Launches and Strategies

Infosys BPO (formerly Progeon) and media company TV18 have entered into a strategic alliance to launch Source18, a media process outsourcing company that will offer a range of services to media and entertainment companies globally. Among its first few clients is National Geographic International (NGCI). The new firm will re-purpose current as well as archival content for the mobile platform. This...

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is entering the Indian newspaper space in association with Chennai-based Kalanithi Maran, owner of the Sun group. The Sun, the flagship publication of Murdoch’s News Corporation, is in talks with Maran’s Sun group to launch an English tabloid in the country. Sources close to the development said the tabloid was likely to be titled Sun and would be introduced in south...

GAZA, May 3 (Reuters) - Palestinian supporters of the ruling Hamas movement launched their first newspaper on Thursday, opening a new front in the battle for political dominance with the rival Fatah faction. "Palestine" is the pro-Islamist answer to the three largest Palestinian newspapers which have longstanding ties to Fatah, the secular faction of President Mahmoud Abbas. It is also the first...

Kolkata-based media house ABP, which publishes Ananda Bazaar Patrika and The Telegraph, is in talks with Swedish media firm Metro International to launch its free urban newspaper, Metro, in the country. ABP is reported to be in the advanced stage of talks with the group, which is expected to take 26 per cent equity stake in the venture. ABP Managing Director Pramath Raj Sinha refused to comment on...

CHICAGO: The Chicago Tribune has launched a community journalism Web site encouraging readers in nine suburbs to post their own unedited articles, photos and blogs. "This started with the question of how can we make the paper more relevant to readers who continue to live further and further away from the center city," said Ted Biedron, president of the Tribune division that designed the site. The...

Hearst Magazines has announced plans to launch a new consumer Web site that taps into the rapid rise in environmental consciousness in the U.S. The site, TheDailyGreen.com, is set to go live in beta form on April 22, i.e. Earth Day. The new venture’s development was lead by former Meredith and Primedia executive Deborah Jones Barrow, in conjunction with the Hearst Magazines Digital Media group –...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Many newspaper publishers still consider major Internet companies to be a threat, but a deal announced last week to bring foreign news and commentary to Yahoo Inc. from correspondents at McClatchy Co. newspapers could open the way to even more cooperation between print and online media. Yahoo, a major online destination for news, regularly displays foreign news from a number of...

Web news search site Topix, owned by three top US newspaper publishers Monday began recruiting users to report local news that traditional outlets do not sufficiently cover. Topix’s platform addresses the pent-up demand for local news in towns and cities across the country where traditional news media alone cannot cover enough of the hyper-local events and issues that matter most to neighbours. As...

Yahoo News and the McClatchy Company announced today that they will team up to offer international news coverage from a range of international geographic regions on Yahoo News. The project, to be called "Trusted Voices," will offer in-depth perspectives and coverage from McClatchy foreign correspondents based in select regions, including Iraq, the Middle East, China and Latin America. Yahoo News...

The India Today Group has announced a joint venture with Associated Newspapers (ANL), publishers of the Daily Mail of UK, to launch mainline newspapers in India. Aroon Purie, Editor-in-Chief, India Today Group, said in a statement, “We are delighted that our first foray into mainline newspapers is in partnership with one of the leading newspaper publishers of the world -- the prestigious Daily...