BLOOMBERG PRESS Publishes First-Ever Guide To Global Media Law

Authored and Edited by Charles J. Glasser Jr., media counsel for

BLOOMBERG NEWS(R), International Libel and Privacy Handbook offers a

country-by-country, user friendly guide to navigating laws and customs

worldwide when newsgathering, writing, and editing

NEW YORK, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- In the Internet age, all media are
global-but until today there has been no definitive source explaining
the risks of international libel law. This critical need has been
filled by Charles Glasser's International Libel and Privacy Handbook
(BLOOMBERG PRESS, February 2006; $95), which offers a side-by-side
comparison of laws and customs relating to libel and privacy in major
countries worldwide.

"Media law around the world is a crazy patchwork quilt, with each
square reflecting a nation's cultural biases, political history, and
economic structure," writes Glasser, who brought together an all-star
lineup of legal minds from around the world. "More media organizations
are distributing their content across borders," Glasser writes, "with
headlines and stories flashed on desktops around the world at the
speed of light. What is needed is a global approach requiring that
reporters and editors review their practices and philosophy toward
global newsgathering, and that they develop an understanding for the
basic moral engine that drives each nation's media laws."

International Libel and Privacy Handbook is a "must-have" for anyone
working in or with the media industry. Written in plain language and
not "legalese," the book offers a roadmap for navigating the complex
web of libel and privacy laws, nation-by-nation. In the global media
marketplace, it is sure to be an invaluable tool-not just for lawyers,
but for journalists, corporate communicators, webmasters and bloggers.

Glasser offers special chapters on book publishing, Internet
publishing, copyright issues, and the enforcement of foreign
judgments, as well as a breakdown by country of legal explanations
that answer such questions as:

* What is the definition of libel in China?

* May reporters in India tape-record their telephone conversations

without the consent of the other party?

* In Italy, is a right of privacy recognized?

* In Hong Kong, what's the law on disclosure of confidential sources?

* Do Internet publishers, including chat-room operators, have to meet

special standards?

The book will be available February 15th at leading bookstores and
Internet booksellers, and at http://www.bloomberg.com/books

Endorsements

"A highly readable guide to the legal standards that affect media
reporting and publishing in a selection of countries in the Americas,
Europe, and Asia ... Charles Glasser has assembled a blue-ribbon panel
of legal experts ... Anyone who speaks or writes for a living-or who
advises those who do-will benefit from consulting this handbook."

- Jane E. Kirtley, Silha Professor of Media Ethics and Law School of

Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Minnesota

"At long last, we can now compare on a nation-by-nation basis how
countries in the Americas, Asia, and Europe deal with libel and
privacy issues and how that treatment differs from that of the United
States. This book offers a sophisticated and reader-friendly response
to the core questions that any practitioner frequently must consider."

- Floyd Abrams, Partner, Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, author,

Speaking Freely: Trials of the First Amendment

About the Editor

Charles J. Glasser Jr. is media counsel to BLOOMBERG NEWS. Before
joining Bloomberg, he represented a wide range of broadcasters,
magazines, and newspaper publishers. A former daily newspaper and
wire-service journalist, he has litigated many of the issues covered
in the International Libel and Privacy Handbook. Glasser has published
numerous articles on press law and free speech rights and is admitted
to several trial and appellate courts in the United States.

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