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K Raja Prasad Reddy of Telugu media group Sakshi elected INS president
Reddy succeeds Mohit Jain of the Economic Times at INS, the apex body of publishers of newspapers, magazines and periodicals in the country
Visual media has devastating effect, no one has time to read newspapers: SC
The Supreme Court Wednesday said it made reference to TV news channels while hearing pleas related to hate speech because visual media has got a "devastating" effect and nobody cares what is written in newspapers as people are bereft of time to read. A bench of Justices K M Joseph and Hrishikesh Roy refused to implead the Press Council of India and the National Association of Broadcasters as parties to a batch of petitions related to hate speech and rumour-mongering. "We made reference to TV news channels because the hate speech is through the visual medium. If somebody writes something in newspapers, nobody reads it nowadays. Nobody has time to read newspapers. "Visual media has got the power which has been recognised right from cases relating to censorship. The difference between visual media and print media is so clear. It (visual media) has got a devastating effect," the bench observed. The remarks came after advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, who is one of the petitioners in the
Mass firing at UAE newspaper Al Roeya raises question of censorship
The story about high fuel prices was safe, editors agreed, even under the strict press laws of the United Arab Emirates. Instead, it unleashed a firestorm at Al Roeya newspaper in Dubai. Within days, top editors were interrogated. Within weeks, dozens of employees were fired and the print paper declared dissolved. The newspaper's publisher, Abu Dhabi-based International Media Investments, or IMI, said Al Roeya's closure stems only from its transformation into a new Arabic language business outlet with CNN. However, eight people with direct knowledge of the newspaper's mass firings told The Associated Press that the layoffs came in the immediate aftermath of the article on the UAE's gas prices. Their accounts, given on condition anonymity for fear of reprisals, show the limits of speech in the autocratic nation that tightly controls its domestic media. Self-censorship is rife among journalists at local outlets expected to provide a stream of good news in the UAE, which advertises ..
FIR against owner of newspaper for article speculating Gujarat CM's removal
A First Information Report (FIR) has been registered against the editor and owner of a newspaper here for publishing a write-up which hinted at the possible removal of Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel due to the BJP leadership's 'unhappiness'. The FIR was registered two days ago under Indian Penal Code sections 505(1)(b) (offending act likely to induce a person to commit offence against State or public tranquillity) and 505 (2) (circulating or publishing report containing rumour or alarming news with intent to create feelings of enmity, hatred or ill-will), police said. The article with the headline 'Goodbye Bhupendraji, Welcome Rupala' was published in the August 22 edition of the 'Saurashtra Headline', a Rajkot-based eveninger. The FIR was registered against editor Aniruddh Nakum who wrote the piece and his wife who is the owner of the newspaper, said inspector C G Joshi of Rajkot City A-division police station. A notice has been issued to the accused for joining the probe
Jagran Prakashan Q1 net profit at Rs 40.5 cr; revenue up 68% to Rs 454 cr
The company had posted a net loss of Rs 7.05 crore during the April-June period a year ago, Jagran Prakashan Ltd (JPL) said in a BSE filing.
PM to inaugurate 50th anniversary celebrations of Agradoot newspaper group
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Agradoot group of newspapers on Wednesday via video conferencing
India's paper consumption to touch 30 million tonnes by FY27: IPMA
Paper consumption is likely to witness 6-7% annual growth and will reach 30 million tonnes by FY 2026-27, largely driven by emphasis on education and literacy coupled with growth in organised retail
Nobel Peace Prize-winner's newspaper closes amid Russia pressure
Russia's leading independent newspaper suspended operations after pressure from Russian authorities, a move that comes less than six months after its editor won the Nobel Peace Prize
A hundred years of Anandabazar Patrika: In black and white and red
A voice of protest, of struggles and aspirations, Anandabazar Patrika embodied the spirit of a nation in the making, writes Rudrangshu Mukherjee
Google, Facebook may be forced to pay British newspapers for their stories
Tech giants such as Google and Facebook will be required to pay newspapers and other media outlets for using their stories, under new laws being drawn up by the UK Government
Pandemic news, then and now
While the deadly flu was first detected in India sometime in June 1918, it was only in October that year that the sanitary commissioner issued a formal notification declaring a pandemic
Indian Newspaper Society elects Mohit Jain as President
Mohit Jain will succeed L Adimoolam of Health & The Antiseptic
4 journalists at shut Hong Kong paper Apple Daily charged with collusion
Hong Kong police charged 2 top editors and editorial writers at Apple Daily with collusion weeks after city's largest pro-democracy newspaper was forced to cease publication and its assets were frozen
Mumbai Samachar, India's oldest newspaper at 200 years, going strong
Bombay Samachar (as it was called then) started as a weekly in 1822
Last print edition of Apple Daily newspaper sold out across Hong Kong
Across Hong Kong, people lined up early Thursday to buy the last print edition of the last remaining pro-democracy newspaper
Jimmy Lai's Apple Daily to fold up after Hong Kong arrests dissidents
The board on Monday said it would close the newspaper's operations by Saturday if Hong Kong authorities continued to block access to company's bank accounts following arrests of senior editors.
Hong Kong's pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily says it may shut down
Police last week arrested five top editors and executives of Apple Daily under the city's tough national security law on suspicion of foreign collusion
Hong Kong arrests newspaper editors for 'foreign conspiracy': Report
5 journos held, $18-mn assets frozen; China warns media outlets, hails move
Troubled newspaper creates 200% windfall with digital arm's IPO
The IPO of VerticalScope Holdings, a former unit of Torstar that runs websites for hobbyist communities such as wood-workers and motorcyclists, raised about C$125 million ($103 million)
Newspaper society asks Google to raise publisher share in ad revenue to 85%
In a letter to Google India, INS President L Adimoolam said publishers are facing a "very opaque advertising system", as they are unable to get details of Google's advertising value chain.
