Howells, Coral Ann (30 March 2006). Howells, Coral Ann (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to Margaret Atwood (1ed.). Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/ccol0521839661. ISBN 978-0-521-83966-2. OCLC 61362106. S2CID 160396201. In June 2009, plans for Naked News Korea were announced. It featured a similar format to the Canadian version but with less nudity. This was later revealed to be a scam. After barely a month of operations, Naked News Korea, which featured topless news anchors, abruptly closed down amid allegations that the CEO, John Chau, disappeared with all of the company's money. Although Chau bought the naming rights from the Naked News, it was never an official subsidiary of the Toronto-based Canadian company. [25] [26] Doyle, John (23 September 2013). "Naked News Uncovered? New, nutty but not so naughty". The Globe and Mail. Tom Sheen (17 June 2015). "Venezuelan TV host gets completely naked while reporting on Copa America win over Colombia". The Independent. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022 . Retrieved 18 June 2015. The show recruits women from around the world to appear on a regular basis or as guest reporters, and their auditions are included in the program. [ citation needed] Another segment of the show is Naked in the Streets in which a reporter appears topless in the street and asks the public about various topics. [7] History [ edit ] Then- Naked News anchor Christine Kerr, in Toronto (Canada), 2008

Počasíčko [22] (diminutive of "weather") was Czech TV Nova's past-10PM featurette launched in January 1998 where a nude woman (or occasionally, a man) got dressed in clothing appropriate for the next day's weather forecast. [23] This was discontinued after several years and returned as web-only in February 2007. When Nova launched a new online portal in May 2008, it included a "Red News" [24] section causing controversy; asked about the Naked News, they denied securing license and stressed Počasíčko's primacy. In the late 1990s, British cable television channel L!VE TV broadcast Tiffani's Big City Tips, in which model Tiffani Banister gave the financial news while stripping to her underwear. [17] Imitators [ edit ] Radio Tango calls the tune in the nude". IOL News. Reuters. 4 May 2001 . Retrieved 4 December 2017.A very similar phenomenon by the name "Noodie News" appears in Canadian Margaret Atwood's 2003 novel Oryx and Crake. [19] [20] [21] John Moss, Tobi Kozakewich, "Margaret Atwood: The Open Eye", Re-appraisals, Canadian writers, volume 30, University of Ottawa Press, 2006, ISBN 0-7766-0613-1, p.398 Korean Cover-Up". The Hollywood Reporter. Vol.410–411. Hollywood Reporter Incorporated. 2009. p.40.

A Finnish copy of the Naked News concept was broadcast on the country's Aluetelevisio cable television channel. The show employed erotic actress Maria Kekkonen as a reporter. A former porn actress, Rakel Liekki, also worked for the show. a b c d Mutz, Diana Carole (2015). In-Your-Face Politics: The Consequences of Uncivil Media. Princeton University Press. p.215. ISBN 9781400865871.

In March 2010, students at the University of Cambridge presented a news segment on Cambridge University Television in the nude. [27]