Friday, August 15, 2025
No donors. Answerable only to you.

New book details ownership in Misha's Georgia

paul rimple 2013-02-23
Freelance journalist Paul Rimple’s book started with a trip to the corner shop to buy chocolate. (Photo: Londa Beria.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–After the election for parliament last year, the process of changing and reallocation ownership has begun, says journalist Paul Rimple, who has published a new book called Who Owned Georgia.

In it, he vividly depicts the very sophisticated quasi-legal

Read more

Government's hold over TV is crumbling

“He told me I should close down the program, because me and my program are a problem for him,” says Vakho Sanaia, host of Reportaji on the Georgian public broadcaster's Channel 1.

TBILISI, DFWatch — There is a crisis in pro-government TV in Georgia, after an opposition coalition won the parliamentary election.

October 5, several well-known anchors and journalists at Imedi TV, which is controlled by Saakashvili’s government, each wrote on their

Read more

New details about who owns Georgian TV stations

TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian TV stations have released information about who owns them. It has long been a general impression, but hard to prove, that Georgian TV stations are controlled by the government. The information substantiates these suspicions and shows to what extent persons around the country’s president have a stake in the broadcasting media. … Read more