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Following are the top ten weeklies (magazines and newspapers both) in India, according to the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2008 Round 2 released recently by the Media Research Users Council (MRUC). Note: These are all readership figures (in lakhs) and not circulation numbers. TOP 10 WEEKLIES Rank Publication Language IRS 2007 ROUND 2 IRS 2008 ROUND 2 1 Kumudam Tamil 81.59 70.14 2 Kungumam Tamil...

Following are the top ten magazines (overall) in India, according to the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2008 Round 2 released recently by the Media Research Users Council (MRUC). Note: These are all readership figures (in lakhs) and not circulation numbers. TOP 10 MAGAZINES Rank Magazine Language IRS 2007 ROUND 2 IRS 2008 ROUND 2 1 Saras Salis Hindi 106.36 84.61 2 Kumudam Tamil 81.59 70.14 3...

Following are the top ten Hindi daily newspapers in India, according to the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2008 Round 2 released recently by the Media Research Users Council (MRUC). Note: These are all readership figures (in lakhs) and not circulation numbers. TOP 10 HINDI DAILIES Rank Newspaper IRS 2007 ROUND 2 IRS 2008 ROUND 2 1 Dainik Jagran 536.07 557.43 2 Dainik Bhaskar 305.78 338.31 3 Amar...

Following are the top ten English daily newspapers in India, according to the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2008 Round 2 released recently by the Media Research Users Council (MRUC). Note: These are all readership figures (in lakhs) and not circulation numbers. TOP 10 ENGLISH DAILIES Rank Newspaper IRS 2007 ROUND 2 IRS 2008 ROUND 2 1 The Times of India 134.78 133.32 2 Hindustan Times 60.92 63.47...

Newspapers in Manipur will suspended publication from Thursday for an indefinite period in protest against the killing of a young trainee journalist by unidentified gunmen in state capital Imphal on Monday. Konsam Rishikanta Singh, 22, a trainee sub-editor with the Imphal Free Press was shot dead at Langol area in Imphal West. His bullet-riddled body was recovered by the police from a deserted...

Google Inc has opened an online photo gallery that will feature millions of images from LIFE magazine's archives that have never been seen by the public before. The new service at http://images.google.com/hosted/life debuted Tuesday with about 2 million photos. Google plans to scan all 10 million photos from LIFE's library so they can be viewed on any computer with an Internet connection. About 97...

Moscow prosecutors say they have warned the Russian-language edition of the Newsweek magazine for allegedly insulting Muslims, the Associated Press (AP) has reported. [ Link] The Moscow Prosecutor's Office says the magazine published two stories that could be "insulting or humiliating" to Muslims. It said Tuesday an article also included one of the 2005 Danish cartoons depicting the prophet...

Time Inc, the largest magazine publisher in the US, announced Tuesday plans to shutter its four-year old Cottage Living magazine and its accompanying website, CottageLiving.com. The November/December issue will be the magazine’s last. Time officials said the magazine will be incorporated into another of its shelter magazines, although no details were immediately available. “Since its inception...

Russian prosecutors are launching inquiries across the country against news media reporting on the financial crisis in a bid to stem growing concern about its impact, Moscow-based business newspaper Kommersant reported on Wednesday. "It's not censorship. We're just checking how reliable the information is," a press official from the prosecutor general's office was quoted as saying by Agence France...

An Armenian journalist known for writing stories exposing government corruption has been attacked and beaten by unknown assailants, the seventh such incident in the country this year, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has reported. Edik Baghdasarian, an award-winning investigative reporter who runs the Yerevan-based online magazine Hetq, said he had left his office in downtown Yerevan at...