Chief editor of the Kashmir Valley’s vernacular daily Al-Saffa News, Ashraf Shaban, has been arrested and detained at Police Station Kulgam in a case of brazen impersonation on the orders of Sub Judge Kulgam late on Thursday evening. Informed sources told the Excelsior that on the orders of Sub Judge Kulgam, Mr Jawwad Ahmed, Police Station Kulgam on Thursday evening registered case FIR No: 38 of...
Aman, don’t be naughty,’’ teases the voice without a face. The TV star responds with a smile: "That’s the way I am." Five days ago, the voice plied a Bollywood villain with drinks, got him to be naughtier. The final act in both cases: a TV crew barges in, squeezes out reactions from stunned victims, hands over the mike to the anchors to proclaim the sting a success. Left unanswered are a horde...
The $5.3 billion McGraw-Hill Companies, which owns Business Week, wants to publish the weekly magazine in India and has sought a licence from the government for this purpose. "First, we would like to look for a local partner for printing and publishing Business Week in India carrying local stories," Harold McGraw III, chairman, president and chief executive officer of the company, said on Thursday...
Four days after the Shakti Kapoor clips stung Bollywood, India TV has now got a TV star running for cover. Aman Verma, host of Indian Idol and star of Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, has filed a complaint with Mumbai Police Commissioner A N Roy against India TV Editor-in-chief Rajat Sharma and producer Suhaib Illiyasi, alleging that there was an attempt to frame’’ him in another sting operation...
Amchi Mumbai is guaranteed to witness some hectic print media activity next fiscal with the launch of several new English dailies. Independent News from Bennett, Coleman & Company Limited (BCCL) is scheduled to debut in May, followed by Hindustan Times’ much talked about maiden Mumbai edition in June. Plus, the ZEE-Dainik Bhaskar combine will be launching its newspaper too. There's also talk about...
Attention Associated Press members, prepare to get more for your money: Now available, two leads for the price of one. In a break with tradition at the 156-year-old news cooperative, the AP will now offer two different leads for many of its news stories, the organization confirmed Wednesday. "The concept is simple: On major spot stories -- especially when events happen early in the day -- we will...
IRS 2005 R1 numbers bring good news to Marathi publications. The segment has on the whole registered a growth. Looking at numbers, right on top is Lokmat, which has grown from 78.24 lacs in IRS 2003 R2 to 82.23 lacs, showing an increase of 9.39 lacs. The number two player in the market, Sakal has also registered a strong growth of 9.22 lacs giving it a present readership figure of 5856000. What is...
The Delhi markets and the Delhi & Urban Environs, as segregated in the IRS 2005 R1, throw various firsts for the readership trends in the Delhi market in totality. For the first time in the last four years, The Hindustan Times has recorded a growth in these market. The Times of India has declined in Delhi, even as it sees an increase in the Delhi & Urban Environs market. Looking at numbers, HT has...
For the second time in a row, the mighty Times of India's readership has declined. As per IRS Round 1, 2005, the newspaper's readership has marginally dropped by 0.66 per cent. Even in the IRS Round 2, 2004, its readership had declined by 1.89 per cent. That apart, the newspaper continues to maintain its leadership position among the Urban SEC A readers. In this category, the paper continues to be...
Syndication feeds continue to gain more mainstream support as major online services experiment with ways to integrate RSS into their offerings. Microsoft Corp.'s MSN division has started an early test of a Web-based RSS (Really Simple Syndication) aggregator, while Yahoo Inc. has expanded into mobile access to the news feeds gathered on its My Yahoo personalized home page service. Both moves...
