Exits from ET

IN Media Watch Briefs | 05/01/2015

Five financial journalists have moved on from the Economic Times over the past two months, four in the space of a month. Three are headed for large corporate houses while two are joining or planning their own start-ups. Changes in the editorial management, stagnation in the top-heavy ET editorial team and better pay packages in the industry have led to the exits.

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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.