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An illustration picture shows the log-on screen for the website Facebook, in Munich in this February 2, 2012 file photograph. Facebook Inc plans to price its initial public offering at a high-$20s to mid-$30s per-share range in its initial public offering later this month, according to a person familiar with the matter. The price range would value the world’s No. 1 Internet social networking company between $85 billion and $95 billion, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal, which first reported the news on May 3, 2012., Reuters
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The Chinese President Xi Jinping during his visit to the main television station in the capital Beijing a few weeks ago (New York Times)
The Chinese Government’s Two Minded Attitude to Media Policy
The Chinese government has long kept tight reins on both traditional and new media to avoid potential subversion of its authority. Its tactics often entail strict media controls using monitoring systems and firewalls, shuttering publications or websites, and jailing...Caption:
Newspapers in Iran are heavily censored and often closed down
Iran’s Oldest Daily Blows out 90 Candles
In a speech at the Press Expo in Tehran earlier this month, President Hassan Rouhani expressed regret that Iranians have not succeeded in creating a “lasting newspaper.” He wondered why it was that the Times of London was now in the third century of its existence...Caption:
Iranian youth ride their bicycles past campaign posters of Mohsen Rezaei, conservative presidential candidate and former chief of the Revolutionary Guards, and candidates for the municipality election in downtown Tehran on June 13, 2013 a day ahead of Iran’s presidential election (AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI)
Iran’s first-timers
Tehran, Asharq Al-Awsat—Schools in Iran are closed for the election. Like teenagers everywhere when given time to themselves, Iran’s boisterous young students gather around public spaces in scattered groups. When approached about whether or not they will be voting for...Caption:
A picture taken of the screen of a laptop shows a webpage that appears when an Iranian user tries to visit Facebook website which is blocked by the government, on May 13, 2013 in the Iranian capital Tehran. (AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI)