Singapore starts a framework to regulate major news sites such as Yahoo! by licensing from June 1

ByAaayyymm eeelectriik

Reporters Without BordersAccording to a survey, Singapore has 135 degrees of freedom in reporting, which is 135th out of 179 countries, but from June 1 it will be licensed for online news sites as well as traditional media such as TV and newspaper It was revealed. One of the conditions requiring a license is "10,000 unique users in Japan per month", so for now only 10 media are eligible, but in the future the sites that meet the criteria will require licenses in order It will be.

Fact Sheet - Online news sites to be placed on a more consistent licensing framework
http://www.mda.gov.sg/NewsAndEvents/PressRelease/2013/Pages/28052013.aspx


MDA rolls out licensing scheme for news websites
http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/singapore/story/new-licensing-scheme-news-websites-reach-50000-people-month-20130528


The Media Development Authority (MDA) in Singapore announced that it will license licenses for some news sites as well as other media from 2013. As it is a class system as a framework, not all news sites suddenly have to apply for a license.

According to the MDA, individual licenses are required
· Sites that posted articles on news and current affairs about Singapore over 1 month on average per week
· Sites with over 50,000 unique monthly users (Singapore domestic) over 2 months
The site which meets the condition of, and so far the site which meets this condition is the following 10 media.

◆ 1: AsiaOne.com - Asia's leading news and information mall
http://www.asiaone.com/


◆ 2: THE BUSINESS TIMES
http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/


◆ 3: Channel NewsAsia
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/


◆ 4: omy
http://www.omy.sg/


◆ 5: Yahoo! News Singapore
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/


◆ 6: STOMP
http://www.stomp.com.sg/


◆ 7: The Straits Times
http://www.straitstimes.com/


◆ 8: The New Paper
http://www.tnp.sg/


◆ 9: TODAYonline
http://www.todayonline.com/


◆ 10: 联 合 速 報 网 (zaobao.com)
http://www.zaobao.com.sg/


Licenses issued for these sites require an annual renewal, and the guarantee fee to be paid at that time is $ 50,000 (about 5.1 million yen). In addition, by receiving this license, when news site publishes contents contrary to the MDA standards, when there is notice from MDA, it will be deleted within 24 hours.

Among the above 10 media, "Channel NewsAsia" "TODAYonline" is managed by MediaCorp, "Yahoo! News Singapore" is Yahoo! It is managed by Asia Pacific, all 7 other mediaSingapore Press HoldingsIt is operated. MediaCorp is a state-owned company and Singapore Press Holdings tends to support the government.

MDA checks other than the news websites listed here, and if you meet the criteria, you will be notified to get a license.