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The Subhash Chandra-promoted Zee group, along with its partner, the Dainik Bhaskar group, has slapped a civil suit against Bennett, Coleman & Co Ltd (BCCL) for "hijacking" its teaser campaign for an English newspaper to be launched in Mumbai. They have sought Rs 100 crore in damages as well as an unconditional apology from BCCL. The matter came up for hearing in the Bombay High Court on Friday...

Television news channels, with foreign institutional investment, can continue to uplink from India for another three months. As per uplinking guidelines, while 26% foreign direct investment is allowed in news channels, FIIs are not allowed to pick up any stake. The channels, which are expected to benefit from the three-month extension include NDTV, CNBC, Zee News, Sab TV, Jain TV and some regional...

There are two ways to view Yahoo News. One is to dismiss it as simply a collection of other people's journalism, slapped together and considered just another feature of a big Internet portal. The other is to sit in awe of a site that includes some of the best journalism created, packages it in a simple way with links to outside sources and balances human judgment with technological innovation. For...

Print reporters and photojournalists in nine countries where HIV, AIDS and tuberculosis are most severe can apply for fellowships aimed at raising public awareness of these problems. The Panos Global AIDS Program and the Stop TB Partnership are sponsoring the fellowships, which will run from June to October 2005. May 2 is the application deadline. The organizers say the fellowships will help...

Next Gen Publishing, a company recently set up by the Forbes Group and HDFC, has announced the launch of its first niche magazine 'Smart Photography' targeted at photography enthusiasts. Smart Photography (SP) is a classy, well-designed and informative monthly that covers the entire spectrum of the photography industry and related products. It carries various interesting sections through which...

NEW YORK: Newspapers' online operations grew to a $1.19 billion industry in 2004, according to a new report from Borrell Associates. While online sites represented about 3% of a newspaper company's revenue, the segment accounted for 45% of advertising growth. Newspaper sites are expected to reap $1.52 billion overall in 2005. Borrell Associates surveyed 719 daily and weekly newspapers (out of 2...

The Special Public Prosecutor, Manjula Rao, said on Wednesday that she would not allow the media to view a police video of the Best Bakery incident. She did not give any reason for this. When the videotape was produced in court on Tuesday, the Additional Sessions Judge, Abhay Thipsay, asked a member of the court staff to view it along with the defence and the prosecution and note down the details...

Newspapers' online operations grew to a $1.19 billion industry in 2004, according to a new report from Borrell Associates. While online sites represented about 3% of a newspaper company's revenue, the segment accounted for 45% of advertising growth. Newspaper sites are expected to reap $1.52 billion overall in 2005. Borrell Associates surveyed 719 daily and weekly newspapers (out of 2,177 media...

Actor Aman Verma, who was caught in a sting operation on casting couch in Bollywood by India TV, has filed a criminal complaint against the channel alleging that it wanted to "blackmail and extort money" from him. "We have filed a criminal complaint against India TV CEO Rajat Sharma, programme manager Suhaib Ilyasi and journalist Ruchi, at Andheri court yesterday," Verma’s lawyer Dipesh Mehta said...

According to fellow radio talk show host, Glen Beck, CBS posted an article announcing Terri Schiavo’s death on its News website BEFORE SHE DIED. Written by Christine Lagorio and posted on March 28 it said, "Surrounded by stuffed animals and medical equipment in her small hospice room in Pinellas Park, Fla., Theresa Marie Schindler Schiavo died.TK" They, however, removed it within a day, but Glen...