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NEW DELHI, August 1: Magazines in India are just too cheap for comfort when it comes to comparing prices internationally. This is one of the malaises plaguing the magazine industry in India, according to Aroon Purie, chief executive officer (CEO) and editor-in-chief, India Today Group. The ridiculous pricing strategies of magazines was actually harming the industry, Purie held. It is high time...

NEW DELHI, August 1: It was a session that was going the archetypal corporate way. Attractive powerpoint presentations. An overabundance of graphs and charts. Natters about metrics and market segmentation, and what have you. Till, of course, the floor was thrown open. That was when two eminent journalists took centrestage and made the panelists react to something they were visibly uncomfortable...

NEW DELHI, August 1: With the single largest selling magazine in the country being in a "vernacular" language, the contention that regional language publications are a step-child does not cut ice anymore. But perils are there, and this threat is posed not by linguistic biases, but by the burgeoning newspaper industry. The point was raised during the session "The changing business model as seen by...

NEW DELHI, August 1: A bare handful of magazines around the world can survive on cover price sales alone; it's the advertisements that make a magazine a viable proposition. Given this backdrop, the perspective of media users had to be taken seriously. The unanimous view that surfaced was that magazines present the most fragmented media option. Chinamani Rao, president, Universal McCann, dwelt at...

Finally it is here. After almost every sector has witnessed a boom, it is finally boom time for the print media as well. With Mumbai at the receiving end of three brand new newspapers and a general upbteat mood in the industry, it’s raining jobs for media professionals. The joke doing rounds in media circles is that newspaper offices may soon put up a sign on their doors ? ?Trespassers will be...

Eminent journalist and editorial advisor of the New Indian Express T J S George has been selected for this year's C H Mohammad Koya Journalism Award for his outstanding contribution to the field. The announcement was made by CH Journalism Trust member and Kerala Public Works Ministe M K Muneer at a press conference here today. George been chosen from among a panel of 25 distinguished persons from...

Come May 1, Hindustan Times' Delhi edition will have a completely new look. While none of the HT executives were available for comments, industry sources informed that Hindustan Times will now have a new-look masthead for its Delhi edition. Other significant changes include overall design in each of the pages, inclusion of more pictures. Sources said, the newspaper's pages will now be more photo...

Newspaper and news agency employees from various parts of the country on Tuesday marched to Parliament demanding a new wage board and a ban on FDI in the print media. The employees, under the banner of Confederation of Newspaper and News Agency Employees Organisations, marched carrying banners and placards and shouting slogans. They were stopped at the Parliament Street Police Station. Leaders of...

The Hindu in a new look hit the stands on Thursday. Design guru Dr. Mario Garcia has redesigned the daily. According to him it was a huge challenge because of The Hindu's history of 126 years. The process of re-designing was set in motion as early as 1994, and the current re-designing activity was started off eight months ago, N Murali, Joint Managing Director, The Hindu, told exchange4media. He...

A union representing US employees of Reuters Group Plc is mounting a legal challenge against outsourcing of many of their editorial jobs to Bangalore in India. An independent arbitrator will hear the Newspaper Guild of New York's charge that offshoring US-based editorial jobs violates its contract with Reuters. The arbitrator's decision will be legally binding. The case could take months to...