Citizen Digital

Citizen Digital is the online news platform of Citizen TV, Kenya's most-watched television station, operated by Royal Media Services. It carries breaking national news, county news, business and sport.

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Citizen Digital at a glance

Country: Kenya
Region: East Africa · Africa
Kind of outlet: Television news channel
Editorial leaning: Centrist
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How Crosswire groups Citizen Digital

Crosswire groups Citizen Digital as Centrist for comparisons within Kenya's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate.

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Where Citizen Digital sits in Kenya's press

Citizen Digital is one of 5 outlets tracked in Kenya and the only television news channel tracked there. By outlets tracked, Kenya ranks fifth of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Africa hub, which lists 178 outlets in all.

Across Africa, Crosswire tracks 5 of the 66 television news channels in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Citizen Digital outside Kenya, starting with East Africa, are Fana Broadcasting Corporate (Ethiopia), Shabelle Media Network (Somalia), AYV News (Sierra Leone) and Vox Congo (Republic of the Congo). Opening one of them beside Citizen Digital is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.