Top 10 Media & Entertainment Headlines from All Regions The Nigerian Entertainment Industry has grown in leaps and bounds in recent years. Its story did not just start; its development has spanned decades. The Advertising Standards Authority, the UK’s independent advertising regulator, adjudicates on complaints about advertising made under the Advertising Codes. The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), Australia’s peak regulatory body overseeing the communications and media industries, is turning up the heat on spam with the launch of its new reporting tool, Spam SMS. n April 2009, Channel Nine’s A Current Affair program aired two damaging exposes which were highly critical of the management of the Fairmont Resort at Leura and the standard of its accommodation and facilities. On August 1, 2010, China's Ministry of Culture ("MOC") issued a comprehensive new regulation governing online games entitled the "Provisional Administrative Measures on Online Games" (the "Measures"). This article provides a selection of the most interesting ASA adjudications from June and a summary of the key issues considered in the applications. In testimony before a Senate subcommittee, Jessica Rich, Deputy Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, said that the FTC is closely monitoring social networking sites and the mobile arena as part of its efforts to protect teens in the digital environment. Just as the old case of New York Times Co. v Sullivan in 1964 indicated a change in the wind that was to lead years later to the House of Lords decision in Reynolds v Times Newspapers, perhaps the recent Canadian decision of Grant v Torstar Corps can provide a way through the problems in the UK with implementing principles of freedom of expression against the powerful rights of privacy and reputation. The Federal Trade Commission's revised Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising (the "FTC Guides" or "Guides")1 went into effect on December 1, 2009. The Food Standards Code prohibits most "health claims" on labels and advertising for food. However, the statutory body responsible for enforcing the Food Standards Code in New South Wales . . . |