State, military newspapers steal a march in news printing
Published on Saturday, 04 May 2013 23:45
State and military run newspapers were competing among themselves to be the first off the printing press and the recent radio broadcast speech by the president was a good example.
The competitiveness also reflected how news outlets, both state-run and private enterprises, were adjusting themselves to survive in this competitive market.
The president gave a radio speech to the public on May 2, morning 7 am. Three state run newspapers (the Mirror, the Myanma Alin and the New Light of Myanmar) and the Myawaddy newspaper run by the military printed the president's speech on May 2 issues.
Generally, the president speeches were primarily uploaded on the president office website. But the website could upload the speech only at 10:13 am on that day.
Private newspapers in Myanmar are adjusting to the competitive market at present, especially with the state owned newspapers.
Such abnormal functions of the information ministry have become a regular phenomenon after Deputy Minister Ye Htut became the President's spokesperson.
Ye Htut was the media policy maker at the time of former information minister, who was a hardliner. The deputy minister had announced to sell the news and information of the ministries to the private media, which facet is funny to the international perspective.
Source: http://www.news.myanmaronlinecentre.com/2013/05/05/state-military-newspapers-steal-a-march-in-news-printing/
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