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Search on for new ways to reach audience as FB 'unfriends' news, issues rock Twitter

Arlene Burgos, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 31 05:01 PM

Changes in Facebook's priorities and Twitter's problems, which both appeared more pronounced in November, are feared to affect news distribution. Read more »

ABS-CBN News Chief Ging Reyes to retire after 36-year career

Jeff Canoy, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 29 11:41 PM

“Never forget you are ABS-CBN News. You’ve been to hell and back. You can face anything." Read more »

EU, UN officers raise concern on 'harassment' of Filipino journalists

Adrian Ayalin and Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 28 02:56 PM

European Union and United Nations officers have raised concerns about the continued 'harassment' of Philippine journalists. Read more »

Fil-Am journalists worried over Rappler shutdown order

Lalaine Ignao | TFC News Honolulu
Posted at Jul 02 03:02 PM

Fil-Am journalists expressed concerns over the order of Philippine regulators to shut down online news website Rappler. Read more »

NTC questioned over restriction of blocktime deals

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 30 01:44 AM

Media groups questioned new rules by the country's telecom regulator restricting blocktime deals of radio and television stations. Read more »

Social media threaten press freedom: Nobel laureate

Nina Larson, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of May 04 07:18 PM

Social media have allowed dangerous propaganda to flourish and left journalists facing constant threat of attack, said Nobel laureate Maria Ressa. Read more »

Palace: PH media vibrant despite slip in freedom index

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 04 05:07 PM

Malacañang downplayed the Philippines’ dismal ranking on the latest World Press Freedom Index. Read more »

Study shows Marcos-aligned pages became more influential in 2022 chatter on FB

Mico Abarro, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 26 07:37 PM

The study also showed the growth in influence of pages aligned with other presidential aspirants like Ping Lacson, Isko Moreno, and Manny Pacquiao. Read more »

Study: Marcos-related election chatter grew on Twitter

Mico Abarro, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 19 07:10 PM

The study also found many Twitter users talking about Leni Robredo, but she was the target of attacks on the platform. Read more »

For Philippine media under fire, Nobel a 'shot in the arm'

Karen Lema, Reuters
Updated as of Oct 12 10:45 PM

When journalist Maria Ressa shared the Nobel Peace Prize last week for representing press freedom, other Philippine media under fire took heart. Read more »

Pandemic increases trust in news among Filipinos—Digital News Report 2021

Yvonne T. Chua
Posted at Jun 23 10:33 AM

The COVID-19 health crisis has spurred an increased overall trust in news among Filipinos but has led to waning interest in news products. Read more »

‘Digital native’ journalists urged to rise to challenges in pandemic reporting

Nica Rhiana Hanopol, VERA Files
Posted at May 08 11:49 PM

As the world faces a “perfect storm of crises” ? the COVID-19 pandemic, attacks on media credibility, and online disinformation ? it is even more important now for young journalists to verify information they share online and in telling stories.  Read more »

Death in the Pamilya

Lynda Jumilla-Abalos, Executive Editor and Head of News Digital ABS-CBN
Posted at May 04 11:12 PM

For many of us in the company, death came to our ABS-CBN pamilya at 7:52 pm on May 5, 2020. Read more »

IN PHOTOS: Cinco de Mayo

Fernando G. Sepe Jr., ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 05 10:21 AM

On the night the NTC ordered ABS-CBN’s broadcoast operations to close, the company still did what it does best — deliver the news.  Read more »

PH media urged to call out sources propagating falsehoods

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 20 03:50 PM

A board member of the CMFR on Friday urged the Philippine media to call out news sources propagating falsehoods and religiously fact-check claims as part of its duty in informing the public. Read more »

Amal Clooney urges PH gov't to protect press freedom, honor international commitments

Bruce Rodriguez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 15 11:24 PM

MANILA - International human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin-Clooney urged Philippine authorities to protect the free press and honor its international commitments on human rights. Read more »

PH print media 'struggling' due to COVID-19 pandemic: group

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 03 11:36 AM

The country's print media is "struggling" due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced newspapers to downsize and migrate online, the Philippine Press Institute (PPI) said Thursday. Read more »

Struggling PH newspapers 'barely breathing' amid pandemic

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 02 10:33 PM

Months of coronavirus lockdowns have taken their toll on a Philippine print media industry already struggling with declining readership, forcing at least 13 community papers nationwide to suspend their print editions to cut losses due to dwindling advertising revenues. Read more »

OPINION: Philippine media united in support of ABS-CBN

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Jul 14 06:53 PM

It is heartening to see members media in the country come together raising their voices (and their fists, I imagine) against the assault to press freedom and democracy by 70 members of the House of Representatives who voted to deny the broadcast giant ABS-CBN of a new franchise.   Read more »

Many Filipinos keen on role of independent press, keeping politicians in check: survey

Reiven Pascasio, VERA Files
Posted at Jul 13 01:23 AM

The furor over the 70-11 vote by the House committee on legislative franchises on July 10 to deny the franchise renewal of ABS-CBN broadcast network mirrors a recent survey result showing a majority of Filipinos giving importance to independent journalism and keeping politicians in check. Read more »