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31 August, 2010 - 17:01
Media in Gori
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Arriving in Gori the first eye-catching thing, the novelty for Gori dwellers is brand new newsstands absolutely similar to the ones in Rustaveli Avenue, Tbilisi, called as Prime Time newsstands. But thus far the newsstands in Gori sell only lottery tickets. According to the news agents the press is expected to be delivered in the forthcoming days. Old newsstands are still present few steps away from the new ones.

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30 June, 2010 - 07:30
Where Radio Voice is Hardly Heard
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In the center of Dusheti (town  in the Mtskheta-Mtianeti region, 54 km northeast of Tbilisi ) a one-storey building with white gratings is rooming the Biblus bookshop also selling magazines. That's the only place in the town where people can buy press though their number is scarce. According to the bookshop assistant the reason is the poverty of the dwellers: "The price for newspapers and magazines is at least GEL 1, the population cannot afford it."

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17 May, 2010 - 00:08
Mass Media in Guria

Guria's media differs from other Georgian regions' media outlets with several factors: 1. Existence of local distribution network; 2. Circulation; 3. Increasing competition; 4. Less financial problems.

Unlike Poti, Zestaponi, Sachkhere and Chiatura newspapers, some newspapers published in Guria have their own distribution networks or plan to create such networks in the near future. Correspondingly, those newspapers are delivered even in the remotest villages of the Guria region.

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10 February, 2010 - 17:22
Media in Port City
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As soon as my business trip from Tbilisi to Poti was confirmed I started surfing the net to glean some info about the city. Wherever I came across the official name of the city it was titled as "a self-governing city."

Self-governing City Poti

It's six a.m. and I am already at Poti railway station. The city with the main port connecting Europe with Asia has been recently recognized as a free industrial zone.

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9 January, 2010 - 06:22
Media too Suffers Hardship in Javakheti

Seeing old canyons and bare trees being replaced by mountain steppes and rocks emerged from the ground one can easily recognize Javakheti.

75% of the population is made up of ethnic Armenians whose absolute majority cannot speak Georgian.

Akhalkalaki unpaved street leads to old buildings one of them rooming Ilia Chavchavadze International University and Armenian-language TV company ATV-12.

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25 October, 2009 - 20:33
Kakheti Media

Neighbors in Gurjaani (Kakheti, East Georgia) gather up every day at a specially set up place to read newspapers. “The Purtsaladzes are the most well-off family in our district, the only family who can afford buying newspapers. Papers go around from hand to hand across the whole district,” Mrs Nazi told me calling the place a library.

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3 August, 2009 - 21:52
Information Vacuum in Kvemo Kartli
Thirty km-s away from the capital, in the central street of Marneuli city the first eye-catching thing is numerous satellite antennas installed on the balconies, some of them rooming even two or three. The situation is similar in the villages in Marneuli region. Locals say they can guess according to the number of antennas the nationality of the owner and what they watch. Looking around the houses I found myself at the teahouse. Local teahouses are overcrowded with men drinking tea with lumps of sugar and talking idly.
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14 July, 2009 - 21:16
Kutaisi Media Joy and Sorrow

“I don’t read newspapers but I do fancy Rioni,” a 70-year taxi driver from Kutaisi told me ironically.


Rioni is a regional TV and for 17 years now it has been broadcasting in West Georgia, in particular Imereti, Guria and Poti.


We are the first independent broadcaster in Georgia. We can prove it, documents can be provided as well as a proof,” said Giga Kapetivadze, head of Rioni TV technical and production team.

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1 June, 2009 - 20:26
Region Where State Media Still Exists

Newspapers are sold on almost every crossroads in Batumi in special newspaper stands. National newspapers are brought from Tbilisi at about 1 p.m. everyday and they are quickly sold. Most Batumi-based newspapers however stay on the newspaper stands for weeks.

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