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Newspapers That Never Arrive

Reporters Without Borders (2019), 45 pp.

"A newspaper’s printers, transporters, distributors and retailers are rarely named in its masthead or credits, but they are all essential links in the long and complex press distribution chain. Without them, readers would not be able to access news each day, week or month and they would be denied ... access to diverse sources of information, essential nourishment needed to feed minds in a democratic society. Press freedom is based not only on the ability of journalists and their news organizations to work without constraint or fear, but also on the freedom to circulate the product of their work. A publisher’s financial health must be preserved, printers must be free to print whatever newspapers they want, and finally, whether state-owned, privately-owned or cooperative, distributors must distribute all print media, regardless of their nature, with the same diligence and impartiality throughout the country. Any interference or any impediment in to this process limits the public’s access to information. According to a survey by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in more than 90 countries, 68% of cases of obstruction in the circulation of newspapers are attributable to governments and state authorities, while 41% of cases of newspaper censorship take place at the point of sale. Until it reaches the hands of its readers, a newspaper continues to be vulnerable, and the predators of press freedom are infinitely imaginative. Entire newspaper issues are confiscated as they come off the press or are bought up from newsstands, content is surreptitiously substituted, crippling import duties are introduced and orchestrated shortages in essential raw material such as newsprint all take place. Using these methods, if the individual, group or government hasn’t prevented a journalistic investigation or silenced the journalist, they still have many ways to block information during the dissemination process. The methods of censorship range from the most obvious and brutal – for example, killing a newspaper seller who is shouting out a headline – to the most insidious. It sometimes takes time, but the control that an oligarch or government exercises over the print or distribution sector may allow them to get rid of an unwanted publication discreetly and definitively. In an increasingly digital world where the print media is in continual decline — it lost an average of 10% of its readers and advertising income in 2017-2018 — newspaper printing and distribution sectors are more and more vulnerable to pressure. Because of this, it is imperative to expose and make public the practices that threaten our fundamental freedom to be informed." (Foreword) more

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Ifra - 40 Jahre Kompetenz für Zeitungen in aller Welt

Boris Fuchs

Darmstadt: IFRA (2001), 180 pp.

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Statistical Yearbook 1999

Paris: UNESCO;Bernan Press (1999), iv, 238 pp.

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Publishing and Book Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Annotated Bibliography

Hans M. Zell, Cécile Lomer

London: Hans Zell Publishers (1996), x, 409 pp.

"Contains over 2,200 entries covering books, serials, reference sources, reports, papers in edited collections, book-sector studies and similar documents, and periodical articles drawn from literature published in over 360 journals and magazines. Most entries have a short annotation. Supplementary v ... more

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Media Training in Namibia

Anna Erastus, Jutta Franz

Windhoek: Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit;Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) (1995), ix, 152 pp.

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Las industrias culturales en la Argentina: Dimensión económica y políticas públicas

Octavio Getino

Buenos Aires: Ediciones Colihue (1993), 378 pp.

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Jornal, história e técnica: História da imprensa brasileira

Juarez Bahia

São Paulo: Ática, 4th ed. (1990), 445 pp.

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Printing and Publishing in Swaziland: A State of the Art

Mathokoza M. Nhlapo

Information Trends: News Magazine (Bonn), volume 1, issue 2 (1988), pp. 65-69

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Books and Reading in Kenya

Henry Chakava

Paris: UNESCO (1982), 55 pp.

"One of a series of national monographs on the state of books and reading in a number of countries, in order to provide book professionals and the interested public with detailed surveys of matters relating to authorship, publishing, material production and distribution of books and reading. This mo ... more

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Mass Communication in India: An Annotated Bibliography

Kalpana Dasgupta, Bhagwan K. Prasad

New Delhi: Indian Institute of Mass Communication (1982), 163 pp.

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Publishing in Africa in the Seventies: Proceedings of an International Conference on Publishing and Book Development Held at the University of Ife, Ife-Ife, Nigeria, 16-20 December, 1973

Edwina Oluwasanmi, Eva McLean, Hans M. Zell (eds.)

Ile-Ife: University of Ife Press (1975), 377 pp.

"The recommandations, summaries of the various sessions, and a selection of the papers read at this conference attended by more than 100 African writers, publishers, booksellers, librarians, printers, and teachers give a succinct account of the history and hopes of African publishing. Among topics d ... more

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Communications in Kenya: A background for communication research in rural areas

Th. H. Oltheten

The Hague: Netherlands Minister for Development Cooperation;Government of the Republic of Kenya (1973), 160 pp.

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Press in Manila runs 3 newspapers at once

J. De La Cruz

Editor & Publisher (New York), volume 95, issue 18 (1962), p. 46

"Measures for rationalising the printing of newspapers in Manila, where, since March 1962, three newspapers in different languages have been printed at the same time." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 602, topic ... more

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Paper for Printing (Other than Newsprint) and Writing: 1929-1951 Trends

Paris: UNESCO (1954), 42 pp.

"Paper for printing purposes (other than newsprint) and writing paper: production, main trends, production in each continent — Exports and imports: main exporting countries, comparison between exports and imports — Second work in a series of Unesco studies concerning the previous situation and t ... more

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Paper for Printing and Writing: Tentative Forecast of Demand in 1955, 1960 and 1965

The Economist

Paris: UNESCO (1954), 105 pp.

"The present work forms part of a series of three studies published by the documentation centre of the Information Department, concerning the previous situation and the future demand for paper for printing purposes and writing paper — This study is partly based on the statistical information conta ... more

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Papiers d'Impression et d'Ecriture: Essai de prévision de la demande en 1955, 1960 et 1965

The Economist

Paris: UNESCO (1954), 120 pp.

"Le présent ouvrage fait partie d'une série de trois études publiées par le Centre de Documentation du Département de l'Information, en ce qui concerne la situation antérieure et la, demande future en matière de papiers d'impression et d'écriture — Cette étude se fonde partiellement sur l ... more

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Papier d'impression (autre que le papier journal) et papier d'écriture: Evolution de la situation de 1929 à 1951

Paris: UNESCO, Département de l'Information (1954), 44 pp.

"Papier d'impression (autre que le papier journal) et papier d'écriture: Production, principales tendances, production par continent — Exportations et importations: Principaux pays exportateurs, comparaison des exportations et importations — Deuxième ouvrage d'une série d'études publiées pa ... more

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Papiers d'impression : Situation actuelle et perspectives d'avenir

The Economist

Paris: UNESCO (1953), 164 pp.

"Ressources forestières et usage du bois — Pâte de bois et bois à pâte — Le papier — Papier d'impression et papier d'écriture — Papier journal — La crise du papier journal — Nouvelles sources de matières premières: tels sont les chapitres traités dans cet ouvrage, consacré au pr ... more

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Paper for printing today and tomorrow

The Economist

Paris: UNESCO (1953), 139 pp.

"Work presented jointly by Unesco and the FAO. Forestry resources and use of timber — Wood pulp and wood for making pulp — Paper — Paper for printing purposes and writing paper — Newsprint — The newsprint crisis — New sources of raw materials: these are the topics covered by this work on ... more