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Press articles (used media abbreviations)

Maoists against privatisation of Gorkhapatra Corporation (nn 06/05/2008)

THT vehicle vandalised (ht 28/04/2008)

Telegraph enters Silver Jubilee year! (tg 20/02/2008)

15th birthday (kp 19/02/2008), Kantipur Publications marks 15th anniversary (kp 20/02/2008)

On Opinion Journalism at the Kathmandu Post, interview with The Kathmandu Post's leader page editor Puran Pd. Bista (Nepal Monitor 10/02/2008)

Kantipur weekly in Qatar (kp 26/01/2008)

Tiwari, Aryal join Himalmedia (nn 15/11/2007)

Press faces constant threat, by Bishnu Budhathoki (kp 10/11/2007)

Gorkhapatra goes multilingual (nn 18/09/2007)

State threatening free press: Nisthuri (samn 19/08/2007), Beyond comprehension, by Shyam KC (kp 20/08/2007)

Maoist-affiliated workers interfere in editorial decision, disrupt newspaper distribution (nn 12/08/2007), Pro-Maoist union stops THT, AP distribution (kp 12/08/2007), Maoist unionists halt THT, AP publication (kp 13/08/2007), Fast-unto-death demanding respect to press freedom; THT/AP distribution disrupted (nn 13/08/2007), Maoist workers threaten journalists (samn 13/08/2007), Media Society asks for protection; THT/AP staffers prevented from entering office premises (nn 13/08/2007), Pro-Maoist unionists continue obstruction at THT, AP (kp 14/08/2007), Nepal Media Society denounces govt apathy (kp 14/08/2007), Scribes stage sit-in against Maoist intervention on press freedom (nn 14/08/2007), Activists concerned with disturbances in media houses (nn 15/08/2007), Editors’ Alliance condemns attacks on press freedom (nn 15/08/2007), Nepal's beleaguered media starts court battle against Maoists (wi 15/08/2007), Mahara seeks FNJ's help in resolving media dispute; court orders union not to disrupt newspapers (nn 15/08/2007), Court orders stay of agitation at APCA (kp 16/08/2007), Maoist trade union backs off, says it will not shut down media houses (nn 16/08/2007), Editors tie up to thwart attack on press (samn), Nepal editors say Maoists targeting media freedom (Reuters 16/08/2007), Editors’ Alliance condemns attacks on press (kp 16/08/2007), ANFTU urges no obstruction to press (kp 16/08/2007), Nepal's battered dailies back on stands after outcry (wi 16/08/2007), THT, Annapurna Post back on stands (samn 16/08/2007), Good gesture (kp 17/08/2007), , , by Chandra Shekhar Karki (nt 17/08/2007, originally in Kantipur, 15 August), Unabashed Attack , by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp 17/08/2007)

Court summons workers in APCA case (kp 11/08/2007)

Post, Kantipur burnt: Vehicle vandalized (kp 08/08/2007)

Maoist-affiliated workers disrupt distribution of newspapers (nn 21/07/2007), Maoist unionists block newspaper distribution (kp 22/07/2007), Maoist trade union disrupts newspaper distribution, pickets publishing house (nn 23/07/2007), Leaders flay what was done to THT and AP (samn 23/07/2007), I won’t tolerate attack on press: PM (kp 23/07/2007), No tolerance to attack on press: PM (samn 23/07/2007), Press gagging (kp 23/07/2007), Don't drag Maoist name into labourer-employer dispute, says Mahara (nn 24/07/29007), Disruption of newspaper distribution continues (nn 25/07/2007), Maoists still obstructing newspaper distribution (kp 25/07/2007), Chorus of condemnation (samn 25/07/2007), ‘Settle row at THT, AP through talks’ (kp 26/07/2007), Meet the press (nt 27/07/2007), Press Freedom: Sinister Attacks, by Sanjaya Dhakal (sp 27/07/2007)

Pressing need: Why a free press matters for Nepal, by Jason Miklian (nt 13/07/2007)

Weekly, fortnightly network protests (samn 25/06/2007), CJ quizzes Janaastha editor; journos stage protest (nn 25/06/2007), CJ accused of contempt of court (kp 26/06/2007)

Nepal Samacharpatra suspends publication (nn 20/06/2007), Nepal Samacharpatra suspends publication (kp 20/06/2007), FNJ, Council express concern over Samacharpatra's suspension (nn 21/06/2007), Parties, FNJ flay interference in Kamana Group (kp 21/06/2007), Samacharpatra closure (kp 21/06/2007), Samacharpatra still in suspension; publishers appeal to parties and civil society (nn 22/06/2007), Samacharpatra closure (kp 22/06/2007), Stop Press, by Shiva Gaunle (nt 22/06/2007), Samacharpatra may hit news stands again (samn 22/06/2007), Kamana House work disrupted again (samn 23/06/2007), ‘Media closure threatens free press’ (kp 24/06/2007), Samacharpatra resumes publication; PM says obstruction is intolerable (nn 24/06/2007)

“Press Has To Be More Liberal Than Others”, interview with Rajendra Dahal (sp 18/05/2007)

Press source of power to uplift country (samn 05/05/2007)

Artha Ko Artha marks 14th anniversary (nn 25/04/2007)

Weeklies act like blind men with elephant, by Bikash Sangraula and Bishnu Budhathoki (kp 19/04/2007)

Maoists padlock offices of The Himalayan Times and Annapurna Post dailies (nn 07/04/2007), Maoists lock up, cops unlock APCA House, by Kosh Raj Koirala (kp 07/04/2007)

Govt plans to install own security press (samn 30/03/2007)

Post brings Asia exclusively to readers (kp 24/03/2007)

Fund crunch hits newspaper digitisation (samn 22/03/2007)

Bhutanese refugee newspaper dying for want of funds (wi 06/03/2007),  Aid offered to save Bhutan paper (Al Jazeera 06/03/2007)

Kantipur Publications marks 14th anniversary (kp 20/02/2007)

Five dailies closed in Jhapa (samn 05/02/2007), Weeklies in Rautahat closed for weeks (kp 08/02/2007)

'Press musn't be politically motivated' (samn 24/01/2007)

Maoists on a newspapering spree, by Ghanashyam Ojha (kp 04/01/2007)

Tripathi elected NNWFN Prez (kp 04/12/2006)

Post joins Asia News Network (kp 03/11/2006)

Kantipur copies burnt at FNCCI orders (kp 29/10/2006)

Dailies irked at grant to weeklies (samn 30/09/2006)

SAPC-Nepal formed (kp 31/08/2006)

Madhesi front burns Post, other newspapers (kp 22/07/2006), Media groups condemn burning of newspapers (nn 22/07/2006)

Journos assault editor-publisher (kp 28/06/2006)

FNJ to launch movement for reappointment of media persons (nn 03/06/2006)

Janadesh to surface in Kathmandu (kp 30/04/2006)

Editor-publisher-hawker rolled in one, by Upendra Lamicchane (kp 18/03/2006)

Himal Media launches Nepali news portal (nn 21/01/2006)

Kavre Times marks 10th anniversary (nn 17/01/2006)

Spiralling newsprint costs hit newspapers (ht 26/12/2004)

The Role of the Press in an Emerging Civil Society, by Klaus Barth (tg 17/11/2004), see also part 2 (24/11/2004)

Press failing to cover Maoist excesses: Khadka (ht 17/10/2004)

Dev Shumsher’s contribution to Gorkhapatra remembered (ht 19/09/2004)

Nepali newspapers suffer from "financial crunch", by N.P.Upadhyaya (tg 08/09/2004)

Indigenous Voice marks first anniversary (ht 06/08/2004)

APCA MD wins defamation case (ht 04/08/2004)

Gorkhapatra seeks free rein to compete (rn 01/08/2004)

Irresponsible reporting (ht 21/06/2004)

Don't believe what you read in newspapers! by M.R. Josse (pr 17/06/2004)

A Symbiotic Relationship, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn 06/06/2004)

THT loses masthead (kp 29/05/2004)

Kavre journals find going tough (ht 14/05/2004)

Armed conflict in Nepal and Nepali press, by Shobha Gautam (pr 13/04/2004))

Muzzling the press (kp 30/04/2004)

Weeklies galore: Three new weekly magazines have hit the stands, but is the Nepali market large enough for all of them?, by Navin Singh Khadka (nt 23/04/2004)

Sparing scribes (ht 06/04/2004)

Press beware! The Home Minister is angry, by Damakant Jayshi (kp 15/03/2004)

Conflict vs press freedom: Why is media being victimised?, by Chiranjibi Kafle (kp 30/01/2004)

Price War: Race to Survive (sp 23/01/2004), Newspaper price wars, by Ashutosh Tiwari (nt 23/01/2004), THT price drop ‘hots up’ cold capital (ht 25/01/2004)

Reprogramming the fourth estate, by Vidhu Prakash Kayastha (kp 22/01/2004)

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