The Business of Media: Third South Caucasus Media Conference, Tbilisi 2 November 2006
Vienna: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (2007), 75 pp.
ISBN 3-9501955-2-1
Other editions: also published in Russian
I. CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS FOR THE PRIVATISED AND PUBLIC MEDIA IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS
Media business changes journalists’ attitude to their rights / Oleg Panfilov, 7
The fate of the state media and the situation of the private media in Georgia / Zviad Koridze, 11
The newspaper business in Armenia and its development prospects / Vardan Aloyan, 15
Privatisation of the state-owned media in Azerbaijan / Kenan Guluzade, 23
Trends in concentration of broadcast media ownership in Europe: Threats to public service and diverse content / Morris Lipson, 27
II. MEDIA MANAGEMENT
Why the post-Soviet media lack competitiveness beyond the NIS – the case of the challenges brought before the Ukrainian Channel 5 and the responsive market / Yevhen Hlibovitsky, 39
Political and legal conditions for managing the media business in Azerbaijan / Ibrahim Aliyev, 45
The Georgian media: From grants to business / Paata Veshapidze, 51
Financial transparency and competitive management of the Armenian Public Television Company / Gnel Nalbandian, 57
Challenges for media development in transition countries – case study Bulgaria / Ognian Zlatev, 69
Media business changes journalists’ attitude to their rights / Oleg Panfilov, 7
The fate of the state media and the situation of the private media in Georgia / Zviad Koridze, 11
The newspaper business in Armenia and its development prospects / Vardan Aloyan, 15
Privatisation of the state-owned media in Azerbaijan / Kenan Guluzade, 23
Trends in concentration of broadcast media ownership in Europe: Threats to public service and diverse content / Morris Lipson, 27
II. MEDIA MANAGEMENT
Why the post-Soviet media lack competitiveness beyond the NIS – the case of the challenges brought before the Ukrainian Channel 5 and the responsive market / Yevhen Hlibovitsky, 39
Political and legal conditions for managing the media business in Azerbaijan / Ibrahim Aliyev, 45
The Georgian media: From grants to business / Paata Veshapidze, 51
Financial transparency and competitive management of the Armenian Public Television Company / Gnel Nalbandian, 57
Challenges for media development in transition countries – case study Bulgaria / Ognian Zlatev, 69
