The information and broadcasting ministry is considering cross-holding equity restrictions in the media. This means, a newspaper company will not be allowed to hold the entire equity in a television or a radio broadcasting company and vice versa. Also, a television broadcaster will not be able to own the whole of a cable distribution company. At present, similar cross-holding restrictions exist in...
Infomedia India Ltd., formerly known as Tata Infomedia, India’s largest yellow pages & special interest magazines’ publisher, has appointed Dinesh Krishnan as the Editor, Better Photography. Besides Yellow Pages, Infomedia also publishes leading magazines such as Overdrive, IC-Chip, Better Photography, AV Max, Search and the recently launched Better Interiors. Welcoming Krishnan to the Infomedia...
The Union Cabinet on Thursday opted against allowing the publication of Indian editions of foreign newspapers while clearing a proposal to permit the printing of facsimile editions of foreign newspapers and periodicals. The question of whether Indian editions of foreign newspapers should be allowed came up for discussion as part of the package of print media policy changes presented to the Cabinet...
The Union Cabinet on Thursday decided to facilitate greater foreign presence in the print media. This will be done by allowing printing of facsimile editions of foreign newspapers and periodicals and increasing the syndication limits in Indian newspapers. Also, greater flexibility has been allowed for foreign investment in the print media within the existing 26 per cent ceiling. This is expected...
After authoring books and directing films, management guru Arindam Chaudhari is all set to launch a magazine, Business & Economy (B&E). According to him, it will be positioned as the most influential business and economy magazine. The magazine will be launched in Delhi and Mumbai on June 16 and 17 respectively. It will be a fortnightly, and priced Rs 10. The magazine will be available on...
The Union Government was contemplating allowing foreign newspapers to publish facsimile editions in India without access to Indian news content and advertisements, Information and Broadcasting Minister S. Jaipal Reddy said here on Sunday. Speaking to reporters after attending a symposium on "Performance and challenges – one year of UPA Government" organised by the Alam Khundmiri Foundation, the...
The Government on Wednesday removed the cap on foreign investment in non-news publications. The existing investment limit, allowing a maximum of 74 per cent foreign equity in Indian entities publishing scientific/technical/specialty magazines/periodicals and journals, has been scrapped and up to 100 per cent foreign equity has been permitted, according to an official release. In case where both...
The Centre has decided to allow 100 per cent foreign direct investment in scientific and technical magazines and periodicals published by Indian companies. Till now, such foreign investment had to be capped at 74 per cent. Officials made it clear that the 100 per cent option is applicable only to the non-news category. The news media is still subject to a 26 per cent ceiling. The government feels...
The government is likely to decide on revision of uplinking norms for television news channels and printing of foreign newspapers in India within the next three weeks. The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has already prepared a note on downlinking guidelines for all TV channels, Phase Two of privatisation of FM radio and a liberalised community radio regime for the consideration of the...
HYDERABAD: Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting S. Jaipal Reddy on Friday proposed visa-free travel within South Asian countries for journalists and newspaper proprietors as they were ambassadors of peace, amity and goodwill. Describing journalists as unacknowledged diplomats of the modern era, he said they could mould public opinion without being fettered by vote bank considerations...
