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Taiwans internationally-known Next Media group has become famous for its racy, animated graphics depicting events in the news. But now, there are worries about its future, as its owners contemplate a sale. The potential buyers business interests in China could reign-in the groups creative and controversial content.
Instead of hearing television announcers read off high and low temperatures, viewers in Taiwan get their weather report through a young woman dancing to disco music. Shes among Next Televisions seven Weather Girls, one for every day of the week.
This racy, experimental approach to news has helped Next Media build a worldwide reputation. Next Medias creative teams work quickly to produce animated parodies of headline grabbing news events. Targets have included Chinese trade practices, U.S. politicians, the global economic slowdown and even golf champion Tiger Woods marital problems.
But in Taiwan, the sometimes controversial content has drawn the attention of the islands broadcast regulators. Now the owner, Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai, fears the government will not let him expand in Taiwan.
So, when a Taiwanese business consortium made an offer to buy Next Medias daily newspaper, TV operation and two magazines in October, the company went into negotiations.
A key consortium member is Want Want Group Chairman Tsai Eng-meng. His group already controls several Taiwanese media seen as warm toward China, where Tsai has other business interests.
Chu Li, a media studies professor at National Chengchi University in Taipei, says Taiwanese people have a right to worry about Chinas influence in the proposed sale.
He says that China is not an open society, so thats a reason to worry. He says, if China were an open country then and they intervened, you could scold and criticize them back, but this situation is not as clear.
The companys Apple Daily newspaper, which has the widest daily circulation in Taiwan, and its colorful magazines have made money.
However, Next Medias commercial director Mark Simon says the group lost $200 million on its Taiwan television station. But he says that government regulation is the core reason for deciding to sell.
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Taiwan's Next Media Group Sale Sparks Censorship Fears
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates An upcoming U.N. gathering about Internet oversight is raising alarms from a broad coalition of critics, including the U.S., tech giants such as Google and rights groups, concerned that changes could lead to greater efforts to censor Web content and stifle innovation in cyberspace.
Among the issues on the agenda at next month's meeting in Dubai are ideas to battle Internet spam and fraud. But also tucked into more than 1,300 proposals are potential hot-button items that opponents believe could be used by in places such as Iran and China to justify their crackdowns on bloggers and other Web restrictions.
World Conference on International Telecommunications to be held in Dubai in December
At international summit, proposals expected on changes to web governance
U.S. delegation has vowed to block proposals from Russia, others that give tacit approval to online censorship
Drafting and debating of proposals have taken place largely behind closed doors
Another likely battle when the meeting begins Dec. 3 is over European-backed suggestions to change the pay structure of the Web to force content providers -- such as Google Inc., Facebook Inc. and others -- to kick in an extra fee to reach users across borders.
It's unclear what proposals will emerge from the 11-day meeting of the U.N.'s 193-nation International Telecommunications Union, or ITU. The preliminary jockeying highlights the tensions of the Internet age between what to regulate and what to leave alone. The outcome could affect billions of Internet users.
Some are unhappy with the structure of the conference itself.
"Engineers, companies and people that build and use the Web have no vote," said Google in an online statement. "The billions of people around the globe that use the Internet, the experts that build and maintain it, should be included" in the decision-making process.
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