Eleven Media seeks green light to go daily

Eleven Media Group has applied to the Ministry of Information for permission to print daily, joining seven other companies that have applied to do the same.

Last Friday’s application follows a government announcement in December that – for the first time in almost half a century – privately owned companies would be allowed to publish daily newspapers starting in April.


So far eight companies, including Eleven Media, have sought permission from the ministry to print daily newspapers.

Previously, the information ministry said that any Myanmar national wishing to publish a daily could submit an application from February 1. It also said that daily newspapers would be permitted in any language.

The government ended a near 50-year policy of state censorship last August that required news outlets to submit their publication to state censors before distribution.

Myanmar has several state-run dailies and a host of privately owned weeklies, usually referred to as journals. Some journals report news while others focus on sports and other topics.

The opening of the media is considered a critical part of President Thein Sein’s social- and political-reform process.

source: Eleven Myanmar
http://elevenmyanmar.com/business/2505-eleven-media-seeks-green-light-to-go-daily