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Long before being targeted in massacre in Paris, satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo had been considered high on the potential hit-list for jihadists.

• 08 января 2015, 13:53

One of Ukraine's biggest TV networks faced the threat of being taken off air for filling its highly-rated New Year's Eve show with Russian pop songs beamed live from Moscow.

• 03 января 2015, 11:47

Turkish police arrested the editor of Turkey's biggest-selling newspaper and 26 others in lightning raids on supporters of a US-based cleric.

• 15 декабря 2014, 15:06

The first regional media forum has taken place in Kazakhstan to address the problems faced by Kazakhstani media outlets, including competitiveness and information security.

• 11 декабря 2014, 16:02

Kazakh political analyst Dosym Satpayev called information security of Kazakhstan weak and stressed that this could lead to a strongly divided society as was exemplified by the situation in Ukraine.

• 25 ноября 2014, 15:27

China's state-run media decried Barack Obama as a banal leader who has done an "insipid job", days ahead of a visit by the US president.

• 05 ноября 2014, 15:20

A partial solar eclipse swept across much of North America, triggering floods of blurry pictures of a crescent-shaped sun on Twitter and other social media.

• 24 октября 2014, 11:22

US media giant Time Warner said Wednesday it would launch a stand-alone HBO streaming service next year.

• 16 октября 2014, 12:02

Hundreds of colleagues, friends and family paid tribute Thursday to the numerous journalists killed over the past year, including US reporter James Foley.

• 10 октября 2014, 10:39

Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos plans to tie the newspaper to his Amazon empire with a built-in Kindle tablet news app to reach a wider audience.

• 07 октября 2014, 13:49

Spain's top-selling newspaper El Pais launched an online edition in Catalan.

• 07 октября 2014, 13:41

Russia's biggest social network VKontakte appointed a new chief executive after the removal of its maverick founder Pavel Durov earlier this year.

• 18 сентября 2014, 15:32

Russia said it would probe Euronews after the news channel broadcast footage of Ukrainian fighters using the portrait of Vladimir Putin, styled as Hitler.

• 16 сентября 2014, 14:01

US media reported that Snapchat was valued at $10 billion based on funding pumped into the startup by a Silicon Valley venture capital firm.

• 27 августа 2014, 15:06

As American TV viewers await the Emmy Awards honoring last year's programs, the new season opened this summer and it is rich in stars.

• 22 августа 2014, 13:26

Australians are becoming key players in the successful "social media wars" being waged from Iraq and Syria, the country's spy chief has warned.

• 13 августа 2014, 13:56

The social news group BuzzFeed unveiled a major new expansion plan, using a fresh infusion of $50 million in venture capital.

• 12 августа 2014, 12:54

British broadcaster Sky News apologised after one of its presenters searched through luggage at the crash site of downed flight MH17 live on air.

• 21 июля 2014, 12:17

Almaly District Сourt No.2 ordered the editor of the now infamous in Kazakhstan Anyz Adam magazine to pay $71,000 in damages following a claim brought up by war veterans.

• 30 июня 2014, 18:57

A Danish freelance photographer has been freed after being held hostage in Syria for 13 months, the Danish government said.

• 20 июня 2014, 11:32