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According to the recent IRS Q1 2019 report, Sakal is ranked at the 9th position among the Top 10 regional language publications. The total readership of the Marathi daily published by Sakal Media Group from Pune has stood at 11,841,000. As…

News reports reveal that Jagran Prakashan, the publisher of Hindi newspaper Dainik Jagran, is expected to acquire Reliance Broadcast Network, which operates BIG FM radio channels. The acquisition is believed to be valued around Rs 1200 cr.…

At the 71st World News Media Congress held from Jun 01-03, 2019 at Glasgow, WAN-IFRA announced the election of Fernando de Yarza López-Madrazo as the association’s new President. He is the current president of Henneo in Spain. WAN-IFRA also…

Immediately after the release of Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2019, Hindustan Times came out with their readership data reporting 9 percent hike in their average issue readership (AIR). Delhi-NCR and Mumbai combined, the newspaper has…

Shankar Ramakrishnan, who until recently was the Global News Editor at International Financing Review (Thomson Reuters) in New York, has been appointed as new Global Editor for Singapore-headquartered media company Connected to India. He is…

Google has forged a partnership with the Columbia School of Journalism for newsroom leadership programme for journalists in Asia. The move was announced by Irene Jay Liu, Google’s News Lab lead for APAC who said they want to help young…

In the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) Q1 2019 released recently, it was made clear that print is growing constantly with 1.8 crore people joining the readership since the last report was out. However, according to the data from TAM AdEx…

Editorial Leaders’ initiative from the World Editors Forum and WAN-IFRA is a module-based training programme aimed at improving the knowledge of editors & journalists. The fifth batch of the programme is scheduled in June 2019. The…

DB Corp, which is also called Dainik Bhaskar Group and publishers of 66 newspaper editions in four languages, has reported that ad revenue grows by 7.4 percent in FY 19. The group runs widely circulated newspapers such as Dainik Bhaskar,…

Nikkei, the Japanese media firm that owns Financial Times, has confirmed that it has acquired Singapore-based new media startup Deal Street Asia. The deal is undisclosed, but the announcement does confirm a TechCrunch report that broke news…

The WAN-IFRA’s Women in News Editorial Leadership Award recognises an exemplary contribution of an editor to her newsroom - and under her leadership the contribution of her newspaper - to society. Two editors from Lebanon and South Sudan…

INMA has elected 18 executives to its Board of Directors at its annual business meeting in New York. Elected president for a two-year term was Damian Eales, Chief Operating Officer, publishing of News Corp Australia. Eales has worked across…

Organised on May 20 and 21, ppi Media GmbH hosted its annual ppi Days. Representatives of media companies from around the world reported on their publishing strategies and digital trends gathered at Hamburg. The event marked the 19th ppi…

Editorji is a video news app launched by Vikram Chandra, former CEO and news anchor of NDTV Ltd. The app presented the largest ever digital-only Counting Day show at the Lok Sabha Elections 2019. A ‘Digital Alliance’ of the biggest names in…

Mathrubhumi Group won awards at the Abby Awards 2019 this year. The formidable media group of Kerala had a rich haul of two awards at the 14th edition of Creative Abby Awards 2019, jointly organised by the Advertising Agencies Association…

Hindustan Times’ widely circulated School Edition has been revamped for schools in Delhi-NCR where dwelled more than 1000 schools. The newspaper’s School Edition is produced under the HT-PACE programme. The enhanced edition of School…

Once again showing that engaging audiences with great storytelling and content that is insightful and deeply relevant to their lives can go a long way towards building a lasting relationship with them, the winners of WAN-IFRA World Digital…

Manorama Online has launched ‘m kid’, an online newspaper for children. This newly introduced online news platform for young children consolidates the top 10 news of each week and publishes them in a language that can be easily grasped by…

Mumbai city’s favourite daily Mumbai Mirror takes its civic campaign ‘Operation Khataara’ to the next level by launching a multimedia campaign. The newspaper has been waging a war against these abandoned cars, with a series of…

India Today Group organised the 3rd edition of India Today Conclave South on December 21 and 22, 2018, bringing together a host of chief ministers, senior politicians, film stars, industrialists and entertainers all on one stage. The…