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In an interesting turn of events, Sandipan Deb, Managing Editor of Outlook, and second in command to Editor-in-Chief Vinod Mehta, has put in his papers, putting an end to a decade-long stint with the publishing house. He will be joining the Indian Express Group in September to start a magazine division there. And he is not alone. He is taking with him three senior hands from Outlook. Rajesh Jha...

Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of The Statesman, Cushrow Russy Irani, 74, passed away on July 23 in Kolkata, bringing to an end his 37-year innings at the helm of one of the country’s pioneering English dailies as well as an exemplary saga of fearless journalism. A lawyer by training, Irani joined The Statesman as its Managing Director in 1968 after having worked in the insurance sector. He took...

Kolkata, July 23: C R Irani, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of The Statesman, who got national and international recognition for his relentless fight for press freedom, especially during the Emergency, died in the city today. He was 75. He is survived by wife Threety and three daughters. Irani was admitted to the hospital on July 5 with complaints of acute respiratory trouble. He developed renal...

MUMBAI: Channel 7, promoted by media group Jagran Prakashan, has roped in Shantanu Guha Ray from ESPN India to head its business and sports desk. He is joining Channel 7 next month as deputy editor. A print medium journalist-turned-TV man, Ray has already put in his papers at ESPN India where he was heading the special projects division. Ray joined as head of India news for ESPN Star Sports three...

ROME, Jul 5 (IPS) - Inter Press Service International Association has elected a new Board of Directors and Director General to serve for the next three years. The new slate of executives will head the IPS association of 110 journalists and other communications professionals from around the globe, a majority of whom are from the developing South. Following an election process which lasted more than...

An economist and a newspaper editor are among those to have been chosen by different political groupings in West Bengal as candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections for which are to be held on July 14. Also in the field are three Polit Bureau members of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), Sitaram Yechury, Brinda Karat and Chittabrata Majumdar. The ruling Left Front has decided to support...

Ketan N. Gandhi has been named president and publisher of the Home News Tribune. Gandhi, 42, had been vice president of finance for the Asbury Park Press and the Home News Tribune since 1997, when Gannett acquired the two newspapers. He simultaneously served as controller of Gannett's Atlantic Coast Newspaper Group. Previously, Gandhi had worked as an accounting manager at the Valley News Dispatch...

Mario Garcia, the first to put color on The Wall Street Journal's front page three years ago, will lead the redesign of the newly integrated print and online format for the newspaper’s international editions, Dow Jones & Co. announced Thursday. The editions will launch in October. Dow Jones said Garcia will head a team that will more closely integrate its print and online editions, promoting...

The editor of Eastern Eye newspaper, Amar Singh, is leaving the paper for a position at London’s Evening Standard, AIM has learnt. The recently married 26 year old gave in his notice to senior management earlier this week after returning from his honeymoon. Staff at Ethnic Media Group (EMG), which owns Eastern Eye, were told earlier today. Rumours of the move had been circulating for weeks and it...

Indian journalists will have the chance to talk with Sreenath Sreenivasan, a dean and professor at Columbia University’s prestigious Graduate School of Journalism, on June 29. The Chennai Press Club is hosting the 4 p.m. discussion, organized by the Prime Point Foundation. The session is open to journalists, students, faculty, or anyone else interested in journalism and communication. Sreenivasan...