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Bhaskar Group Forms Digital Media Company; Pradyuman Maheshwari Editorial Head - 0 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Wed 07 Mar 2007 04:11 AM PST

Regional language media power house Bhaskar Group has hived off its digital media properties as a separate venture. The company, christened I Media Corp Ltd (IMCL), will be responsible for…

BCCL Acquires 5 Percent Stake In ISP YOU Telecom - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 26 Feb 2007 02:21 AM PST

Bennett & Coleman Company Ltd (BCCL) continues its investment spree: the Times of India reports that BCCL has acquired 5 percent stake in broadband Internet Service Provider YOU Telecom. The…

The Minty Way, Even If Slightly Unclear - 3 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Sat 17 Feb 2007 07:11 PM PST

After waiting for about an hour and a half at the offices of the new business paper ‘Mint’ from Hindustan Times (HT), I wasn’t hoping for a half-interview, but that’s…

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The Hindu Bites The Bullet; Makes It E-Paper Pay At $10 A Month - 3 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Mon 12 Feb 2007 07:19 PM PST

If you can’t monetise the service through advertising, then paid subscription is the alternative usually adopted to keep the service alive. The Hindu, the Chennai-headquartered newspaper, has made its e-paper…

Tabloid Market Heating Up; Mumbai Mid Day Acquires Delhi Mid Day Title From The Suris - 0 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Tue 06 Feb 2007 06:25 PM PST

Delhi tabloid market is all set to heat up. Mumbai’s Mid Day Group has acquired the Delhi Mid Day title from the late Lalit Suri-owned Bharat Hotels Group. Mumbai Mid…

TV18 Eyeing Business Print Space; To Raise $45 Million Via QIPs - 0 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Mon 05 Feb 2007 04:34 AM PST

Television Eighteen Ltd, the leading Indian media group and also the owner of the business channel CNBC India, may look at entering business print media space. Raghav Bahl, CMD of…

Deccan Herald’s Jobs Portal Is Live - 9 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Fri 02 Feb 2007 12:13 AM PST

Deccan Herald’s jobs portal DHAvenues is live, but still under development. I spoke to D.B. Dutta, VP Marketing and Circulation, Deccan Herald Group about their plans. For starters, they’re looking…

HT-Times Combine’s Delhi Metro Paper To Hit Market Soon - 1 Comment
Posted By Sahad PV - Wed 31 Jan 2007 09:04 AM PST

As HT Media’s new business paper Mint is hitting readers’ doorsteps on Thursday morning, Delhi readers will be treated to another newspaper next week. The new metro newspaper -called Metro…

Content From 9 Newspapers Made Available Via WAP Portal - 3 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 31 Jan 2007 04:36 AM PST

We’ve written earlier about a mobile paper application from Cellnext being piloted in India. Now Pressmart and IMI Mobile have launched something similar a WAP portal with content from 9…

Updated: HT Launches Business Paper - Mint - 3 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 30 Jan 2007 09:40 AM PST

Hindustan Times has announced the launch of it’s business newspaper, called Mint. The word doing the rounds is that ‘Mint’ stands for Money, Information, News and Technology. The paper will…

Ramoji Rao’s Ushodaya Gets $275 Million From Blackstone - 0 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Sun 28 Jan 2007 10:36 AM PST

Hyderabad-based print and broadcast media company Ushodaya Enterprises (parent of Eenadu newspaper ) has secured $275 million from private equity fund giant Blackstone. This could be the largest private equity…

@Digital Summit: Cross Media Promotions; Rural VAS Adoption; The Rural Consumer - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Fri 26 Jan 2007 10:37 PM PST

So, what’s driving adoption beyond metropolitan cities? We got some answers from the IAMAI Digital Summit at the Maurya Sheraton in New Delhi: Rajiv Hiranandani, Co-Founder and Country Head Mobile2Win…

E-Papers Launched For Dainik Bhaskar, Divya Bhaskar And DNA
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Fri 05 Jan 2007 10:30 AM PST

The Bhaskar Group has launched e-papers for their newspapers - Dainik Bhaskar, Divya Bhaskar and Daily News and Analysis, reports agencyfaqs. For the advertisers, they’ll offer the opportunity to add…

Times of India Acquires 6.65% In Mumbai’s Mid-Day - 0 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Tue 12 Dec 2006 05:51 AM PST

The Times of India group has acquired 6.65 per cent in Mumbai-based media group Mid-Day Multimedia for Rs 21.11 crore ($4.68 million). Mid-Day will issue shares through a preferential allotment…

Disney Adventures Magazine To Launch In India; Condé Nast Announces India Team For Vogue
Posted By Sahad PV - Tue 05 Dec 2006 03:21 AM PST

Here are the latest two global magazines making their entry into India. The Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) Company will be launching an Indian edition of Disney Adventures in India. Disney…

Online Editions of English Newspapers In India Have More Domestic Readers Thans NRIs: Survey - 0 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Tue 28 Nov 2006 11:21 PM PST

A survey shows that the online editions of English newspapers in India have a higher number of readers residing in the country than outside. This is significant since the popular…

Californian Newspapers Outsource Advertising Jobs To India - 0 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Thu 16 Nov 2006 09:04 AM PST

Now advertising jobs are being outsourced to India. It’s done by newspapers directly to ad design shops located in India. For instance, advertising production jobs at the Contra Costa Times…

Haymarket Plans To Launch Its Gadget Magazine Stuff In India - 0 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Mon 13 Nov 2006 01:32 AM PST

More and more specialist magazines are heading to India. UK’s Haymarket plans to launch the India edition of its successful gadget magazine Stuff, reports Exchange4Media.com. Stuff sells about one million…

India Today Group Hires HT’s Sanjay Bahadur For Newspaper Project - 2 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Wed 08 Nov 2006 04:58 AM PST

India Today group is pushing ahead with its morning daily plans. The Delhi-based media group has hired Sanjay Bahadur as Associate Publisher for its newspaper project. He was a VP-Media…

Indian Express Group Ties Up With TechTarget To Publish Tech-focused Magazines, Websites In India - 0 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Mon 06 Nov 2006 11:06 PM PST

Indian Express Group is busy striking international strategic partnership deals. Close on the heels of a wide ranging content tie-up with The Economist, Indian Express has now formed a strategic…

What The Youth Wants: Trends In Media Consumption - 2 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 06 Nov 2006 10:20 PM PST

A Businessworld special issue (subscription required) attempts to demystify the Indian youth: according to a Hansa survey, the Indian youth uses the Internet most for email, then chat (which, it…

Divya Bhaskar Group Editor In Chief Leaves To Focus On Specialized Content Creation - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 02 Nov 2006 11:17 PM PST

Agencyfaqs reports that Aakar Patel, Group Editor-in-Chief, ‘Divya Bhaskar’ has stepped down to focus on his own content venture - Hill Road Media. They’re already providing content for the ICC…

Indian Express Group Signs Content Deal With The Economist - 0 Comments
Posted By Sahad PV - Thu 02 Nov 2006 10:51 PM PST

The Indian Express Group has signed a “wide-ranging content agreement” with The Economist magazine. The deal involves syndication of The Economist content such as Surveys, special branded pages and supplements,…

@IMC 2006: The Paid Content Strategy Has Not Worked Online - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 02 Nov 2006 04:28 AM PST

Please note: paid content, not paidContent. At the IMC 2006 organized by the Association of Indian Magazines I found that very few magazines are considering a digital strategy. The session…

Cellnext plans to offer Newspaper Content On Mobile - 2 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 01 Nov 2006 09:34 AM PST

At the IMC 2006 yesterday, I’d asked the panelists discussing digital content why they aren’t looking at mobile phones for content delivery, since it is a potent distribution channel for…