Fernando Medina, former member of the PS parliamentary panel and former president of the Lisbon City Council, will be one of the faces of Now, the new news channel of Medialivre.
“The attraction of this project lies in the ambition for the quality of information and the innovation model, in our opinion, based on relevant actors in various fields,” the economist said. “For my part, I will give Now my opinion: informed, thoughtful, insightful… and always, always free,” he added.
Fernando Medina thus joins former Prime Minister António Costa, former PSD leader Rui Rio and Cardinal and Bishop of Setúbal D. Américo Aguiar, who have also been confirmed as protagonists of the Now movement.
The new channel will be officially presented next Friday, in the presence of the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, and the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Pedro Duarte, among others.
Now invests in quality and reference information for the most qualified audience (namely in the premium and youth segments), with a special focus on topics of politics and economics, great challenges of civilization, such as global warming or artificial intelligence, as well as international information. in Europe. The project will also have a strong digital component.
André Lima Coelho in political analysis
With a law degree, André Coelho Lima is currently a member of the XV Legislative Assembly for the Social Democratic Party. He also served as vice-president of the PSD under Rui Rio and will be one of Now’s political analysts. “I believe this new channel is a bold, credible project that aims to provide an informative public service. characteristics and that civil intervention is not the exclusive prerogative of parliament or the exercise of political functions, I am glad to join him,” he said.