Radio Model News Today

September 2022 in the Americas: A free expression round up produced by IFEX's Regional Editor Laura Vidal, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.

Haitian journalism is under serious threat this year, marked by murders, intimidation, kidnappings, and attacks on the media.

What makes it local, though? i was flicking through one of your stations earlier and i heard greatest hits somerset, but i wasnt sure what made it "somerset". the news and the local information that that service provides. and there is local content as well. and what has been the driver for this consolidation? would you say the dominance of tech companies in the advertising market has forced bauer and your competitors, of course, into wrapping up local stations into big national brands that are w...

To listeners and to increase the targeting that they offer to advertisers. but that environment is more competitive than the traditional radio model, and i think that environment seems to us to appreciate scale and technology investments that groups such as ours can make. and can support innovation for listeners in a way that our services are accessed, on smartphones or smart speakers or on pcs and so on. i want to ask you about smart speakers, actually, because they are now a very significant p...