No. 12
Media Services
2016
“media” means
the industry, trade or business of
collecting, processing and dissemination of content
through radio, television or newspapers, and
includes online platforms;
“media association” means organisation registered or
recognized by law engaged in media related
activities;
“media house” means a person licensed to provide media
services;
“media services” means services provided through media;
“Minister” means the Minister responsible for content;
“news agency” means an organization that collects and
distributes news items and photographs for media
houses and public consumption;
“newspaper” means a printed or published materials in the
form of tabloid, broadsheet, magazine, newsletter
and other periodicals or electronic form, which
contains(a) news;
(b) articles;
(c) advertisements;
(d) photos and cartoons;
(e) reports of occurrences; or
(f) comments or observations which are
published for distribution to the public either
daily or periodically;
“press card” means a press card issued under this Act
identifying a person holding it as an accredited
journalist;
“print” means produce or reproduce content in the form of
text, picture, drawings, cartoons for the mass
media;
“print media” means newspapers, journals, magazines,
newsletters and any other related print intended for
mass media;
“private media house” means a non Government owned
media house;
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