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@ OPA: Guardian Mulls India Launch - But What Price A Brand Extension? - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 15 May 2008 01:45 PM PST

From our sister site paidContent:UK… Guardian.co.uk, which last year set up its GuardianAmerica.com US subsite, is now considering launching in several more territories. Asked what follows the US expansion: Digital…

Financial Chronicle Launches E-Paper - 2 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 13 May 2008 01:17 AM PST

So what all do you have to do to read a Financial Chronicle news report online? First, go to http://www.mydigitalfc.com, click on the story in the e-paper, register for the…

Hindu Business Line Tries Podcasts And Mobile Version - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 06 May 2008 09:53 PM PST

Looks like the Hindu Business Line quietly rolled out some new features recently - a mobile site and podcasts. On April 25th, the first podcast went up on their site…

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News Corp Owned STAR Star In Talks With UB Group For Print Foray: Report - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 28 Apr 2008 02:45 AM PST

STAR India, a wholly owned subsidiary of STAR Hong Kong, and a News Corp company is currently seeking a joint venture in India for a print media foray. Business Standard…

Business Standard In Content Tie-Up With UTVi - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Fri 25 Apr 2008 12:55 AM PST

There’s been a significant increase in the news content deals this year, and there are signs that more are in the offing: Business Standard has announced a content tie-up with…

Business Standard Launches Hindi News Portal - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Fri 28 Mar 2008 12:12 AM PST

Business Standard, the financial daily which has recently launched Hindi and Gujarati editions, has now launched its Hindi website: http://www.bshindi.com, reports Agencyfaqs. Though the content on the site is in…

Vir Sanghvi: Print Won’t Be King, But It Will Be The Leader - 2 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 11 Mar 2008 10:02 PM PST

I was at the the exchange4media conclave in Delhi yesterday, where the first panel, featured a riveting discussion on the future of print media and the impact of digital media,…

Financial Times To Part Ways With India’s Business Standard; Deal With Network18? - 2 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Sun 09 Mar 2008 09:57 PM PST

’Tis the season for breaking and making media partnerships in India—Mint reports that Financial Times is ending its 15 year old content partnership with Indian financial daily Business Standard, while…

Livemint Launches Blogs - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Sun 24 Feb 2008 09:42 PM PST

Mint, the financial daily from HT Media, has launched blogs with a couple of issue based series - one on careers called Mint’s Water Cooler, and another around the budget,…

Newspaper Roundup: BS And ET Launch Hindi Dailies; Deccan Chronicle’s Financial Daily In May - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 21 Feb 2008 12:13 AM PST

-- Business Standard launched a Hindi daily last week. BS editor TN Ninan has a note on the launch here. The paper will be priced at Rs. 2 per copy.…

Pioneer Looking To Sell Up To 49 Percent Stake; Portal Revamp - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 11 Feb 2008 02:03 AM PST

CMYK Printech, which publishes English newspaper The Pioneer, is looking to raise funds by selling up to 49 percent stake, reports the Mint. The company, promoted by veteran journalist and…

NDTV Convergence launches live streaming of Profit on Watchindia - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 01 Feb 2008 11:52 PM PST

[by Cerius Shah] NDTV Convergence, which recently launched NDTVProfit.com, has struck a live streaming deal with business channel, NDTV Profit, on the Israel based WatchIndia.TV. The deal will most likely…

Online News Publications May Need To Register With Indian Government, Else Be Blocked - 4 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 03 Oct 2007 08:32 PM PST

Not that we haven’t heard murmurs of the Indian government wanting to regulate content on the Internet before, but this one has implications for international publications: the Information and Broadcasting…

Jagran Launches SMS-based Shopping Unit, Plans Online Version - 3 Comments
Posted By Anupama Chandrasekaran - Thu 27 Sep 2007 12:14 AM PST

J9, the enterprise division of Jagran Prakashan (publishers of the daily ‘Dainik Jagran’), has launched a consumer shopping division called J9 Shop. [via agencyfaqs] Interested customers can place orders for…

Bhaskar Group Provides Vernacular News Content For Nokia App - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 14 Aug 2007 02:07 AM PST

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has tied up with the Bhaskar Group to offer news content in Hindi and Gujarati via GPRS, by means of a mobile application. The news on offer…

Nokia Launches Vernacular Content On Mobile With Malayala Manorama - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 04 Jul 2007 08:21 PM PST

It appears that Malayala Manorama has launched a mobile application that pulls vernacular news content via GPRS, for Nokia handsets. The application provides access to national and international news, including…

Indian Newspapers Survive Internet Onslaught, Outpace Global Sales, Ad Revenue Growth - 1 Comment
Posted By Anupama Chandrasekaran - Mon 04 Jun 2007 10:44 PM PST

Indian newspapers logged double-digit sales and advertising revenue growth last year despite the onslaught of cyberspace, according to a study reported by news agencies. Indian newspaper sales grew a robust…

Bharat Bhushan To Join India Today’s Newspaper Venture; Gautam Adhikari Back At Times - 2 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Thu 10 May 2007 07:34 PM PST

A couple of editorial moves. Bharat Bhushan, Editor (Delhi) of Kolkata-based newspaper The Telegraph is joining India Today-Daily Mail newspaper joint venture as editor, ContentSutra has learnt. Prior to Telegraph,…

Indiatimes Makeover; Livemint Removes Subscription - 2 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Sun 06 May 2007 08:21 PM PST

This happened last week, but just for the record: Indiatimes has also undergone a revamp, details of which are available here. The improvement in usability seems to limited to the…

Jagran Christens Its Mobile VAS Division J9; In Ramp-up Mode - 0 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Thu 03 May 2007 06:51 AM PST

Jagran Prakashan, the Hindi language media group head quartered in Kanpur, has found a slick name for its mobile value added services arm. Agencyfaqs reports that the division is christened…

TimesOfIndia.com Gets A Makeover; Indiatimes Launches New Version Of Mail - 2 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Sun 22 Apr 2007 08:56 PM PST

First NDTV.com got overhauled, followed by the HindustanTimes.com. Now The Times of India has received a makeover: Videos (from Times Now) and photos are more accessible now in the right…

Gautam Adhikari Quits DNA - 2 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Mon 16 Apr 2007 03:17 AM PST

Gautam Adhikari, editor of Mumbai’s second largest selling newspaper DNA, has resigned. The company’s managing director Sudhir Agarwal will take over as the editor till a replacement is found. Adhikari…

Hindustantimes.com Overhauled; Video Content Launched, Blogs Soon - 4 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 09 Apr 2007 06:09 AM PST

HindustanTimes.com has been overhauled (looks remarkably similar to the New York Times website), with some new features aimed at increasing interactivity: users can rate stories, add them to del.icio.us or…

India Today Group Partners With UK’s Daily Mail For Newspaper Venture - 0 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Tue 27 Mar 2007 05:29 AM PST

The India Today Group has for the first time received investment from a foreign media house. The Delhi-based media company has formed a new joint venture in equity partnership with…

Mahendra Swarup To Advise Essar Group On Media Forays - 0 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Wed 21 Mar 2007 09:16 PM PST

Former Times Internet CEO Mahendra Swarup will be an advisor for Essar Group’s media business, reports Exchange4Media. Essar Group plans to expand its fledgling media business in a big way,…