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Tunis (Reuters) - Tunisian journalists went on strike on Wednesday, piling pressure on the Islamist government they accuse of restricting freedom of speech after a revolt toppled the country's autocratic leader last year.

Tunisia's once-staid media has enjoyed a new lease of life since the removal of Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, but activists say the government, led by the moderate Islamist Ennahda party, is now seeking to impose new controls.

The strike, which also involved staff at state-run televisions and news agency TAP, was called by the 1,200-member journalists' union and is the first ever staged in Tunisia.

"The first general strike (by Tunisian media) aims to defend press freedom after we have exhausted the channels of dialogue with the government," the union said in a statement.

Journalists had in the past year demonstrated outside the office of the prime minister to demand an end to restrictions on media freedoms after the appointment of government officials and editors to state television positions.

The government has repeatedly denied accusations it is seeking to stifle the media.

Radio channels broadcast programmes about the strike, limiting news bulletins to just the headlines. The union plans to stage a rally later on Wednesday and newspapers are expected to be off the stands on Thursday.

Earlier this week, U.S.-based Human Rights Watch accused the government of failing to crack down on Islamist violence against advocates of secularism including journalists and artists.

"It's a shame that journalists continue to suffer from interferences in their work after the revolution," union member Ziad Hani told Reuters. "The government is trying to sow a climate of fear among journalists through beatings or jail".

"We will not allow a return to the pre-January 14 (revolt) era," Hani added.

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HONG KONG (Reuters) - Next Media Ltd, controlled by Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai, will sell its Taiwan newspaper, magazine and television assets to Chinatrust Financial's former vice-chairman Jeffrey Koo Jr for NT$17.5 billion ($600 million).

Koo has entered into an agreement to buy the assets, including Next Magazine and Apple Daily, the company said in a statement on the Hong Kong stock exchange.

Next Media has agreed to a 3-year undertaking under which the company and chairman Lai will not own or control any firm in the Taiwanese print media or television markets, the firm said.

"The possible transaction allows the company to rationalize and focus its resources on the group's operations in Hong Kong and also in further developing its digital content-related businesses", Next Media said in a statement.

The company has terminated an earlier memorandum of understanding with another potential buyer, Lien Tai-sheng, regarding the sale of its TV division in Taiwan, it added.

The move comes weeks after Lai said he was selling his Taiwanese television business - which is best known for its animated takes on political and celebrity scandals - as a result of financial losses.

Next Animations won global exposure when its take on golfer Tiger Woods' troubles was widely viewed on YouTube in 2010.

Lai is persona non grata in China, from where he fled at the age of 12 and was smuggled by boat into Hong Kong.

Shares in Next Media, which last closed on Monday at HK$1.12, were due to resume trade on Thursday. The stock is up nearly 65 percent so far this year, outpacing a 16 percent gain in the benchmark Hang Seng Index.

($1 = 7.7512 Hong Kong dollars)

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A motion for the media mogul to be ousted from his post was defeated Vote followed jump of 44 per cent in company shares Australian tycoon admitted the firm had had 'mishaps' but insisted it had 'seized the opportunity to make amends' Murdoch family owns 13 per cent of the equity in the company, but still controls 40 per cent of the voting stock Claims James Murdoch is being lined up for a top job in charge of Fox in the U.S. were not discussed Neither was the news of Rebekah Brooks' 7million 'golden goodbye'

By David Gardner

PUBLISHED: 02:47 EST, 17 October 2012 | UPDATED: 02:47 EST, 17 October 2012

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch swatted away a shareholder revolt at News Corporation's annual general meeting last night.

A motion for the 81-year-old to step down as chairman of News Internationals parent company was easily defeated in a vote at the Los Angeles meeting.

Other attempts to diminish the Murdoch familys control also failed in the wake of the companys huge 44 per cent share increase over the past year.

Powerful: The motion to remove the wealthy Australian from his post as News Corporation chairman was easily defeated

There was no mention of the 7million former News International chief Rebekah Brooks reportedly received when she resigned at the height of the phone hacking crisis in July last year.

The meeting also failed to discuss claims that James Murdoch was being lined up for a top job in charge of Fox in the U.S. despite the uproar over his handling of the scandal in Britain.

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