ARMENIA: Armenian government allocates 28 million drams to public broadcaster

Panorama.am: The Armenian government on Thursday approved nearly 28 million drams (about $70,000) from its reserve fund to cover tax and fee obligations tied to a Chinese-financed construction project for Public Television of Armenia.

---

CAMBODIA & CHINA: Cambodia, Yunnan step up media cooperation under 2024 MoU

Khmer Times: The Information Ministry and China’s Yunnan Provincial Publicity Department agree to accelerate implementation of their 2024 Memorandum of Understanding, with a focus on journalist training, combating fake news, content exchanges and modernising Cambodia’s national radio broadcasting system.

---

INDIA: Inovonics supplies 55 FM modulation monitors to All India Radio

RedTech: Inovonics has delivered 55 Model 541 FM Modulation Monitors to All India Radio, India’s national public broadcaster, following a competitive tender process that began in 2025.

---

INDONESIA: RRI Strengthens Public Broadcasting Role Amid Digital Challenges

ABU: Radio Republik Indonesia (RRI) has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening public service broadcasting as Indonesia navigates an increasingly complex digital information landscape.

---

INDONESIA & TURKIYE: Türkiye, Indonesia agree on closer media cooperation during Jakarta talks

TRT: Türkiye and Indonesia agreed to deepen cooperation in media, strategic communications and public diplomacy during a high-level roundtable in Jakarta, the Turkish Embassy said on Friday.

---

LAOS: Laos charts roadmap to modernise media sector

The Star: The first National Media Congress was held in Lao capital Vientiane, adopting a roadmap to advance the modernisation of the country’s media sector to improve its quality and effectiveness.

---

MALAYSIA: Media must earn public trust through accurate reporting

Sarawak Tribune: Public trust in the media has become increasingly fragile in the digital era, with mainstream media now required to earn credibility through consistent, transparent and accurate reporting rather than relying on institutional reputation alone.

---

NEPAL: Minister directs public media to complete audit backlog

The Rising Nepal: Minister for Information and Communication Dr. Bikram Timilsina has directed Gorkhapatra Corporation (GC) and the Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) institutions to complete their pending annual audits by mid-December, 2026 warning that delays have weakened financial discipline, accountability and budget implementation in public media institutions.

---

SINGAPORE: Court ruling in Bloomberg libel case threatens public-interest journalism

IFJ: The Singapore High Court has ordered Bloomberg News and reporter Low De Wei to pay substantial damages to two government ministers after finding them liable for defamation over an article regarding luxury real estate transactions.

---

SINGAPORE: From screens to stations: Mediacorp, Moove Media and SBS Transit unite to bring curated content and enhanced experiences to commuters on the move (Press release – 9 July)

Mediacorp: Singapore’s daily commute is set to become more connected and engaging as Mediacorp, Moove Media and SBS Transit today signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore new opportunities that enable people to better discover content and connect with brands on the move. The MOU takes effect immediately from the date of signing.

---

TAIWAN: Rti meets listeners face-to-face at KANHAM 2026

Rti: Radio Taiwan International (Rti) participated in Kansai’s largest amateur radio festival KANHAM 2026 over the weekend.

---

THAILAND: Stop the forcible return of journalist Bai Zhaodong to China

Article 19: We, the undersigned press freedom, journalists’, human rights, and international organisations, urgently call on the Thai authorities to refrain from forcibly returning detained Chinese journalist Bai Zhaodong to China.

---

THAILAND: Thai PBS collaborates with the Department of Public Relations to exchange strategies for research on modern media. (Press release – Thai)

Thai PBS: On July 16, 2026, Ms. Tasanee Pholchaniko, a member of the Policy Committee of the Thai Public Broadcasting Service (Thai PBS), welcomed a delegation of executives and staff from the Strategy and Planning Division, Department of Public Relations, led by Ms. Sunisa Ramkaew, Director of the Strategy and Planning Division, Department of Public Relations, totaling 20 people.

AUSTRALIA: ABC amplifies Australian voices with new ABC Your Say project (Press release)

ABC: The ABC is launching ABC Your Say, one of its most ambitious audience engagement initiatives, connecting with communities across the country to give Australians a unique opportunity to have their say on the issues, challenges and opportunities shaping their lives in 2026.

---

AUSTRALIA: ABC and SBS coverage of the Middle East isn’t perfect – but the proposed solutions are ill-conceived and dangerous (Opinion)

The Guardian: After 40 years at the public broadcasters I know they must be accountable to all of the public and for editorial decisions they make, not ones imposed on them

---

AUSTRALIA: ABC and SBS reject antisemitism envoy’s call for ‘oversight’ committee to vet Israel coverage

The Guardian: The ABC and SBS have defended their complaints processes and rejected the antisemitism envoy’s proposal for an external regulatory body, on a day of conflicting evidence at the royal commission.

---

AUSTRALIA: Albanese says AI training on Australian media without control is ‘theft’

Marketing-Interactive: Prime minister Anthony Albanese has put media and creator rights at the centre of the federal government’s proposed AI framework, saying Australian journalists, writers, musicians and artists must retain control over how their work is used to train artificial intelligence systems.

---

AUSTRALIA: It’s the ABC’s job to be accurate and fair, not to chase the dangerous fallacy of ‘balance’ (Opinion) 

The Conversation: One of the oldest tropes in journalism is that it should be balanced; that journalists have a responsibility to present all sides of a given issue with equal weight. This view also holds that appearing to be critical of one side and sympathetic to another amounts to “bias”.

---

AUSTRALIA: SBS statement – Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion (Statement)

SBS: SBS acknowledges the gravity of the matters before the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion.

---

FIJI: FICAC responds to defence in FBC vehicle procurement case

FBC: The Fiji Independent Commission against Corruption has confirmed receiving representations from the lawyers of the former Fijian Broadcasting Corporation Chief Executive and the current Chief  Financial Officer.

---

REGIONAL: Pacific emergency broadcasting: vital but critically underfunded

DevPolicy: The 2025–2026 cyclone season challenged Pacific communities and the communication systems they rely on in a crisis.

---

REGIONAL: Strengthening Leadership in a Changing Media Landscape 

ABC ID: From the Maldives to the Pacific, participants in ABC International Development’s (ABCID) Media Executive Leadership Program (MELP) are strengthening collaboration, embracing digital transformation and helping shape the future of public-interest journalism.

ALBANIA: Albanian Journalists Complain of Unwritten ‘Red Lines’ and ‘Untouchable Topics’ 

Balkan Insight: Self-censorship is rife among Albanian journalists and news editors who fear crossing powerful, politically connected media moguls, a BIRN survey reveals.

---

AUSTRIA: ORF election: FPÖ files a popular complaint with KommAustria against the Pigs election (German) 

Der Standard: Next week, letters of support are to be handed over – Hafenecker identifies “very clear violations of the tender” – ORF Foundation Board Chairman: Process is in accordance with the law

---

BELGIUM: Moderation on social media: RTBF’s daily challenge (French) 

RTBF: It’s a reality few imagine: behind RTBF’s social media posts lies a team that monitors, reads, filters, and decides. Insults, hate speech, coded language used to deceive algorithms… Moderating this space is a full-time job.

---

BELGIUM: Who will succeed Jean-Paul Philippot as head of RTBF? The board of directors has proposed three potential candidates. (French) 

RTBF: Meeting as part of the process to appoint the next CEO of RTBF, the company’s board of directors, after lengthy deliberations, has shortlisted three candidates: Emmanuel Tourpe, Christophe Dujardin, and Caroline Franckx.

---

CANARY ISLANDS: RTVC defends its impartiality against criticism from PSOE and Nueva Canarias for alleged political bias (Spanish) 

La Gaceta de Canarias: The general manager of Canary Islands Radio and Television (RTVC), César Toledo, defended the public broadcaster’s impartiality on Monday and asserted that the audience figures support the work done by the network

---

FRANCE: Far right wants to gut public media, France TV boss says 

POLITICO: The National Rally’s push to privatize French public broadcasters would destroy them, Delphine Ernotte said.

---

FRANCE: France Télévisions is reportedly considering cutting a thousand jobs, a plan that is causing serious concern among unions. (Paywall – French) 

L’Humanité: Saving money, but at what cost? On Thursday, July 16, employees of the public group discovered, via an article by Satellifacts, that their management wants to orchestrate a drastic job-cutting plan, representing 11% of the workforce.

---

FRANCE: France Télévisions’ Overseas division opens its airwaves to social and solidarity associations. (Press release – French) 

France Télévisions: Following the success of the first campaign, France Télévisions’ Overseas division is renewing its operation of solidarity advertising spaces in support of local associations located in Overseas.

---

FRANCE: French journalist warns of press freedom crackdown as court revives source hunt

RFI: A French court has ordered the reopening of an investigation into journalist Ariane Lavrilleux over the highly sensitive “Egypt Papers” investigation, reviving a case that press freedom groups say could have major consequences for the protection of confidential sources in France.

---

ESTONIA: Mart Luik: more of an inquisitive spirit and an open mind (Opinion – Estonian) 

ERR: In the dialogue with society, the key questions are how to define the main tasks of the national broadcaster, how to measure their fulfillment, and in what form ERR reports on this to Estonian society, writes Mart Luik.

---

GEORGIA: Authorities must end legal and regulatory pressure on critical broadcasters (1 July) 

IPI: Regulatory fines mark another escalation in pressure against independent broadcasters

---

GERMANY: AfD wants to terminate the MDR state treaty: What consequences would that have? (German) 

Morgenpost: The AfD in Saxony-Anhalt wants to terminate the MDR state treaty and replace it with a “basic broadcasting service.” But what consequences would that have?

---

GERMANY: “Genuine willingness to question structures”: NRW Media Minister Liminski (CDU) perceives change at ARD, ZDF and Deutschlandradio (German) 

Deutschlandfunk: North Rhine-Westphalia’s Media Minister Liminski says he is observing a change of thinking within public broadcasting as a result of the reform discussions. “There is definitely a shift happening at ARD, ZDF, and Deutschlandradio,” the CDU politician said in an interview with Deutschlandfunk’s “Interview of the Week.”

---

HUNGARY: Hungarian public media outlets halt broadcasting in post-Orbán shake-up (7 July) 

The Guardian: Péter Magyar hails ‘end of propaganda broadcasts’ as Kossuth radio and M1 TV channels suspend transmission

---

HUNGARY: Public media is not all about news

Media Finance Monitor: Hungary’s captured public broadcaster has gone dark. Rebuilding it should mean strengthening the information ecosystem, not recreating the old news machine.

---

HUNGARY: Uncertainty Lingers as Public Media Gradually Restarts News Operations

Hungary Today: News broadcasting has gradually resumed on M1, public media radio stations, and digital platforms, based on a statement released Saturday evening by the Press Department of the Duna Media Service Provider and the Media Service Support and Asset Management Fund (MTVA).

---

ITALY: MFRR report highlights continuing media freedom backsliding 

EFJ: The MFRR mission found that Italy has continued on a negative trajectory, resulting in a further erosion of media freedom.

---

ITALY: Roberto Sergio to the people of San Marino: “A free and pluralistic public television network strengthens democracy.” (Italian) 

Primaonline: In an open letter to the citizens of the Republic of San Marino, the Director General of San Marino RTV—who, it should be remembered, is also the Director General of RAI—calls for the revitalization of the broadcaster, which will close 2026 with its third consecutive profit and zero debt. 

---

KOSOVO: It is high time to halt the decline in press freedom

EFJ: The report concluded that while Kosovo has a pluralistic media landscape, low levels of physical violence against journalists, and broad legislative alignment with European and international standards, media freedom has experienced a clear decline.

---

LATVIA: Latvia to Close the Russian-Language Division of Its Public Media Outlet

Logo Press: Today, the Latvian Seimas (Parliament) Human Rights Committee, while reviewing amendments to the Public Media Law, endorsed the most restrictive version of the changes, which means that the Russian language will be completely eliminated from Latvian public media.

---

LATVIA: Public media Ombudsman defends editorial right to choose news coverage  (7 July)

LSM: Latvia’s public media Ombudsman, representing the Public Electronic Media Council (SEPLP) has issued an opinion defending the editorial right to not cover something that someone else thinks should be covered – an important principle of a free press, and one of the things that marks the difference between news and marketing.

---

THE NETHERLANDS: Majority of Parliament fed up with Ongehoord Nederland: broadcaster no longer belongs in the public system (Dutch) 

AD: The future of broadcaster Ongehoord Nederland hangs by a thread. A majority of the House of Representatives no longer sees a place for the broadcaster in the public broadcasting system. D66, VVD, CDA, and PRO state that the broadcaster fails to adhere to the rules ‘time and again’. “Then enough is enough.”

---

POLAND: Telewizja Polska reduced its net loss last year. Financial report (Polish) 

Press.pl: Telewizja Polska (TVP) generated PLN 3.49 billion in revenue in 2025. The company’s net loss amounted to PLN 176.3 million. “The result is lower than planned due to lower-than-expected revenue from public mission subsidies from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage,” it reported.

---

SERBIA: A dangerous spiral of violence against journalists in Serbia

IPI: Mission findings and recommendations published following visit to Belgrade, which was joined by IPI

---

SLOVAKIA: Attacks on journalists are on the rise. Women and independent newsrooms are particularly targeted. (Slovak) 

SME: The Ján Kuciak Investigative Center recorded 44 incidents in the first half of the year.

---

SLOVENIA: RTV Slovenia management: We are limiting costs, we are still waiting for legally required funds (Slovenian) 

RTV SLO: Ahead of tomorrow’s extraordinary session of the RTV Slovenia Council, the Management Board emphasizes that it has been limiting costs since the beginning of the year and is striving to pay out the funds provided for under Article 30 of the Radio and Television Slovenia Act.

---

SPAIN: RTVE and the CNSE sign an agreement to strengthen accessibility in Spanish sign language (Press release – Spanish) 

RTVE: The Corporation and the State Confederation of Deaf People are promoting a stable collaboration to foster a more accessible and inclusive public television.

---

SPAIN: The CNMC confirms the balance between speaking time for the opposition and the government bloc in TVE news programs (Press release – Spanish) 

RTVE: RTVE calls for objective methodologies to assess pluralism and points out that the absence of certain political representatives is due to decisions made by their own parties.

---

SWEDEN: Sveriges Radio wants to get more children listening to fairy tales this summer (Press release – Swedish) 

SR: 9 out of 10 parents believe  that listening is a good alternative to so-called screen time, but only 1 in 4 offer listening regularly to their children. Sveriges Radio wants to change that,  and is now launching a major digital summer campaign to inspire and remind parents that listening is an alternative.

---

UK: A year of delivery but pressure on the licence fee continues (Press release) 

BBC: The Annual Report 2025/26 highlights the BBC’s continued role serving audiences across the UK and around the world, despite ongoing pressures on licence fee income, rising production costs and a rapidly changing media market

---

UK: BBC faces ‘real jeopardy’ as licence fee payments fall faster than expected

The Guardian: Director general Matt Brittin says funding model ties corporation to the past as number of licences falls by 539,000

---

UK: BBC’s serious challenges laid bare in annual report 

BBC: Set against the backdrop of the BBC’s ongoing negotiations with the government over a new royal charter, the document features words such as “challenges”, “financial pressures” and even “jeopardy”.

---

UK: Is the BBC meeting its international news remit – and why should we care? (6 July)

Bond: International Broadcasting Trust’s latest research, looking in detail at the content of TV’s flagship news bulletins, has revealed an alarming decline in the quantity and range of international stories, with serious implications for international NGOs wishing to use television to reach mainstream audiences. Professor Martin Scott, one of the report authors, explains.

---

UK: UK Culture Secretary Backs BBC License Fee Expanding To Cover Streaming Service Subscribers 

Deadline: The UK’s Culture Secretary has publicly signaled that she backs an expansion of the BBC license fee to include subscribers to streamers like Netflix, Disney+ and Prime Video.

---

UK: ‘What has the BBC ever done for me?’ Romesh Ranganathan reboots corporation’s 1985 licence fee plea

The Guardian: John Cleese’s 1985 advert for the BBC in which he asks a pub full of stars “What has the BBC ever given us?” is one of the most famous examples of the corporation making the case to the public for the value of paying the licence fee.

---

UK & UKRAINE: Providing Ukrainian audiences with content they can trust (Press release) 

BBC: A new ‘nutrition label’ for its content, ensuring audiences receive information they can trust in wartime

---

UKRAINE: Ukrainian NGOs call on authorities to finance Public Broadcasting with UAH 3.8 billion in 2027 (Ukrainian) 

STV Detector Media: This amount corresponds to the legally stipulated 0.2% of state budget expenditures, excluding defense spending.

---

UKRAINE & POLAND: Ukrainian Radio and Polish Radio for Ukraine launch a new project (Ukrainian) 

Suspilne: On Saturday, July 18 , the Radio Bridge “Ukraine – Poland. Dialogues” will start – a new joint project of the Ukrainian Radio in Kyiv and the Polish Radio for Ukraine in Warsaw . 

---

REGIONAL: BIRN Report Warns Digital Repression is Worsening Across Western Balkans, Turkey  (9 July)

Balkan Insight: New digital rights monitoring report published by BIRN reveals an increasingly hostile digital landscape – especially for journalists and civil society – across the Western Balkans and Turkey. 

---

REGIONAL: Europe’s public broadcasters go from prime time to hard-to-find

The Economist: Every evening in dozens of European countries, a soothingly familiar ritual unfolds. Cued in by a few bars of portentous music, a much-loved newsreader delivers the day’s happenings with the solemnity of a suburban accountant… 

---

REGIONAL: IPI welcomes action against 14 states over Anti-SLAPP Directive delays

IPI: EU states must introduce robust measures to protect journalists and media from vexatious litigation

---

REGIONAL: Live from Brussels II – Changing Dynamics of the Brussels Press Corps (Report) 

European Council: This report provides another opportunity to understand how Brussels correspondents work, and how recent challenges, such as disinformation and the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), have affected their work since the last study.

---

REGIONAL: The EU Rule of Law report seriously underestimates the decline in press freedom 

EFJ: The European Commission’s 2026 report on the rule of law, published on 17 July, underestimates the seriousness of the attacks on press freedom and media pluralism.

GAZA: Supporting independent journalism in Gaza after two years of war: RSF and its partners remain on the ground 

RSF: Preserving Palestinian journalists’ ability to report in Gaza is essential to ensuring access to reliable information from a territory that remains inaccessible to the international press.

---

IRAN: Iran orders media to avoid internal political disputes 

Iran International: Iran’s Press Supervisory Board instructed media outlets on Wednesday not to highlight political and factional differences or amplify social divisions, as authorities tightened guidance on domestic coverage during the conflict.

---

ISRAEL: Redge Technologies Launched Three FAST Channels for KAN Across Connected TV Platforms

Todo TV News: Redge Technologies, a global provider of end-to-end video and OTT solutions, announced the launch of three FAST (Free Ad-Supported Streaming Television) channels for KAN, Israel’s public broadcaster.

---

TURKEY: Turkey’s post-coup crackdown, 10 years on: Press freedom

SCF: Ten years after a coup attempt on July 15, 2016, Turkey’s independent media has been largely dismantled through a combination of mass imprisonment, outlet closures, regulatory punishment, internet censorship and the consolidation of media ownership in pro-government hands.

CANADA: Canada’s going to Eurovision. Here’s what happens next

CBC: Eurovision superfans know exactly what kind of a wild ride Canada is in for as it prepares to enter its first Eurovision Song Contest.

---

CANADA: CBC/Radio-Canada Expands International News Including Five New Bureaus to be Launched Around the World (Press release)

CBC/Radio-Canada: CBC/Radio-Canada today announced the significant international expansion of its news divisions in order to bring more coverage of world events to audiences across Canada.

---

CANADA: Corus to cut dozens of media jobs across Canada

CBC: Corus Entertainment, owner of the Global Television Network and multiple radio stations, says programming changes across Canada will result in dozens of job losses. The move comes as Corus grapples with a persistent drop in advertising sales and rising debt.

---

US: Citing public safety, broadcasters press Congress to require AM radios in new cars

MPR News: Radio broadcasters from around the country are meeting with members of Congress Tuesday to press their case that AM radios should still be in all new vehicles.

---

US: Is Donald Trump winning his war against the media?

The Guardian: Donald Trump has ramped up his attacks on the media to a level without precedent in American history in the first 17 months of his second presidency.

---

US: KNKX receives $1M donation to boost fundraising initiative

Current: The Connect Northwest campaign aims to expand the station’s staff, technology and news coverage.

---

US: Rocky Mountain Public Media to acquire Colorado stations

Current: Rocky Mountain Public Media in Denver has agreed to acquire the stations and other broadcast assets owned by Community Radio for Northern Colorado, according to a June 30 asset purchase agreement.

---

US: Trump administration drastically cuts length of foreign journalist visas

The Guardian: The Trump administration has said it will drastically shorten visas for foreign journalists in the US to 240 days, down from five years, and cut those for Chinese journalists to only 90 days.

---

US: Trump Media reportedly mulling fee for first access to social media posts

Al Jazeera: United States President Donald Trump’s social media company is reportedly considering charging a $100,00 monthly fee for priority access to his social media posts.

---

US: Trump’s threats to revoke TV licenses get serious

Politico: President Donald Trump’s threats against broadcast television licenses are suddenly less of a laugh line to the media world and more of a real danger.

---

US: US media split on airing Trump’s speech heavy with unproven claims

France24: Three months ahead of the US midterms, US President Donald Trump gave a half-hour speech laden with unproven claims regarding election fraud, regarding the security of elections in the country and repeating misinformation regarding fraud back in 2020.

---

US & EUROPE: EBU opposes Department of Homeland Security decision to restrict visas for foreign correspondents in the United States 

EBU: In September of last year, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), together with more than 100 international news, media and journalism organisations, called on the United States Government to withdraw a proposal to drastically shorten visas for foreign journalists.

Climate journalism shouldn’t begin with disaster: Introducing the Climate Frontline Toolkit

European Journalism Centre: Four printable Field Guides to help journalists prepare before, report during and follow communities after climate hazards.

---

How algorithms ended the era of mandatory attention (Czech) 

MediaGuru: Prevention today does not have to mean just a one-time awareness campaign that people quickly overlook. Kooperativa, in collaboration with the Effectix agency, shows that even topics such as child safety in cars, cybersecurity, or injury prevention can gain attention if they are built on the principles of quality content.

---

Local news went all in on the World Cup. Here’s what worked.

Nieman Lab: From sticker swaps in Boston to interactive guides in L.A., news outlets are using the tournament to test new ways of reaching audiences.

---

National security: a pretext and a weapon against information (French) 

RFI: A report by Reporters Without Borders, published on July 8, shows how the threat to a state’s national security is often invoked to prosecute, or even imprison, journalists.

---

The market is failing public interest journalism. This policy framework can help save it

Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism: “If the problem is market failure, then only policy can restore what the market cannot provide,” argues Styli Charalambous, CEO of South Africa’s Daily Maverick

---

What can the news industry learn from other sectors about mental health?

Journalism UK: Soldiers get aftercare and space for decompression after returning from the frontlines. Paramedics have also realised they’re not invincible. But journalists continue to push themselves past their limits

---

What the World Should Learn from Australia’s Social Media Law

Time: Australia’s new social media law took effect on Dec. 10, 2025, raising the age to open or maintain social media accounts to 16. It was a global first. The law called for the biggest social media platforms to do more than just ask for a birthdate. Now, they would be legally required to take responsibility for verifying and enforcing an age minimum.