{"id":2911,"date":"2012-03-09T12:21:47","date_gmt":"2012-03-09T16:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=2911"},"modified":"2012-03-09T12:21:55","modified_gmt":"2012-03-09T16:21:55","slug":"media-network-will-be-closing-on-saturday-24-march-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/media-network-will-be-closing-on-saturday-24-march-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Network will be closing on Saturday 24 March 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"On Saturday, March 24, RNW’s Andy Sennitt will be closing down his Media Network<\/a>\u00a0blog. SWLing Post readers will recognize the name “Media Network” as I have referenced it many times as the source of news regarding international broadcasting. Andy posted the following message to his readers:<\/p>\n

Important announcement to all our readers<\/strong>
\nMarch 8th, 2012 – 20:32 UTC by Andy Sennitt.
\nThis Weblog will be closing on Saturday 24 March 2012.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I shall be taking 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.<\/p>\n

In April I shall be writing 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 will be published on the RNW English website.<\/p>\n

If you have any memories of RNW or other international broadcasters that you would like to share, I will be pleased to hear from you at MediaNetwork@rnw.nl and I\u2019ll try to include them in the articles.<\/p>\n

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 will no longer be possible to add comments, but nearly 14,000 comments already received will still be available.<\/p>\n

Andy Sennitt
\nhttp:\/\/blogs.rnw.nl\/medianetwork\/important-announcement-to-all-our-readers<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Our best wishes to Andy in his early retirement and hopes that we will not completely lose him from the media scene. Andy, keep in touch!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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