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The Listening Post focuses on a power struggle taking place over the media in Turkey.

The government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish prime minister, is squaring up to Dogen Yayin, a company that controls approximately half of all the country's media outlets.

Both the stakes and the numbers involved are high.

The government has fined the company more than $2.5 billion for tax irregularities, a figure that is almost equal to the company's estimated value.

There is, of course, a political background to the story after Erdogan urged his supporters to boycott the Dogen Yayin's newspapers following coverage he perceived as critical of his government.

There have already been indicators that Dogen Yayin has received the message by enacting some personnel changes that are likely to go down well with the government. 

The Listening Post takes a look at the media in Turkey and the colossal tax fine that has ordinary Turks wondering who will ultimately control the media.

The power struggle is also likely to leave diplomats in Brussels and elsewhere wondering if Turkey, with its questionable record on freedom of the press, is really ready for European Union membership.

Media oppression

The Ugandan media has been blamed by the government for inciting violence [AFP]

Salah Khadr also reports on the changing media landscape of Uganda and the new threats to journalistic freedom ahead of presidential elections scheduled for next year. 

The incumbent president Yoseweri Museveni is locked in battle with the king of the country's biggest tribal region - Buganda.

In 1993, Uganda had just one, state-owned, radio station but by 2006, under Museveni's leadership, that had spiralled to 140 privately-owned stations broadcasting a wide spectrum of voices seldom heard before.

The recent conflict has spilled into the media and Museveni - once credited with opening up the airwaves - has silenced four of the most popular radio stations in Uganda, and the government stands accused of torturing a well-known journalist.

In this week's Newsbytes we look at  how Omar al-Bashir, the Sudanese president, has lifted state censorship ahead of next year's election and how new proposed legislation in Kenya has upset the country's independent media.

Also, a new government decree in Honduras has potentially hamstrung the media there. And we look at the BBC interview with Gordon Brown, the British prime minister, that has upset the Labour Party.

Bringing graffiti alive

Finally, two graffiti artists, David Ellis and someone who goes by the name of Blu, got together recently in Italy and collaborated on a mind-boggling piece of work.

Graffiti is an urban art form. In this case it has been brought to life with the use of stop motion animation, and brought to the world through the user-generated wonders of youtube. You can watch it here.

This episode of The Listening Post can be seen from Friday, October 02, at the following times GMT: Friday: 1230; Saturday: 1030, 2230; Sunday: 0300, 1930; Monday: 0030; Tuesday: 0630, 1630; Wednesday: 0130, 1430; Thursday: 0330, 2330.