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Zambia Daily Mail

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The Zambia Daily Mail is a state-owned English-language daily broadsheet newspaper published in Lusaka, Zambia, wholly owned by the Government of the Republic of Zambia and incorporated under the Companies Act (Cap. 388) of the Laws of Zambia. Its history traces to February 23, 1960, when the first edition of the African Mail was published in Northern Rhodesia as an independent weekly pro-independence newspaper; it was renamed the Central African Mail in 1962. In 1965, the newly independent Zambian government acquired the paper from its private owners — majority shareholder David Astor among them — renaming it the Zambian Mail and subsequently expanding it into a daily publication renamed the Zambia Daily Mail in 1970, at which point it was instructed to become an “instrument in nation building.” The paper also publishes the Sunday Mail. It is one of two state-owned daily newspapers in Zambia, alongside the Times of Zambia, and both fall within the supervisory portfolio of the Ministry of Information and Media. In 2021, the Media Institute of Southern Africa called for the need to “reform government-owned publications such as the Daily Mail” so that they reflect the diverse views of all Zambians — reflecting longstanding concerns about the paper’s editorial independence.

Agência de Informação de Moçambique

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The Mozambique News Agency (莫桑比克通訊社), known by its Portuguese acronym AIM, is Mozambique’s state news agency, headquartered in Maputo. Established by Decree No. 119/75 of November 22, 1975 following Mozambique’s independence, AIM is defined in law as a state institution with legal personality and administrative autonomy. The agency is a member of the Alliance of Portuguese-Language News Agencies and publishes news bulletins in Portuguese and English on a daily basis.

Duna Médiaszolgáltató

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Duna Médiaszolgáltató (DMSZ) is Hungary’s sole public service broadcaster, established on July 1, 2015, and headquartered in Budapest. While DMSZ carries the formal designation of a public service broadcaster, analysts describe it as a shell entity under effective government control, whose CEO holds no functional autonomy. The network has been strongly criticized within the EU in recent years as a pro-government outlet indicative of a general slide in media freedoms in the country. DMSZ was created through a merger of four previously separate public media entities — Magyar Televízió (MTV), Magyar Rádió (MR), Duna TV, and the news agency Magyar Távirati Iroda (MTI) — under reforms carried out during the third government of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán (2014–2018). The broadcaster currently operates six television channels — including its flagship generalist channel Duna and the news channel M1 — seven radio stations, the MTI news agency, and online services. The broadcaster is also a member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).

Canal Ocho

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Canal Ocho (第八頻道), or “Channel Eight,” formally known as Televisión Nacional de Honduras (TNH), is Honduras’s state-owned national television network, based in Tegucigalpa and operated by the Honduran Ministry of Culture and Telecommunications (洪都拉斯文化與電信部). Founded on August 20, 2008, it is the country’s first state-owned television channel and broadcasts in high-definition. In 2017, the Japan International Cooperation Agency donated more than 700 programs from the Japanese broadcaster NHK to the channel. In March 2023, Canal Ocho aired a special program produced by CGTN marking the establishment of diplomatic relations between Honduras and the People’s Republic of China.

Noticiero El Salvador

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Noticiero El Salvador (薩爾瓦多新聞) is the flagship news program of the state-owned television network Canal 10, which officially debuted its current format on October 5, 2020. Operated under the Secretariat of Communications of the Presidency, Canal 10 serves as the primary broadcast vehicle for government narratives, maintaining complete editorial alignment with executive policy.

Canal 10

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Founded on November 4, 1964 as an educational television initiative under the Ministry of Education, Canal 10 (第十頻道) is El Salvador’s only state-owned television channel. Following President Nayib Bukele’s assumption of office in 2019, the station was placed under the Secretariat of Communications of the Presidency, shifting its primary function from educational content to serving as the government’s main television platform. Operating within the Sistema Nacional de Medios Públicos (SINAMP), it produces “Noticias de El Salvador,” its flagship news program launched in September 2020. Canal 10 pioneered El Salvador’s transition to digital broadcasting on December 21, 2018, and currently maintains national reach via digital terrestrial television.

Khovar News Agency

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Khovar News Agency, officially known as the National Information Agency of Tajikistan, was established on December 31, 1925, during the period of the Tajik Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. The agency functions as Tajikistan’s state news agency, publishing content in Tajik, Russian, English, Arabic, and Persian languages. On April 30, 2004, a governmental decree designated Khovar as the central state information body with official authorization to collect and distribute information about the president, Supreme Assembly, and government activities. The agency also operates Radio Khovar FM, which started broadcasting in 2011.

Andina

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Andina, formerly known as the Agencia Peruana de Noticias Andina, is Peru’s official state-owned news agency. Founded on June 12, 1981, it operates under the state publishing group Editora Perú. The agency covers politics, economics, culture, sports, and technology, and reports that it distributes an average of close to 100 news dispatches daily to radio stations, national and regional newspapers, as well as to international wire services. Andina maintains a network of regional correspondents across Peru’s provinces. It also offers an  English-language website.

Editora Peru

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Editora Perú is a state-owned Peruvian publishing enterprise established on February 12, 1976, under Decree Law No. 21420, and reconstituted as a private-law state corporation on June 12, 1981. The company is responsible for the dissemination of legal and official information, news processing and distribution, and publishing activities linked to education and culture. It operates the official gazette El Peruano; the state news agency Andina; and SEGRAF, a printing services unit producing books, magazines, legal texts, and other graphic materials.