2005-2014

MUMBAI: Indian media companies are heading towards vertical models, spread across television and print businesses. A case in point: Sun Network snapping up Dinakaran to mark an entry into the newspaper market. And, Zee Telefilms chairman Subhash Chandra is in the process of launching DNA English daily in Mumbai, with Dainik Bhaskar as the joint venture partner. It really is a two-way traffic...

Back in the old days - pre-2005 - community activist Amy Gahran had three ways to reach readers of the Daily Camera in Boulder, Colo.: She could persuade a reporter to quote her, write a letter to the editor, or buy an ad. Now, the Internet has provided a fourth option, and Ms. Gahran wants to take advantage of it. She plans to recruit a "citizen journalism reporting team" to cover a controversial...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the global organisation representing over 500,000 journalists worldwide, today protested against the senseless shooting to death of a journalist in Muzaffarnagar in northern India. "We are deeply saddened by the death of our colleague, a victim of a mindless act of violence, and mourn this needless loss, " said IFJ President, Christopher Warren...

Ananda Vikatan, the Tamil weekly, has added another dimension to the print war in the state. In copies of its issue dated June 26, 2005, a total of 16 pages have been dedicated to the specially created images, and the weekly handed out viewing glasses for readers to view the images, free with the magazine. Vikatan is in the process of inviting advertisers and agencies to feature in the publication...

Two sides at war with each other – the United States and an al Qaida-linked group in Iraq - have found a common target, the Arabic television channel Aljazeera. If US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has accused Aljazeera of attacking the image of the US, the leader of the al Qaida-linked group Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has charged the Arabic channel of being a mouthpiece for the Americans. Rumsfeld a...

MUMBAI: In line with the restructuring happening in the overall Sahara group's media business, the news segment too is undergoing changes with an endeavour to create synergy in the editorial line-up and several changes have been effected with effect from Friday. Rao Birendra Singh, who had been looking after Sahara Samay U.P (the Uttar Pradesh-specific news channel), has been elevated and given...

New Delhi, June 18 : When the urge to be seen on TV or be read by the nation and a sprinkling of idealism become the fulcrum of a career choice, it results in the mad rush for journalism courses that Delhi has seen this year. Journalism is a favourite course among those who have applied for admission to various colleges. As the total applications received by the 72 colleges under Delhi University...

Infomedia India Ltd., formerly known as Tata Infomedia, India’s largest yellow pages & special interest magazines’ publisher, has appointed Dinesh Krishnan as the Editor, Better Photography. Besides Yellow Pages, Infomedia also publishes leading magazines such as Overdrive, IC-Chip, Better Photography, AV Max, Search and the recently launched Better Interiors. Welcoming Krishnan to the Infomedia...

The information and broadcasting ministry is considering cross-holding equity restrictions in the media. This means, a newspaper company will not be allowed to hold the entire equity in a television or a radio broadcasting company and vice versa. Also, a television broadcaster will not be able to own the whole of a cable distribution company. At present, similar cross-holding restrictions exist in...

This would give the print media greater flexibility while raising money. The government today allowed foreign funds, overseas corporate bodies, non-resident Indians and persons of Indian origin to invest in Indian newspaper companies. Besides, the printing of foreign editions of international publications in India has also been allowed. However, the overall foreign investment cap in news and...