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New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday sought reactions from the government, The Times of India and Hindustan Times, on a petition questioning the publication of titillating materials in the two newspapers. A three-member bench comprising Chief Justice R.C. Lahoti and judges G.P. Mathur and P.K. Balasubramanyan issued notices to the government and the newspapers after the petitioner drew the court...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has issued notices to news agencies and newspapers that seek to classify them according to their content. The notice was also sent to the Central government. It was issued on a public interest litigation that wanted a regulatory body for classification aimed at identifying publications that contain adult material, which might not be suitable for children. One article...

Judith Miller of the New York Times first came to my attention through her book - God has ninety nine names. I did not like it. In it she displayed her pro-Israeli, pro-Phalangist (a fascist Lebanese organization) bias against the uprooted Palestinians. She disregarded facts, and preferred quoting endless talks to justify the marauding activities of the Israeli apartheid government and the U.S...

LET me begin in classic contemporary style, with a disclaimer. This by no means purports to be a serious analysis of the public relations (PR) industry. Instead, it seeks to take a snapshot view of an industry that is coming of age. Actually, PR and its implications have been on top of my mind ever since the great deluge that submerged many parts of Mumbai. If the administration goofed up in...

New Delhi, Aug. 18: The top court on Thursday issued notices to the Centre, the Press Council of India, the two English dailies and the two news agencies on a public interest petition (PIL) seeking laying down of rules and regulations to ensure that minors are not exposed to obscene material, which could be classified as Adult (A) and Universal (U) as is done for films. Petitioner Ajay Goswami...

Thursday, August 18, 2005 (Hyderabad): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Rajasekhara Reddy wants to make media encounters with Naxals a thing of the past. Irked by the fourth estate providing a platform to those wanted by the police, Reddy has given a stern warning to journalists. The Chief Minister says that cases could be slapped on scribes for publishing or broadcasting such interviews. "Suppose a...

Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee ruled on Thursday that English daily The Pioneer had committed breach of privilege by publishing a "grossly libellous" article earlier this month, but did not take any action, saying it would be "beneath the dignity" of the House to take further note of "motivated imputations". "I believe that the disapprovation by large sections of this Hon'ble House, of the...

The meaning of a recently published ruling in the trademark infringement case between Geico and Google is being fought in the court of public opinion. Last week, U.S. District Court judge Leonie Brinkema published her written decision in the case brought by Geico over Google's former practice of letting advertisers in its AdWords program use competitor's trademarks. After news stories appeared...

Yes, we are facing a challenge – Media and volunteerism have become antithetical words. It has happened so fast, in just a decade or so. But then, is this true? Are the two words now two divergent worlds? And has it all happened now, over the past 15 years or so? The answer to this is a parodoxical yes-and-no. If we take media in its broadest sense, then this sense of frustration – this cynical...

NEW DELHI, August 15: Global magazine ad revenues are expected to grow faster than that for newspapers and radio. Magazine ad revenues are expected to increase by 5.5 percent and reach $25.7 billion in 2009. This is a significantly brighter outlook than the advertising growth predicted for both newspapers (3.7 percent) and radio (4.3 percent). These predictions have been made in the...