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Few newspapers successfully graduated into digital age: Aveek Sarkar

A mere 5-6 newspapers have successfully overcome challenges and graduated into the digital age, said Aveek Sarkar, chairman of the PTI board of directors on Friday. In such a scenario, despite constraints, Anandabazar online attracted some 250 crore visitors to its website, said Sarkar also the Editor Emeritus of the ABP group at a glittering awards ceremony here celebrating the Year's Best in various fields ranging from academics, sports, business to arts and entertainment. More than breaking news, the website has focused on creating its own unique reports in order to stand out, he explained. We believe in creating a holistic reading environment. For this, we want our readers to come and read our writings. Not just the headlines, Sarkar said. In an era of short-form news, Anandabazar online was encouraging readers to try out 'long reads' which in Bengali, the media baron termed as, dirgha path, adding that this has resulted in readers spending more than 300 crore minutes over the

Canadian Broadcasting Corp 'pause' Twitter after 'govt-funded media' label

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation paused its use of Twitter on Monday after the social media platform owned by Elon Musk stamped CBC's account with a label the public broadcaster says is intended to undermine its credibility. Twitter labelled CBC/Radio-Canada "government-funded media" the same label that prompted National Public Radio in the US to similarly quit Twitter last Wednesday. Twitter can be a powerful tool for our journalists to communicate with Canadians, but it undermines the accuracy and professionalism of the work they do to allow our independence to be falsely described in this way, CBC spokesman Leon Mar said in a statement announcing the change Monday afternoon. Consequently, we will be pausing our activity on our corporate Twitter account and all CBC and Radio-Canada news-related accounts," the statement said. CBC has sent a letter to Twitter asking the company to re-examine the designation. CBC does not meet those criteria, Mar argued, because it is publicl

New IT fact-checking unit will not censor journalism: Rajeev Chandrasekhar

A proposed Indian government unit to fact-check news on social media is not about censoring journalism nor will it have any impact on media reportage, a federal minister said on Friday

When journalistic standards drop, many stop following news: David Kenny

David Kenny, head of Nielsen, talks to Vanita Kohli-Khandekar during his visit to India this week

Indian journalist Rana Ayyub receives support from US Senator Patrick Leahy

A prominent US Senator has expressed support for Indian journalist Rana Ayyub, noting that her work is driven by a sense of purpose and a love for her country and the ideals for which it stands. In a statement on Thursday, Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy said, Rana Ayyub is an award-winning Indian journalist who has courageously reported on religious violence, extrajudicial killings, and other matters of public interest in India. Her important work is driven by a sense of purpose and a love for her country and the ideals for which it stands. Yet she faces online harassment and trolling, death threats, and baseless government retaliation for her reporting," Leahy said. "Despite the immense pressure to silence her by government officials who should be protecting her, she continues to expose the abuses of those in power, the Senator from Vermont added. Citing the Committee to Protect Journalists, Leahy said that in 2022 alone at least 38 journalists were killed, 294 were imprisoned,

If journalism falters, democracy will collapse: Justice Srikrishna

Former Supreme Court judge B N Srikrishna has called for preserving the independence of journalists to ensure smooth functioning of democracy in the country. If journalism as a profession falters, democracy will collapse, Justice Srikrishna said Friday night after presenting the RedInk awards for excellence in journalism, instituted by the Mumbai Press Club. Speak the truth to the powers that be," he said. "Two professions have to be necessarily independent, a judge and a journalist. If they falter, democracy collapses, he added. Justice Srikrishna said a journalist who loses his independence is as bad as a judge who has lost his independence. Remember, you are in a profession where honesty is really the best policy, said the noted jurist, who headed the Srikrishna Commission that investigated causes and apportioned blame for the Mumbai riots of 199293. We all know about the four pillars of democracy: judiciary, legislature executive and the press or the fourth estate. If the firs

Grassroots juggernaut: A movement in comics journalism gathers pace

While fans flocked to the Comic Con, in India's small towns and villages, comics are making headlines for underrepresented localities

Meta threatens to ban news on its platform in US over journalism Bill

Meta warned to ban news in the US if the government passes a journalism Bill that will require the social network to pay publishers for using their content

The shifting local language mediascape

Mrinal Pande's books offers a bird's-eye view of India's language mediascape, its heft and business potential

Elon Musk must preserve Twitter's most vital function - citizen journalism

For all the controversy surrounding his purchase of Twitter Inc, Elon Musk has at least one thing right: Twitter really is "like open-sourcing the news"

Alt News' Pratik Sinha, Mohammed Zubair contenders for Nobel Peace Prize

The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to people "who have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind"

We will embrace rising power of individual journalism: Semafor co-founder

For readers, breaking news and opinion separately are important, said Smith

Regulating algorithm future of media

Opacity over the manner in which social media platforms, also referred to as intermediaries, conduct themselves is one of the most formidable of regulatory challenges facing India

"Shift blame to flawed Indian system": How Uber reacted to 2014 rape case

When an Uber cab driver raped a 25-year-old passenger in Delhi in 2014, the company's first response was to "shift blame to flawed Indian background checks"

Uber lobbied, used stealth tech to block scrutiny, evade regulators: Report

The documents were first leaked to the Brtiish newspaper The Guardian, which shared them with the consortium

US newspapers continuing to die at rate of two every week: Report

Areas of the country that find themselves without a reliable source of local news tend to be poorer, older and less educated than those covered well, says a report

Kanpur violence: Look at what you have done, says EGI to news channels

Irresponsible conduct of the news channels has made the gap between communities unbridgeable, said Editors' Guild of India

Bye-bye 'Breaking News' banners: CNN enters the post-Jeff Zucker era

Licht told advertisers he wants to 'disrupt' morning TV; seeks a more inviting, conversational approach

BS-Seema Nazareth Award: Future of diplomacy will be people-led, says Rao

This year, a Special Mention award was conferred on New Delhi-based Feature Writer Akshara Srivastava, who joined Business Standard in September 2021

Theory of 'negative journalism' originated in West, says senior RSS leader

A senior RSS functionary said the theory of "negative journalism" has come from the West and maintained it is the responsibility of reporters to reduce "negativity" in news