2005-2014

Publishers make decisions about what advertising to carry on a regular basis. This week one such decision passed briefly across my desk when I was given the good news that Guardian Unlimited had been added to the media schedule for Playboy's website and television channel. What did we think? We thought not. Without making any moral decisions at all about Playboy and its perfectly legitimate...

The Union Government was contemplating allowing foreign newspapers to publish facsimile editions in India without access to Indian news content and advertisements, Information and Broadcasting Minister S. Jaipal Reddy said here on Sunday. Speaking to reporters after attending a symposium on "Performance and challenges – one year of UPA Government" organised by the Alam Khundmiri Foundation, the...

The 11-point promise describes customer-service expectations that newspaper advertising representatives, advertising directors and publishers vow to meet in dealing with advertising customers. We promise to meet your advertising needs in a spirit of cooperation and professional commitment that reflects the highest standards of a marketing partnership, that will help you build sales through your...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is outraged over the continued detention of journalist Venu Gopal in Qila Jail, Nizamabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. "Incarceration of journalists on false charges is an outright attack on press freedom, and must not be tolerated on any account," said IFJ President Christopher Warren. According to information received by the IFJ, the noted journalist...

The National Development Front (NDF) newspaper, proposed to be launched in the beginning of 2006, will impact adversely the business of certain existing dailies promoted by Muslim groups, say media experts and Islamic leaders. "The NDF project will affect at least one Muslim Malayalam newspaper. But, it will depend on how well the NDF newspaper is positioned and produced," said a Muslim scholar...

The Hindu is living up to its positioning of ‘Always Classic, Always Contemporary.’ Since the launch of its new design, the publication has been ringing in the changes consistently, the latest of which will be the introduction of four additional pages in its city-specific supplement ‘Metro Plus,’ starting June 13. Besides this, the publication has done an ‘upward revision’ of salaries of its...

Reporters Without Borders today condemned the prolonged detention of N. Venugopal, the editor of the Telugu-language fortnightly Veekshanam in the southeastern state of Andhra Pradesh, and the conspiracy charge that has been brought against him. Venugopal was arrested on 30 May in the company of other writers and activists related to the local Naxalite Maoists. The press freedom organisation...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is outraged over the continued detention of journalist Venu Gopal in Qila Jail, Nizamabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. "Incarceration of journalists on false charges is an outright attack on press freedom, and must not be tolerated on any account," said IFJ President Christopher Warren. According to information received by the IFJ, noted journalist, and...

With the expansion of cable television network and the proliferation of TV channels, it has become imperative for broadcasters, agencies and production houses to understand and know the extent of programme reach and audience feedback. Today, clients and agencies need a scientific way to assess which channels and programmes offer the most cost-effective reach. Speed is also of paramount importance...

The reach of the print media has increased by 12 per cent, from 179 million to 200 million readers, in the last three years. Dailies have driven the growth in print with their reach increasing from 23 per cent to 24 per cent among those who are of 15 years of age and above. But, magazine reach has declined from 13 per cent to 10 per cent over the last three years. This is the key finding of the...