Monday, April 18, 2011

Kyiv Post and Press Freedom

The strike at Kyiv Post is interesting - can the owner of a newspaper ask the editor not to publish an article and fire him if he doesn't honor the request? And would a smart businessman, who has a diverse set of businesses, not know that at some point the newspaper would publish things that could harm other part of his business?

In fact, given that many magazines and newspapers are part of big financial groups one can only wonder why not more editors get fired.

Economic Literacy Needed

"KYIV, April 18 /UKRINFORM/. A survey conducted by Research & Branding Group on March 20-31 has shown that 57% of respondents are afraid of a new economic crisis due to an accident at the Fukushima-1 Nuclear Power Plant in Japan."