Topic: Indian Media
NDTV, The Week journalists honoured with International Press Institute award
The award for excellence in journalism has been jointly given to NDTV's Sreenivasan Jain and Mariyam Alavi, and The Week's Lakshmi Subramanian and Bhanu Prakash Chandra.
How Subhash Chandra is fighting to keep control of his media empire
The 70-year-old tycoon risks losing control just as Zee’s prospects are looking up. The media mogul is looking for ways to raise his family’s shareholding.
One more death in Lakhimpur Kheri shouldn’t go unnoticed — Indian media credibility
Disconnect between mass media and public opinion is bad news for democracy. It’s worse than censorship.
Off The Cuff with Vir Sanghvi
Vir Sanghvi was our guest at the latest edition of ThePrint 'Off The Cuff'. In conversation with Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta, the noted journalist spoke about the credibility crisis in the Indian media and the changing environment in the media industry. He also spoke about how he managed newsrooms and how his career as a journalist gave him opportunities to interact with different kinds of people.
Sanghvi is one of India’s best-known journalists and has tracked politics, business, society, travel and food. The conversation focused on his now four-decade-long career that has straddled print, television, books and new media.
Sidhu quit, Modi returned – and TV anchors behaved as if these were personal victories
Navjot Sidhu's resignation letter to Sonia Gandhi had Rahul Kanwal of India Today grinning from ear to ear. And everywhere Modi went upon returning from US, cameras reached before.
How media mogul Subhash Chandra managed to beat a US activist fund & hold on to Zee
Sony is merging with Zee. It will control the larger empire & infuse an additional $1.4 bn of cash into it. But the combined entity will be presided over by Punit Goenka, Chandra’s son.
Outlook Group Editor-in-Chief sacked 2 hours after rejoining work & commissioning cover on Yogi
Ruben Banerjee, who went on month-long leave from 12 August, says he was sacked without any intimation. CEO Indranil Roy denies any external cause for the move.
UP 2022 election ‘maha yudh’ has begun. And news channels already have a winner
Advertorials and interviews have interspersed with coverage of a succession of developments in UP. Does this signal “all is well” for the CM?
Editors Guild demands withdrawal of FIRs against journalists who tweeted on Muslim man’s attack
Noting UP Police's FIRs against The Wire and other journalists for tweets on the attack of an elderly Muslim man, Editor Guild calls it 'wanton misuse of laws to criminalize reporting'.
Outlook’s ‘missing govt’ cover page goes missing online, magazine says part of new format
Outlook magazine created a stir Thursday with the cover page of its latest edition, which stated that the Modi govt was missing amid the second Covid wave.
In Pakistan, a state of fear among children—inspectors enter schools to ensure Quran reading
Magistrates accompanied by rifle-bearing policemen are interrogating 12-year-olds. Their teachers are asked to stand silently in the corner.
Bezos, Branson & Musk — Are billionaires popularising space travel or just on an ego trip?
Jeff Bezos will travel to the edge of space in his New Shepard aircraft — more than a week after billionaire Richard Branson defeated him in a fast developing space race.