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BY sanjay| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |04/11/2006

The era of 24 X 7 media and networked public opinion has initiated trial in the public domain negating due process of law.

The PM’s image manager draws flak

BY sanjay| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |26/09/2006

Parthasarathy responded by expressing surprise as to how a journalist could metamorphose into a bureaucrat at such a fast pace.

Mukti for Mukta

BY sanjay| IN REGIONAL MEDIA |20/09/2006

A Kannada serial which handled complicated themes without succumbing to either glamorization or melodrama, comes to an end.

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‘Indian Idol’ and regional dynamics

BY sanjay| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |23/04/2006

Hyderabad recorded its disappointment on the pages of the Hindu and Deccan Chronicle when Karuna lost the crown.

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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.

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