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BY abc| IN MEDIA WATCH BRIEFS |20/01/2015

It certainly helps to sponsor an event. Quickly scan the profiles of the speakers attending the 2015 Jaipur Literary Festival and whether you are a V.S. Naipual, Paul Theroux or a Sarah Waters, they border on factual and inevitably downplay the author's stature. But the wordy profile of Subhash Chandra,..

Unsporting TOI gaffes

BY abc| IN MEDIA WATCH BRIEFS |29/11/2014

Twitter was abuzz with one gaffe after another in the venerable Times of India. Reporting cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar's message mourning Phil Hughes's death, the paper said 'RIP Sachin Tendulkar! Twitterati quickly pointed out another: 'Messi joins Rahul as top scorer'. Rahul who?..

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Amazon resisting voluntary censorship

The new term for self censorship is voluntary censorship, as proposed by companies like Netflix and Hotstar. ET reports that streaming video service Amazon Prime is opposing a move by its peers to adopt a voluntary censorship code in anticipation of the Indian government coming up with its own rules. Amazon is resisting because it fears that it may alienate paying subscribers.

Let the games begin

Clearly, the run to the 2019 elections is on. A journalist received a call from someone saying they were from Aajtak channel and were conducting a survey, asking whom she was going to vote for in 2019. On being told that her vote was secret, the caller assumed she wasn't going to vote for 'Modiji'. The caller, a woman, also didn't identify herself. A month or two earlier the same journalist received a call, this time from a man, asking if she was going to vote for the BSP.