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...last time Michele Santoro was forced off the airwaves, the Italian television presenter had to fight for four years before he was able to broadcast again. This time, thanks to the Internet, it's taken him less than a month...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Media Shaking Up Italy's Media Landscape | 3/27/2010 | See Source »

...that Italians don't enjoy freedom of expression. The problem is that until recently there haven't been many outlets where they could effectively exercise it. Newspapers are generally tied to political parties or industrial concerns, resulting in a press that seems less written for the general public than for politicians and other insiders. But most striking is Berlusconi's domination of the airwaves. In a country where 80% of people get their news from television, he owns the three biggest commercial stations and maintains influence over the three public channels (RAI among them), whose governing boards are appointed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Media Shaking Up Italy's Media Landscape | 3/27/2010 | See Source »

...another recent episode has become emblematic of both Berlusconi's grip on the press and the potential for new media to undermine his control. On Feb. 25, an Italian court dismissed the case against a lawyer who had been found guilty of taking bribes from Berlusconi. The court made no ruling on the evidence - it simply closed the case because the 10-year statute of limitations had expired. But when RAI's flagship channel reported the news during its lunchtime broadcast, the presenter announced that the lawyer had been "acquitted" of the charges. Until recently, the comment would have gone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Media Shaking Up Italy's Media Landscape | 3/27/2010 | See Source »

Adventurous excursions aside, it was business as usual for Harvard, as the women took the field for exhibition contests against three Italian teams—ASD Mozzanica, ACF Firenze, and Cervia. The Crimson lost a hard-fought match to Cervia but picked up 2-1 wins against Mozzanica and Firenze...

Author: By Aparajita Tripathi, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Soccer Team Travels to Italy for Sightseeing, Games | 3/24/2010 | See Source »

...Italian teams] were more direct in terms of goal scoring,” Nichols says. “They hit the ball out of the air a lot more. They were fast, strong, and all very skillful on an individual level...

Author: By Aparajita Tripathi, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Soccer Team Travels to Italy for Sightseeing, Games | 3/24/2010 | See Source »

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