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IN Media Watch Briefs | 27/08/2013

Shekhar Gupta, editor in chief of the Indian Express who was heading the business side as well, has mailed his colleagues to say that since the company is now in robust shape financially he will be reverting to focussing entirely on editorial-related management and is handing back a flourishing company to owner Viveck Goenka who now has the time to take over the management. The new arrangement is effective from August 28, Janmashtami.

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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.