A new book by the Paris-based Panos Institute offers a broad survey of media and cultural diversity in key West European countries together with Canada and the US.

It is also hosting a debate next week on the issue of cultural diversity in European media (details below).

How successfully is the media responding to the challenges of cultural diversity in countries such as France, Britain, Germany and the US?
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West London based Panjab Radio will broadcast across the UK from December on digital DAB radio.

The company’s managing director Surjit Ghuman told AIM Magazine that he was very pleased to join Asian Network as the only other Asian station available nationally on DAB.
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Modelling agencies fleecing Asian women across the country are likely to face strong penalties with new government legislation.

The government is planning to announce that modelling agencies would be banned from charging up-front fees.

The plans were aimed at “unscrupulous agents”, a minister said, who asked women for fees in advance of any modelling work.

In most cases the work never comes through and women pay extortionate fees for being on the register.
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by Joyeeta Basu
Freelance Writer

There seems to be an explicit shift in mood among Brit-Asian authors. Taking a step away from oft-repeated tales of forced marriages and identity crisis, the move is towards crystallizing their individualities in modern Britain.

The voices are stark and powerful, as they explore different themes that were largely unexplored by their predecessors.

We cover four books: by Ziauddin Sardar, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Kia Abdullah and Shelina Janmohamed.
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