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Golden Pen of Freedom laureates Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov awarded Nobel Peace Prize Berit Reiss-Andersenm Nobel Committee Chair, said, “Free, independent and fact-based journalism serves to protect against abuse of power, lies and war…

Jagran Group Chairman Yogendra Mohan Gupta, who had been keeping unwell for some time, breathed his last in Kanpur, according to a media report. Besides being credited for taking the Jagran Group to new heights, Yogendra also immensely…

The Trade Desk, a global technology company that markets a software platform used by digital ad buyers, has announced its partnership with Lifesight, a customer intelligence company that specialises in location-based measurement, to provide…

Boria Majumdar, noted sports journalist, author, academician and consulting editor of India Today, has decided to move on after being associated with the network for nine years. He took to Twitter and wrote, “I complete nine fascinating…

The future of media lies in its intersection with technology, but the real opportunity is for those who have used tech as the foundation to create a combination of content, culture, commerce, interactivity and platform leading to an era of…

HT Media has reported Profit After Tax (PAT) of Rs 28.97 cr for the quarter ended September 30. The company reported a loss of Rs 40.78 cr in the same quarter of the previous fiscal year and a loss of Rs 76 cr for the quarter ended Jun 30,…

India Today Group has accused Newslaundry of uploading infringing, violating copyrights, and exploiting commercially disparaging material on their own website. The copyright suit comes nearly a month after Newslaundry claimed that YouTube…

Renowned Indian entrepreneur and owner of British Herald and Cochin Herald, Ansif Ashraf recently passed away at his home in Sharjah, UAE. An award-winning businessman, Ansif acquired the intellectual property rights of the newspaper…

A unique initiative by the Times Group, Times Power of Print (POP) invites creative minds to build impactful print campaigns that can make a big difference in the society. The campaign has entered its 4th edition this year. POP is…

AK Bhattacharya has been appointed as Executive Director of Business Standard Private Limited. He was earlier the Editorial Director and before that the editor of the newspaper. Experienced economic journalist with a demonstrated history of…

Shivendra Gupta has been appointed as new Managing Director of Business Standard Private Limited. Prior to this role, he was the CEO of the company. The media group has also made new additions to its board. Uday Shankar, former Chairman and…

Australia led the way in making Google and Facebook pay media outlets for their content, most of the Indian media houses have now begun pushing for a similar legislation to save the dwindling print media business in the country. According…

A big disappointment of the newspaper publishers, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had no good news for the industry in the 2021 Union Budget. Hit by circulation issues in the wake of the ongoing pandemic that led to dwindling profits,…

Jagran Prakashan is considering another buyback. In a notice to the exchanges, the publisher announced to consider the proposal for buyback of the fully paid-up equity shares of the company, as well as matters related/ incidental thereto.…

Eminent journalist TN Ninan, who is Chairman & Director of Business Standard Private Limited, has retired from his post in the newspaper. Ninan was associated with the company for close to three decades, first as editor, then as editor…

DB Corp or Dainik Bhaskar Group’s flagship dailies Dainik Bhaskar, Divya Bhaskar, Divya Marathi and Saurashtra Samachar have announced their financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2020. The company has released an official…

In the midst of the corona crisis, Tamil daily Dinamalar took the unprecedented decision to offer to its clients free ads from March 30 till April 25. L Adimoolam, Business & Technical Director, Dinamalar says that the rationale behind…

Women’s magazine Femina has partnered with UN Women and several leading NGOs in India to raise awareness around prevalent issues of domestic violence due to co-habitation during the COVID-19 crisis, with their latest campaign…

Lokmat, a leading daily of Maharashtra, has decided to keep their employees and their families meaningfully engaged during the corona crisis and self-isolation. As the world battles the biggest public health crisis and attempt to curb the…

Messe Düsseldorf has released an extensive new hygiene and infection protection concept for drupa 2021, designed for executing a ‘safe and successful trade fair’ in the corona times. Major exhibitors including Heidelberg, Xerox, Bobst and…