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After serving for a decade and more, Sanjay Bhatla, Vice President of Deccan Chronicle steps down. He started his career with a small ad company, Adcon in Patna and then moved on to Kelvinator as a sales officer in 1980, followed by many…

On the International Human Rights Day (December 10), Free Press Journal changed its masthead to Free Rights. A source mentioned that the newspaper took the step to draw the nation’s attention to the issues that deserve to be addressed. The…

In view of the brutal activities of terrorists and Pakistani troops on the border of J&K, many civilians in the area compelled to move to safer parts in Jammu and its surrounding regions. To meet the basic needs of the civilians, Punjab…

Apart from being non in the way that happened in Europe or America, print media in India is also going through a challenging phase with a decline in readership and ad revenue, which is majorly caused by the digital onslaught. As a result…

The Ken, a business news site based out of Bengaluru, is plotting regional expansion with local teams. The company had found product-market fit in India and took the expansion into Southeast Asia. A source from the company said the region…

In 2019, according to TAM AdEx’s report on ‘Advertising Snapshot on Print’ ad volumes in print witnessed a decline of 8 percent as compared to the previous year. Though in 2018, the drop was 1 percent from the previous year. In this, the…

WAN-IFRA renews its support to the print and production community with the appointment of Ingi Rafn Ólafsson as new director of WAN-IFRA’s World Printers Forum. He will succeed Manfred Werfel who has retired earlier this year. Ingi Rafn, an…

A key finding in the latest research report by Media Research Users Council (MRUC), which Indian Readership Survey (IRS) reveals, has shown that more Indians read and understand English now. While every content creator is concentrating on…

In collaboration with the Google News Initiative, Google has announced funding support of $10 million commitment to media literacy in India where ‘fake news’ have gravely affected, which in turn contributed to a rise in hatred and violence,…

According to the world’s top doctors and scientists, there has never been a documented incident whereby the COVID-19 virus has been transmitted from a print newspaper, print magazine, print letter or print package. To debunk a myth that…

Messe Düsseldorf has announced that drupa 2020, which was scheduled for June 16-26 at Dusseldorf, has been postponed to April 20-30, 2021, following the recommendation of the crisis management team of the German Federal Government. As part…

Media Research Users Council (MRUC) has chalked out plan to invite research partners to conduct the Indian Readership Survey (IRS). The council’s contact with Nielsen India has concluded with the release of the last and final quarter of IRS…

WAN-IFRA has set to organise Workshop on Leading an Integrated Multi-Platform Newsroom from December 18-19, 2019 at Mumbai. The workshop is exclusively on leadership and editorial team in print and digital platform. In the digital age,…

Abheek Barman, till recently Consulting Editor with Economic Times, passed away. He had held senior editorial positions in the newspaper, The Times of India and ET Now, as also with NDTV Profit. Abheek learned economics at Presidency…

Terrorist attacks and callous activities of Pakistani troops on the borders of J&K often force villagers in the region to leave homes and run for safer places. Many of them lost their lives. They moved to Jammu border and its…

Daily News and Analysis (DNA) has announced that it will close its print editions in Mumbai and Ahmedabad. In February this year, the English daily, owned by Zee Media Group, shut down its Delhi edition after it shut Pune and Bengaluru…

The Express Group has announced its operating income of Rs 462.6 cr in FY19. According to media reports, the newspaper group garners net profit of Rs 19.2 cr in the period. The profit in the previous fiscal was Rs 33.2 cr. As per the…

Comscore, an American media measurement and analytics company, in its latest report titled Trends in Online News Consumption’, has revealed that the consumption of online news in India is growing and holding the rank of second-largest…

In a bid to regularise e-papers and digital news, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has put forward a draft Registration of Press and Periodicals Bill, 2019, to replace the existing Press and Registration of Books (PRB) Act, 1867.…

Exercising a restructuring plan, magazine publishing group Vikatan has revamped its print portfolio with a sharper focus towards its content reorientation. The group prints a set of core and special interest magazines. One of the core…