2005-2014

It’s been a hush-hush issue for long, but now more players are openly talking about the working professional relationships that are happening out of the realm. For most channels, which do not have cross-media (radio, print etc) presence, an opportunity that is working well is a "cashless", "not on paper" tie-up with organisations with whom they have a "mutual understanding". A lot of these cross...

The Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF), the representative body of television broadcasters, got its website (ibf-india.com) recently. Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Jaipal Reddy, launched website. Asked on the objective behind launching the website, Naresh Chahal, Director, Finance, IBF, said, "The website has been launched just to give proper information related to the...

Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of The Statesman, Cushrow Russy Irani, 74, passed away on July 23 in Kolkata, bringing to an end his 37-year innings at the helm of one of the country’s pioneering English dailies as well as an exemplary saga of fearless journalism. A lawyer by training, Irani joined The Statesman as its Managing Director in 1968 after having worked in the insurance sector. He took...

One of the strongest efforts from Bennett, Coleman & Company Ltd to popularise Mumbai Mirror was seen when the paper was given free with every copy of The Times of India. The efforts haven’t ceased there. BCCL has induced more interactivity in the paper in addition to the ‘Flash Your Mirror’ promotion campaign. Speaking of the changes that has been made on the Mumbai Mirror website, Bhaskar Das...

The launch date of the forthcoming English daily Daily News & Analysis (DNA) is near (July 30 to be precise) and the paper is maintaining the buzz, ensuring presence in the trade community as well. DNA is auctioning its cover page solus ad, in association with exchange4media.com. The paper will forward the proceeds of this to charity – "Our way of entering Mumbai," said Suresh Balakrishnan...

Kolkata, July 23: C R Irani, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of The Statesman, who got national and international recognition for his relentless fight for press freedom, especially during the Emergency, died in the city today. He was 75. He is survived by wife Threety and three daughters. Irani was admitted to the hospital on July 5 with complaints of acute respiratory trouble. He developed renal...

NEW YORK - Podcasting and RSS feeds may be the latest craze in high-tech circles but the general public is largely unfamiliar with the Internet terms. A study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project also finds that Internet users aren't all that familiar with "phishing," either. Seventy percent of Internet users never heard of phishing or aren't sure that it refers to e-mail scams that try...

Mumbai, July 22: THE total size of the advertising industry has been underestimated, primarily because non-traditional advertising has been unrepresentative. This was the view expressed by Mr Ranjan Kapur, Country Manager, WPP India, the keynote speaker at the AAAI Diamond Jubilee Seminar, `Beyond the Horizon' at Mumbai. Considering advertising was all about having a 360-degree approach to...

Mumbai , July 22: NOW, persons making stock recommendations in the media have to disclose their holdings on the scrips being recommended. The Securities and Exchange Board of India has advised that media companies have to ensure that persons making investment advices disclose their holdings as well as that of their dependent family members and their employer in the particular company about which...

New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) Harinder Baweja, Editor (Investigations) of weekly news magazine Tehelka, was deported from Pakistan Friday evening after immigration authorities declared that she was blacklisted for visa violation. Baweja, who has visited Pakistan over a dozen times for journalistic assignments over 10 years, was taken aback when told by immigration officials in Lahore that she had to...