"With a two-page directive, Gustavo Petro's government ordered that at least one third of the media budget plan of each entity be allocated to advertising in community and alternative media. On past occasions, the president told his officials of his interest in allocating more resources like this. The directive does not apply immediately but looks […]
The International Fund for the Public Interest Media (IFPIM) announced an investment of US $1.9 million to support five journalism organizations in Latin America, bringing its total investment in the region to nearly US $5 million since 2022. The new beneficiaries are media outlets GK (Ecuador), Agência Pública (Brazil) and Chequeado (Argentina), as well as […]
“Newspaper La Razón from La Paz will stop circulating its print edition as of Sept. 1, due to large debts that make its printing unsustainable, two journalists from that newspaper told Brújula Digital. The digital edition of the media outlet will continue. The information was also released through a publication on the Facebook page of […]
“On March 7, the Copesa media conglomerate – which includes media outlets such as La Tercera and La Cuarta – filed a lawsuit against Google before the Court for the Defense of Free Competition (TDLC, for its acronym in Spanish), for 'abuse of a quasi-monopoly position' in the online search engine and digital advertising markets. […]
Despite the challenges faced by the media industry, the Haitian Times –a print and digital newspaper catering to Haitian immigrants in the United States– has managed to not only survive but thrive by adapting to the changing needs of its audience. Through a combination of smart financial decisions, leveraging technology like AI, and deeply understanding […]
"In a new press conference on the morning of Dec. 12, presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni reported that official advertising for media will be suspended for one year. ... 'I wanted to tell you that, although it was already public knowledge, advertising for media is suspended for a year,” Adorni said, thus ratifying one of the […]
"Media companies from the United States, Latin America and Spain are registering for the 79th General Assembly of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA), from Nov. 9 to 12 in Mexico City, where Grupo Salinas, a leader in digital innovation with more than 50 million unique visitors to its platforms, will be among the hosts […]
“[In Brazil] Magazines, as well as newspapers, did not have a good year in 2021. According to the IVC (Instituto Verificador de Comunicação), print circulation fell by 28 percent, digital circulation fell by 21 percent and the total decreased 25 percent. For the survey, Poder360 chose seven magazines: Veja, Quatro Rodas, Época, Exame, Vogue, Revista […]
"Analysis of the final expenditure on official advertising for the year 2020, obtained through the Social Communication System (COMSOC, for its acronym in Spanish) belonging to the Ministry of Public Administration, indicates that 2,248 million pesos were exercised, out of a total of 2,452 million approved for that fiscal year. This means that the federal […]
"The disappearance of print media in Venezuela, as a result of the crisis, has led publishers to reinvent themselves to go back to their origins and recover the smell of ink and paper of yesteryear, from the hand of the 'town crier,' as the traditional newspaper delivery man is known in the country. Starting on […]
"Several Latin American media organizations are undergoing major, permanent workplace transformations. Even though these newsrooms are in different countries, each with their own cultural, social and political contexts, some common trends are emerging. First, the economic impacts and restrictions caused by the pandemic accelerated, or in some cases caused, newsrooms to adopt a hybrid model […]
"The Google News Initiative wants to help by launching a Journalism Emergency Relief Fund to deliver urgent aid to thousands of small, medium and local news publishers globally. The funding is open to news organizations producing original news for local communities during this time of crisis, and will range from the low thousands of dollars […]