2005-2014

Among the many changes the Internet has brought to the production and consumption of media has been the growth of a new group of strong and vital voices that have significantly expanded reader options for getting information. Independent publishers of newsletters and Web logs have been able to inexpensively distribute their knowledge, research and reporting, and even to gain a following. And the...

The Thomson Foundation is working with Indian and European television producers to produce a series of documentaries related to conflict resolution. Ian Masters, Thomson broadcasting controller, and consultant Arwel Ellis Owen both traveled to India in October to conduct a course on making TV documentaries. They plan to return to India in November for a second session. Thomson reports that the...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the global organisation representing over 500,000 journalists worldwide, has today condemned the imprisonment of an investigative journalist in India. "Penalising whistle blowers for their truth telling is a curtailment of press freedom that must be resisted," said IFJ President Christopher Warren. According to information received by the IFJ...

When Norman Mailer, Dan Wolf and Ed Fancher founded the Village Voice in 1955, they probably envisioned their alternative publication as the voice of the people. Yeah, right. Nearly 50 years later, the American revolution in people -- ordinary citizens -- having their voices heard in the media is taking place in what big-city folk call the flyover zones, with hyperlocal online publications that...

The International Federation of Journalists condemns the termination of services of 362 permanent employees of the Hindustan Times in Delhi and supports the Hindustan Times Employees Union struggle for the withdrawal of the arbitrary and illegal dismissal order of 3 October 2004. The IFJ takes a dim view of the employer´s tactics in justifying the termination of services on grounds of change in...

Way back in the Stone Age of online journalism -- late 1996 -- I wrote an article for The New York Times on the Web (a section called CyberTimes) about the tough road to profitability for "e-zines" such as Word and HotWired. But before I listed links to outside sites, I had to include this important disclaimer: Following are links to the external Web sites mentioned in this article. These sites...

Hindustan Times has launched the online edition for its Delhi edition. While currently the beta version of the site has been launched, the official launch will happen only on October 15. Sanjay Trehan, chief of Internet, HT Media Ltd, says, "The online edition is more than just scanning the newspaper and uploading it. We have a host of interactive features on the HT e-paper." The e-paper has...

Dainik Jagran continues to be the leading daily in the Delhi urban environ - commonly known as the NCR market, which includes Gurgaon, Faridabad, Ghaziabad and Noida, with a readership of 3.52 lakhs, as per the IRS round 2, 2003-04 reports. The publication has grown by 4 per cent in this market from 3.38 lakh readers in the last round of IRS. While The Times Of India continues to be the second...

The K.K. Birla-promoted Hindustan Times has terminated the services of 362 printing press workers. The workers, who were given the marching orders on October 3, have moved the Delhi High Court against the decision. Hindustan Times has paid a compensation of nearly Rs 7 crore to these workers, according to a company official. The workers had been resisting their transfer from Hindustan Times Ltd to...

Maharashtra-based Lokmat Group of Newspapers has found an interesting way of extending reach - via an e-paper. The group has launched an electronic edition of Lokmat, Nagpur and is in the process of uploading other editions on the web - including those of sister publications Lokmat Samachar (Hindi paper) and Lokmat Times (English paper) as well. What sets an e-paper apart from regular websites is...