BINOO K. JOHN : Articles

Hijacking the front page

BY BINOO K. JOHN| IN OPINION |19/08/2015

With advertisers grabbing the front page for their jacket ads, the sanctity of the front page is vanishing.

It’s the subscribers, dummy

BY BINOO K. JOHN| IN OPINION |27/07/2015

Only the Financial Times’ huge digital subscriber base can explain the price Nikkei has paid for it.

The Washington Post crucible

BY BINOO K. JOHN| IN OPINION |21/07/2015

If Jeff Bezos fails to turn the paper around, the death knell will sound for all papers.

A traffic jam on memory lane

BY BINOO K. JOHN| IN OPINION |12/07/2015

With so little research happening in India, it’s no surprise that publications carry too many anniversary stories and reminiscences.

Gods own newspapers

BY BINOO K. JOHN| IN OPINION |01/07/2015

When the going gets tough, it's time to get in touch with God. That's what the Kerala papers are doing to get readers,

The art of headlining is in a coma

BY BINOO K. JOHN| IN OPINION |16/06/2015

The fact that 'Headless Body in Topless Bar' remains the ne plus ultra of headlines 32 years later shows how the art is dying.

Will news wires go the way of cassettes?

BY BINOO K. JOHN| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |09/06/2015

How can news wire services survive the digital revolution, including Facebook's leviathan News Feed?

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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.