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Friday, November 7, 2025
TopicIndian Media

Topic: Indian Media

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.

Committed to free media, says EC, calls it a natural ally days after seeking gag order

In statement Wednesday, Election Commission said that it recognised the media's role in enhancing effectiveness of elections. It had earlier sought a media gag order in Madras HC.

New book offers an insider account into the workings of Indian media

Alok Mehta's 'Power, Press and Politics: Half a Century of Journalism', published by Bloomsbury India, will be released on ThePrint's ‘Soft Cover’ on 17 May.

Amit Shah, Bengal, Mukhtar Ansari — TV news channels push everything but vaccine shot

Hindi news channels spent most of their time following Mukhtar Ansari's journey from Punjab to UP prison. Elsewhere, cameras remain fixated with Amit Shah’s bald pate.

Highlight positives of India’s press freedom to counter Western critics, panel tells Modi govt

Panel set up to improve India’s falling press freedom recommends that to file FIRs against journalists, the Press Council’s consent be taken.

Modi govt is on a self-defeating path by blocking public opinion

The Modi government may claim it has its own feedback mechanisms. But officials and ministers are unlikely to give negative news for fear of being put in the dock

On Camera

Nur Jahan to Chand Bibi—Indian women in sports have been erased from history

Dice have been found dating to the Bronze Age in various Harappan sites in present-day northwest India and throughout Pakistan. And it’s very possible that some had female owners.

India’s services exports touching $400 bn—a quiet engine offsetting trade deficit

In 2024-25, India exported $387.54 bn worth of services, against imports of $198.14 bn, earning all-time high surplus of $189.40 bn. This offset 2/3rd of goods trade deficit. 

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.