2005-2014

The Indian Express did not appear on June 26, the day India awoke to unfreedom and the Emergency. When the newspaper did appear two days later, no words filled the space in which this editorial now appears. Instead, there was a blank. Yet it spoke in its very wordlessness, how it spoke. It spoke of an unacceptable, unspeakable crime perpetrated on the nation. It spoke of draconian laws and...

A day after signing the deal with the Orissa Government for setting up a 12 million tonne steel plant at Paradip with an investment of Rs 52,000 crores, Posco's publicity binge in the capital started on a sour note as its maiden press conference turned out to be a disaster. The entire national media walked out of the press conference on Thursday, which was scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. sharp...

After scorching the Mumbai billboards with its high-octane campaigns, Daily News & Analysis – or simply, DNA – is gearing up for its Mumbai launch. According to an internal communication meant for the newspaper's employees, the newspaper has set July 21 as the date for its Mumbai launch. DNA sources, who declined to be identified, said the newspaper would begin its dry-run from tomorrow (June 24)...

The sixth annual Online Journalism Awards (OJAs) competition, the only contest dedicated exclusively to recognizing excellence in digital journalism, opens June 23, 2005, and will accept entries through July 20, 2005. (Enter the Online Journalism awards by submitting an entry here.) The competition is presented through a partnership between the Online News Association (ONA) and the USC Annenberg...

NEW YORK, June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Scarborough Research, the leading authority for newspaper readership information and consumer behavior, released an analysis of "Integrated Newspaper Audience," a new measurement that combines the audience of traditional printed newspapers with the audience of their websites. The analysis found that newspaper websites are contributing significant numbers of...

The bias and political spin of mainstream news has alienated younger readers and contributed to the popularity of mix and match internet news, says Yahoo! UK editor Simon Hinde. Speaking at City University's Cass Business School last night, Mr Hinde defended the credibility of news aggregation. Discussion followed a screening of EPIC 2014, Robin Sloan and Matt Thompson's project exploring a future...

RSF has welcomed the release on bail of N. Venugopal, editor of the Telugu-language twice-monthly "Veekshanam", on 16 June 2005. The editor was arrested on 30 May, along with three other members of the Revolutionary Writers Association (Virasam), V. Chenchaiah, G. Pinakapani and Ravi Kumar. Police had opposed their bail application before the Nizamabad District Court. On the morning of 16 June, a...

President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has cleared the Right to Information Bill – expected to make governance more transparent and accountable. The President gave his assent to the Bill earlier this week. A notification will be issued by the Law ministry. The Bill entitles every citizen to have access to information controlled by the public authorities. It also covers state authorities and NGOs...

Bennett, Coleman & Co (BCCL) has offloaded its entire 8.55 per cent stake in Mid Day Multimedia. Mid Day informed the Bombay Stock Exchange of the sale, which happened on June 16, 2005. In March, BCCL had offloaded 13,88,313 shares of Mid Day in the open market. BCCL had picked up a 8.55 per cent stake for Rs 12 crore in October 2004 through its financial company Ban Hem Financial Investment...

ISLAMABAD: Senior editors and executives of Indian media told their Pakistan counterparts on Tuesday that large sections in India were behind the peace process and that there were serious limitations for any government to regulate media coverage on India-Pakistan relations. They were responding to observations from Pakistan delegates that media in India by and large "toed" the government line. The...