The state, the military, and the market: Capture in the new Burmese media landscape site Myanmar Now, Thin Lei Win adds: “There really is nothing to stop digital media from being captured by the government and the cronies as well. And I think there is a concern that it’s not a question of ‘if ’ but ‘when’ that happens.”50 Media control and the military Burma’s military—officially called the Tatmadaw—continues to wield significant power in the parliament, key ministries, the economy, the civil service, and the media sector.51 Although it pledged to develop better relations with the media, practitioners say the military continues to perpetuate a climate of fear that restricts free expression and threatens peace. After 50 years as a key power-holder this is hardly surprising (Wa Lone 2016). According to Burmese press council member and media trainer, Myint Kyaw, media capture by the military remains one of the media community’s biggest setbacks.52 Military-controlled media in Burma Myawaddy Daily Newspaper Thazin FM (Radio) Yadanarpon Daily Newspaper (Mandalay) Myawaddy Television Tatmadaw Myawaddy Media Ngwe Tar Yee (Literary Magazine) Thu Ta Ah Lin (Knowledge Journal) Arrga Sar Myin Kwin (Sport News) Tayza Aurora (2 Children’s Books) Three diverse incidents in mid-2016 illustrate the military capture of media and free expression. In June, the Ta’ang Women’s Organization was forced to cancel a press conference about human rights abuses committed by the military in northern Shan State (Ta’ang Women’s Organization 2016). In the same month, the military blocked the screening of “Twilight over Burma” at Burma’s renowned Human Rights, Human Dignity International Film Festival, saying it would damage the military’s image and national reconciliation. The film tells the story of an Austrian woman who fell in love with an ethnic Shan prince, and the impact of the 1962 military coup on their lives (Coconuts Yangon 2016). The festival is obliged to submit films to the censor board before they can be screened; this is not the first time 71