First exclusive

IN Media Watch Briefs | 10/03/2010

Barkha Dutt stole a march over rivals, by getting Madam Gandhi to speak "exclusively" to NDTV first after the passing of the Women's Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha. But knowing that the others wouldn't be far behind, NDTV decided to run the interview with the slug "First exclusive interview". Incidentally rival CNN IBN chose to run their "exclusive" interview with Madam G at exactly the same time. No wonder, the "first" exclusive interview slug!

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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.

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