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March 2018 Archive

MIB Reconstitutes Committees On Journalist Welfare

For the first time in composition of Committee on JWS and CPA Committee journalists are made members

Central Press Accreditation Committee is chaired by Principal Director General, PIB (Press Information Bureau) with Representative from Press Council of India, Representative from News Broadcasters Association of its members. Other members include Prashant Mishra, Dainik Jagran, Navika Gupta, Times Now, Kanchan Gupta, ABP News, J Gopikrishna, The Pioneer and Smita Prakash, ANI. The members of the Committee have a tenure of 2 years and shall meet once in at least once in a quarter. However, in cases of urgent/emergent nature received in the Ministry which require immediate financial assistance, the Chairperson depending upon the urgency of the cases may convene meeting of the Committee as frequently as deemed necessary.

Mirror Now Celebrates Its 1st Anniversary

Following the launch last year, Mirror Now has successfully attained No. 3* position in Mega cities

Fiercely pursuing pertinent issues and creating desired impact, Mirror Now raised the bar in the English news genre highlighting women’s safety issues in Delhi, the dangers of childlock in radio taxis, questioning the rationale behind the frequent fuel price hikes, the Rs. 400 crores rice scam in Karnataka that exposed corruption and the relentless stand against Pahlaj Nihalani’s regressive decisions as CBFC Chief, amongst many others.

TATA Tops Investment In The Print

Shekhar Gupta’s platform The Print has raised funding amounting to Rs 3.49 crore from its investor Ratan Tata

The Print focuses on news related to politics, defence, government policy, economics and other related topics. From the very beginning in 2017, The Print had raised Rs 45 core from various investors including Tata, Uday Kotak, Nandan Nilekani, Ravi Thakran and Vijay Shekhar Sharma, with Ratan Tata investing 1.5 crores in the venture. The Print has on its rolls eminent writers such as Rama Lakshmi, Manu Pubby, and Y.P Rajesh and also features a special interview format show ‘Off the Cuff’ on NDTV, where celebrity guests from various fields are invited to discuss current affairs.

India TV : Rise In Viewership

BARC reports that India TV sees an extreme rise in viewership after Yogi Adityanath's interview

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath, manages to be a part of many controversies. No wonder when he took the seat on India TV’s Aap Ki Adalat, the country was hooked. While India TV Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, Rajat Sharma was grilling the politician, the channel’s viewership rose 1.9x on Tuesday (18:27- 19:39) in Week 11 according to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) All India data. The interview on the news channel led to a growth in slot viewership. The viewership increased from 333 million impressions (in previous 4 weeks) to 633 million impressions in Week 11.

No country For Journalists

Two journalists killed in Bihar, one crushed by truck in MP

For investigating the sand mafia and trying to expose one of the main culprits behind the rot of corruption in Madhya Pradesh, journalist Sandeep Sharma paid with his life early Monday morning.

The horrific scene where the 35-year-old News World channel stringer was crushed under a truck while riding a two-wheeler was caught on CCTV camera. In the video, the two-wheeler simply vanishes under the wheels of a truck moving aggressively on a road in Bhind district, around 500 km from the state capital Bhopal.

Big FMs Digital Journey

Partners with Tech giants to build a robust programmatic solution

BIG FM, one of India’s largest radio networks, is planning to invest in a robust programmatic solution designed to enhance and catalyze the advertiser experience. By providing definitive guidance and market intelligence through the ad inventory buying process, the integrated ad-tech platform will be modelled to achieve faster time to market by ensuring operational efficiency and cost effectiveness.

Commenting on the soon to be launched innovative offering, Asheesh Chatterjee, Chief Financial Officer, Reliance Broadcast Network Limited (BIG FM) says, “BIG FMs intention to invest in an ad-tech platform is a defining milestone in our digital-first journey, as we aim to enhance our advertiser experience and integrate it within our technologically evolving ecosystem.The highly scalable platform is revolutionary, as it will drive programmatic buying of ad spots and will seamlessly lead to linear radio transmission whilst managing peak loads smoothly. By investing in cloud-based services, it’s a step towards being ready for tomorrow’s media landscape centered on digital consumption. We are already in talks with leading tech partners in this space to help us build a robust programmatic solution.”

Print Industry In Trouble

40% Hike in the Newsprint Price due to Raw material cost

The print industry seems to be heading towards a possible crisis with a price hike in newsprint because of the increasing raw material cost and China imposing a ban on imports of 24 types of rubbish including paper waste, in its campaign against environmental pollution.

Newsprint, a low-cost non-archival paper consisting mainly of wood pulp, is most commonly used to print newspapers, publications and advertising material. There has been an almost 40 per cent spike in its price since the crisis began last year.

China, the world’s largest paper recycler, produced about 63.3 million tons of waste paper pulp in 2016, according to the China Paper Association (CPA), with about 24 per cent of it produced from imported waste paper. “In the last six to nine months, the prices have increased. Also, the newsprint prices have gone through cyclicality over decades. However, the spike in price in the recent months is because of China,” said Pradeep Dwivedi, CEO, Sakal Media Group to exchange4media.

Seedhi Baat 2.0

Aaj Tak relaunches its big-ticket Hindi show

TV Today Network has relaunched its big-ticket Hindi show Seedhi Baat. The show will be hosted by Sweta Singh, news anchor and executive editor of special programming at Aaj Tak. The first episode of the show, which will air at 8 pm on 24 March, will feature BJP president Amit Shah as the guest.

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