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BY patnaik| IN REGIONAL MEDIA |28/04/2004

Elections for the Parliament and Assembly seats are being held simultaneously in Orissa after 33 years, making it the perfect launching pad for at least ten new newspapers.

Four Orissa editors in poll fray

BY patnaik| IN REGIONAL MEDIA |05/04/2004

For the leading vernacular dailies of Orissa, it is only a thin line that divides politics and journalism.

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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.