{"id":8591,"date":"2023-10-04T09:51:29","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T06:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/media-azi.md\/catalin-tepelin-fortat-sa-plece-de-la-sefia-gazetei-sporturilor-incercau-sa-incalce-principiile-unei-prese-independente\/"},"modified":"2023-10-23T15:42:11","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T12:42:11","slug":"catalin-tepelin-fortat-sa-plece-de-la-sefia-gazetei-sporturilor-incercau-sa-incalce-principiile-unei-prese-independente","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/media-azi.md\/en\/catalin-tepelin-fortat-sa-plece-de-la-sefia-gazetei-sporturilor-incercau-sa-incalce-principiile-unei-prese-independente\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>C\u0103t\u0103lin \u021aepelin forced to quit the leadership of Gazeta Sporturilor. \u201cThey were trying to violate the principles of independent press\u201d<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>C\u0103t\u0103lin \u021aepelin left the newspaper Gazeta Sporturilor (GSP) after the outlets Gazeta and Libertatea officially complained to the Swiss-Bulgarian management of the Ringier trust about pressure in the case of some \u201csensitive articles on the betting industry.\u201d Robin Lingg, chairman of the Board of Directors of Ringier Sports Media Group, invokes \u201cfailure to collaborate with the international media group,\u201d according to news by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.libertatea.ro\/stiri\/catalin-tepelin-la-plecarea-de-la-gazeta-sporturilor-incercau-sa-incalce-principiile-unei-prese-independente-4678380?utm_source=web-share-api&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=share-button&amp;utm_content=web-share-api\">Libertatea.ro<\/a>, published on October 3.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 70 journalists from both outlets signed a public letter. \u201cGSP and Libertatea inform the public: After we declined the requests of some Ringier managers to show in advance articles about gambling companies that are advertising clients, Ringier demanded on Monday, October 2, GSP\u2019s editor-in-chief C\u0103t\u0103lin \u021aepelin to resign. We oppose it,\u201d the journalists said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the source cited, \u021aepelin commented on the decision of Ringier\u2019s management in a Facebook post, saying that \u201cthe rift was caused by the fact that I opposed decisions that, I believe, were trying to violate the principles of independent press.\u201d In the same post, the journalist also spoke about \u201cseveral episodes that suggested a commercial interference in editorial matters.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the meeting with representatives of Libertatea and GSP on Tuesday, October 3, Robin Lingg said, \u201cWe have always granted editorial freedom,\u201d and claimed that C\u0103t\u0103lin \u021aepelin\u2019s resignation was motivated by \u201chis failure to collaborate with the international media group,\u201d according to Libertatea.ro.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>C\u0103t\u0103lin \u021aepelin worked in the GSP team for 20 years, and for the last five years he was editor-in-chief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 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