Indian Newspaper Scene

The economic downturn has forced the postponement of the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) annual congress and forum, the largest annual international gathering of newspaper executives and editors, MediaGuardian.co.uk has reported. This year's annual conference for WAN and its related organisation, the World Editors Forum (WEF), was scheduled to take place March 22-25 in Hyderabad. WAN/WEF...

The Union government has announced 100 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) in the facsimile editions of foreign newspapers, provided the investment is held directly by the owners of original publication. According to the new FDI norms for facsimile editions issued by the commerce ministry on Wednesday, the policy for FDI in publication of facsimile edition of foreign newspapers include...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has agreed to open the World Newspaper Congress, World Editors Forum and Info Services Expo 2009, the global summit meetings of the world’s press, to be held in Hyderabad, India, from March 22-25, 2009. The events, organised by the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) and hosted by the Indian Newspaper Society (INS), are expected to draw 2,000 newspaper publishers...

Newspapers’advertising volume drops 60 per cent in the first week of November, says a Business Standard report. If AdEX data on advertising volume between 1st and 7th November is any indication, print media advertising (in column cms) has fallen by a dramatic 60 per cent from its peak during the Diwali week. The daily reported: [ Link] LV Krishnan, CEO of TAM Media that owns the advertising...

The Sakaal Times employees in Delhi have reached an agreement with the management on a compensation package which is agreeable to both sides. KK Laskar, convenor of the employees' action committee that has been formed to fight for the rights of employees, said that the issue of compensation had been amicably resolved to the "complete satisfaction" of the employees. Sixtyone employees were laid off...

The Delhi operations of the Sakaal Times of the Pune-based Sakaal Media Group have been closed down without informing employees in advance. On November 30, the newspaper's journalists were taken aback to find the office locked and a lockout notice pasted on the doors. The anger of the 70-odd employees is not so much about the shutdown but that the Sakaal management did not inform them personally...

Following are the top five Telugu 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 5 TELUGU DAILIEs Rank Newspaper IRS 2007 ROUND 2 IRS 2008 ROUND 2 1 Eenadu 142.22 144.11 2 Andhra Jyothi 56.83 68.11 3 Vartha 71.08 63.46 4...

Following are the top five Tamil 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 5 TAMIL DAILIEs Rank Newspaper IRS 2007 ROUND 2 IRS 2008 ROUND 2 1 Daily Thanthi 208.79 205.75 2 Dinakaran 160.76 168.25 3 Dinamalar 112.97...

Following are the top five Malayalam 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 5 MALAYALAM DAILIEs Rank Newspaper IRS 2007 ROUND 2 IRS 2008 ROUND 2 1 Malayala Manorama 129.08 121 2 Mathrubhumi 104.99 97 3...

Following are the top five Kannada 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 5 KANNADA DAILIEs Rank Newspaper IRS 2007 ROUND 2 IRS 2008 ROUND 2 1 Vijay Karnataka 99.40 92.18 2 Prajavani 66.41 58.32 3 Samyukta...