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Saturday, May 11, 2024
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Topic: Indian Media

All political talk in India is obsessing over 2024. The real deal is 2025

Much was made of Mohan Bhagwat's meeting with media editors recently, but not too many took note of his talks with book publishers a few months ago.

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...

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'.

On Camera

Wealth creators in India have been the favourite whipping boys. Ambani-Adani are the new ones

It used to be Tatas and Birlas in the loose political rhetoric of the 1970s and the 1980s. Today, it is Adani and Ambani in the heated Lok Sabha election campaign.

Day after mass sick leave by employees, Air India Express fires crew members, cancels 85 more flights

About 300 employees had called in sick Wednesday, allegedly in protest against mismanagement of airlines. Remaining staff given ultimatum to rejoin work by end of Thursday.

Vice Admiral Sanjay Bhalla takes charge as Chief of Personnel of the Indian Navy

His tenure as Chief of Personnel will be marked by a number of important appointments, both afloat and ashore.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.