In Georgia, they restart broadcasting Russian language RTVi channel, “Interfax” informs referring to “Echo of Moscow” radio. The Union of Cable TV of Georgia notified radio on RTVi restarting broadcast since 22 August at 15:00.

CNN TV referring to its sources in managing board of the Democrats’ Party informs that senator Joe Biden will be in Barack Obama’s team in struggle for the White House.
On Friday, Obama stated that he had defined a candidacy of potential premier, however, he promised to state officially the name of the person on 23 August.

Purpose of the monitoring begun on 1 August is to assist in lightening of the election campaign in mass media and securing equal participation of all political forces. Council of Europe recommends that mass media (MM) must enlighten the election campaigns in balanced, just and precise manner. The monitoring to be carried out on 7 national TV channels and 8 newspapers will continue till October 15 and reports will be submitted in every 15 days. The monitoring includes calculation of air time of information materials and political advertisement in TV channels, as well as protection of objectivity and balance in all MM. Meanwhile, the total results of the monitoring will be announced after presidential elections.

Journalist from Novosibirsk has disappeared being on leave in Altai, “Interfax” agency informs on Monday. On 30 July, 52-year-old journalist Yury Guselnikov set off to climb mountains together with his spaniel and had to come back to work on 13 August. However, the journalist showed up neither that day nor later. The militia and rescuers started his search.

Since next week, Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety will supply journalists with special vests under financial support of International Association of Free Speech. "Turan" agency informs that there is special "PRESS" inscription on both sides of vests.

American military in Iraq has set free cameraman of the British Reuters agency Ali al-Mashhadani kept in detention for three weeks without bringing any charge, the agency informs.

Press Council of Azerbaijan hopes that President of the country will pardon three imprisoned journalists. “In July, we appealed to President Ilham Aliyev concerning amnesty for the journalists. That appeal is still in power and the issue is on the agenda. The issue will be considered once again at the Press Council's session and we believe that the imprisoned journalists will be set free in the nearest future”, PC chairman Aflatun Amashov told Trend News.

International Federation of Journalists calls on Georgia to quit censoring Russian-language mass media and appeals to the conflict sides to provide an opportunity of free coverage of the events around South Ossetia.

On 11 September, nominees to the US president will lay off advertising clips containing fault-finding of rivals for one day, AP informs.
Republican nominee John McCain stated there would be no advertising clips of his pre-elections campaign on 11 September on television at all. “This is not a politics day”, McCain noted.

A list of mass media, which will carry out free of charge propaganda of presidential nominees in Azerbaijan, has been specified. As APA was informed at Central Electron Commission's press-center, free of charge broadcast time of Public TV and Radio Company, as well as the pages of “Azerbaijan”, “Halg gazeti”, “Republic” and “Bakinsky rabochiy” newspapers will be provided for pre-election propaganda and agitation campaigns.

The first issue of Best Life magazine’s Russian version will come out September 2, web site of Independent Media Sanoma Magazines Co. - the edition's owner informs.

As www.day.az informs, the Azerbaijani population, using services of large cable TV operators as KATV and B&B TV, have been deprived of watching CNN channel starting from about 18:00 of August 18.

Georgian authorities have decided to suspend broadcast of RTVi channel, Echo of Moscow Radio informs on Monday.

Television is still the main source of learning news for the US population, as proved by the research data published Sunday by Pew Research Center, AP informs.

British Internet advertising left behind TV ads in 2007 by volume having seized 19% of the market, Reuters informs. According to the data of telecommunication regulating agency Ofcom, last year, on-line advertising expenses grew in Great Britain up to 40% making £2,8 milliard.