The Irrawaddy magazine was sold on Tuesday in Burma for the first time since the once-banned journal was founded more than 20 years ago. (more…)

Myanmar’s Ministry of Information on Tuesday granted licenses for 10 more private daily newspapers, bringing the total to 26 possible dailies in the country, two of which are to be in English—the Myanmar Freedom Daily and International Herald Tribune. (more…)

After public outcry over a proposed law that critics warn could reverse fragile gains in Burma’s press freedoms, journalists say they are making inroads in negotiations with the government to safeguard their right to report. (more…)

As Burma moves to reform its media sector, reporters have received mixed messages: While President Thein Sein’s government has won praise for abolishing pre-publication censorship, releasing journalists from prison and allowing private daily newspapers to publish for the first time in nearly 50 years, the Ministry of Information in March sent Parliament a controversial draft of a new press law that critics say will tighten the state’s grip on media content.
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On April 27, senior reporters and editors from 8 Myanmar media outlets visited the Ji Xiang Magazine of Yunnan.
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Ethnic media groups and Burmese government officials on Thursday called for a strong press to promote democracy and foster dialogue between ethnic minorities and mainstream media.
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If freedom of the press is a foundation of democracy, the return of privately owned daily newspapers in Myanmar earlier this month marks a significant step in the government’s reform process. For the first time since 1964, independent newspapers are on sale, ending the state monopoly on daily-newspaper publishing. To many in Myanmar ? those born after dictator Ne Win’s fall from power ? these are the first non-government daily newspapers they have ever seen.
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If freedom of the press is a foundation of democracy, the return of privately owned daily newspapers in Myanmar earlier this month marks a significant step in the government’s reform process. For the first time since 1964, independent newspapers are on sale, ending the state monopoly on daily-newspaper publishing. To many in Myanmar – those born after dictator Ne Win’s fall from power – these are the first non-government daily newspapers they have ever seen.
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The first ever ethnic media conference will be hosted in Myanmar by Burma News International (BNI) from April 25-27 at the Strand Hotel in Mawlamyine, Mon State.
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The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction is highlighting the lessons learned five years after cyclone Nargis wrecked havoc in Myanmar.
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The Ministry of Information (MoI) is currently co-ordinating a plan with the News and Periodicals Enterprise (NPE) to sell news and photos to private media.
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Journalists are calling for a boycott of any sale of news by the Ministry of Information, after its deputy minister Ye Htut said it planned to sell news at a daily or monthly rate to private news groups.
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When residents of this northernmost region of Myanmar talk about the tremendous changes of the past two years, they are not referring to the media freedoms or the economic liberalization transforming other parts of the country.
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Sales of privately owned media were strong on the first day since new rules meant they could produce daily newspapers on April Fool’s Day. (more…)

The newspaper industry might be shrinking in the rest of the world but it expanded Monday in Myanmar when privately run daily newspapers hit newsstands for the first time in 50 years. (more…)

The Associated Press has become the first international news agency to open a bureau in Myanmar since a reformist government took power two years ago and began relaxing restrictions on the media for the first time in decades. (more…)

The introduction of daily newspaper is likely to fuel myriad challenges for Burma’s budding media, including an increase in self-censorship among editors who fear the government’s draconian media laws, local sources have said.
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Exiled Chin news group Khonumthung will begin publishing a journal inside Burma after receiving approval from the Ministry of Information earlier this month. (more…)

When 16 Burmese newspapers are granted operating licenses on April 1, they will become the first independent dailies allowed to publish in nearly 50 years. (more…)

The government announced the imposition of martial law in central Burma’s Meikhtila as rioting continued for the third day and reports surfaced that mobs, which included Buddhist monks, have been threating and destroying reporters’ footage and photographs. (more…)