 17, 2009
The Ministry Of Health would like to advise members of the public that both Navua and Wainibokasi Hospital are still closed. Health spokesperson Iliesa Tora says Navua will be closed indefinitely until further notice as they are still cleaning up the facility. “We would like to advise members of the public in Navua that we have our medical team now operating at the Namosi Provincial Office building in Navua and we also have a our mobile dental clinic that is going to be run from there.” All emergencies cases and maternity cases for Navua, Wainibokasi and Nausori are being referred to CWM Hospital.
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Although many people in Fiji did not get up-to-date warnings which is not good enough)as a Suva writer on Fiji Exiles Board said there was a 5 hours time-lapse), the Fiji Times did give good updates. Fiji Sun - on-line - was absolutely silent! So I can't understand why the Fiji Times, a reliable newspaper, and Fiji TV, have been excluded from the Media conference. They both bend over backwards, while treading on eggshells, to get stories out to the public, even as a cyclone raged!
Times, TV to be excluded from Media Decree talks
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Statement on Media Decree consultations
Update: 1:57PM THE two largest media organisations in the country will be excluded from any consultation on a Media Decree expected to come into force early next year.
A statement, issued this hour by the Office of the Prime Minister, began by stating that consultations would be held with "all media organisations and other relevant stakeholders which recognise the Bainimarama government and who have an interest in moving Fiji forward for the benefit of all her citizens".
It went on to state that "the media organisations of Fiji Times and Fiji TV shall not be consulted since they have demonstrated through their perverse publication and broadcast respectively that they do not recognise the contemporary Fijian legal system, the status of the Bainimarama government, are partisan and not Fiji focused".
It continued: "However, should these two media organisations change their partisan editorial, publication and broadcast positions and policy, then they maybe invited to be part of the consultative process".
It said dates for the consultations would be publicised in the next few weeks.
All queries and additional information on this issue can be obtained from the OPM permanent secretary Colonel Pio Tikoduadua on phone 3211273 or email pspmoffice@connect.com.fj.
Times been nothing but pro-Fiji: Rika
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Update: 5:07PM THE Fiji Times has been nothing but pro-Fiji in its approach to editorial content. This according to Fiji Times editor-in-chief Netani Rika this afternoon.
"Look at our publications over the last 12 months. We have supported campaigns which raised funds for cancer awareness and care as well as major awareness of HIV/AIDS, violence against women, climate change and helping reform ex-prisoners," he said.
"We implemented an award system to recognise people whose individual efforts contributed to a better Fiji. We have been nothing but pro-Fiji.
"It is regretable that the Fiji Times along with Fiji TV has been banned from dialogue on the proposed media decree thus missing the opportunity for consultations with as wide a variety of interested parties as possible.
"We remain very supportive of responsible journalism which we believe includes presenting all sides of any issue so that the people of Fiji can consider issues affecting them armed with as much information as possible.
"We will continue to remain fully focused and supportive of the people of Fiji, their achievements and their challenges."
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