India

Several journalists in Andhra Pradesh are nursing political ambitions and are keen on testing their fortunes in the next elections, according to the Times of India. Analysts say that though it is not new for journalists taking to politics, what is interesting is that they have not seen such a rush before. Some colourful details: Sources say that many of them were inspired to take the political...

The information and broadcasting ministry has issued advisories to India TV and Aaj Tak for spreading "misinformation, fear and horror" among people. It has advised the channels to exercise restraint in presenting issues. According to the Times of India, the ministry has also written to the Indian Broadcasting Federation (IBF) and the News Broadcasters Association (NBA) to advise its members to...

Job cuts, prompted by dwindling margins being experienced by newspaper industry in the US and UK, could prove to be a boon for the Indian graphic designer firms set to grab a sizeable chunk of the increased offshoring, a research study says, according to the Press Trust of India (PTI). A substantial drop in the advertisement revenue of newspapers in the US and UK due to tremendous increase in on...

Reporters sans Frontières (RSF) has written to Google CEO Eric Schmidt and one of Google's founders, Sergey Brin, about a defamation lawsuit that the Indian construction company Gremach brought against Google's Indian subsidiary, Google India Private Ltd, in February 2008. As a result of the action, a Bombay high court ordered Google's subsidiary on August 15 to reveal the identity of a blogger...

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) wants the Broadcast Audience Research Council to start its audience measurement activities by January next year with representatives from the government, says a report in the Hindu Businessline. The Authority is also seeking regulation over content. “With increased convergence and the blurring of boundaries between carriage and content, the recent...

Newsprint producers are feeling the heat of a 30-40 per cent increase in the waste newspaper prices over the first quarter, says a report in Business Standard. “We were buying waste newspaper at Rs 7,000-8,000 a tonne in the previous quarter. Now, we pay Rs 11,000-12,000 a tonne. This has an impact of about Rs 5,400 on every tonne of newsprint made as 1.35 tonne waste paper is required to produce...

Being at the helm of power seems to have given the Congress an edge over other parties in getting more coverage on the front page of newspapers, with a new study claiming that the grand old party got almost three times more space than their co unterparts. While a total of 377 reports on Congress appeared in the Delhi edition of four leading English newspapers - Indian Express, Times of India...

The Centre is planning to have a fresh look at the Content Code in television programmes as it feels that the current one has become outdated, the Press Trust of India (PTI) has reported. "We are contemplating a review of the existing Content Code as it needs to be at par with changing times," Secretary in the Information and Broadcasting Ministry, Sushma Singh, said here on Saturday while...

A journalist of a local daily was shot dead on Friday in Madhya Pradesh's Rewa town, the police said, according to a report in Hindustan Times. Deepak Mishra, who was working as the chief of bureau of a leading Hindi daily Dainik Bhaskar, which is published from Jabalpur, was going in a car with some unidentified people when gunshots were heard near Rewa bus stop. "It appears that Mishra had some...

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Thursday said that an industry-led body should be responsible for the operational issues of television rating agencies. The regulator has issued draft recommendations on policy guidelines and operational issues for television rating points (TRPs), the Times of India has reported. TRAI has recommended that the industry initiative - Broadcast Audience...