THIS IS NOW A SEARCHABLE ARCHIVE

The live Weblog closed on Saturday 24 March 2012.

I took early retirement from RNW at the end of April. Due to the new mandate of RNW effective on 1 January 2013, it will no longer be possible for the organisation to provide coverage of international media news.

The Weblog contains over 15,000 media news items published since October 2003. It will remain online as a searchable archive. To prevent spam, it is no longer possible to add comments, but nearly 14,000 comments already received are still available.

My thanks to everyone who has supported the Weblog since 2003, especially the many colleagues and friends, too numerous to mention individually, who have sent information and posted comments over the years.

Thanks also to the many people who have written to express appreciation for the service we have provided since 2003. It will take a while to get back to you all, but I promise I will reply.

I have written a series of articles reflecting on the changes in international broadcasting since I started appearing on the Media Network radio show in 1981, and looking ahead to the coming decade. The articles are available on the RNW English website as follows:

• The Media Network years: the 1980s
• The Media Network years: the 1990s
• The Media Network years: the noughties
• The Media Network years: the future