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Archive for the ‘Policies’ Category

MDA’s licensing scheme: So many questions, no real answers

Towards the end of Channel NewsAsia’s Talking Point show on the new MDA licensing regime, a caller asked Acting Minister of Manpower Tan Chuan-jin to confirm on air that blogs would not be subjected to licensing in the future. The Minister repeated his mantra of the show: the regulations are meant to cover news sites, and...

Dr Todd’s father gives the family side of the story

[The email was sent by Mr Rick Todd to several recipients today (4 Jun). Among the recipients were TRE, an editor of Associated Press and a Legislative Director of a congressman, Mr Thomas Culligan. Mr Culligan is the Legislative Director of congressman Frank Wolf. Mr Wolf is a Republican first elected in 1980 and one of the...

MDA replies: New rules to ensure regulatory consistency between traditional & online news media

I had written an email to the MDA regarding their announcement and subsequent implementation of the new "licensing framework". You can read the email here. The MDA had finally replied after almost one week. Please see below the MDA's response, and my respond after. Dear Mr Ngerng, We would like to clarify that the new licensing...

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