Ideological consolidation

IN Media Watch Briefs | 23/10/2016

Swarajyamag announced today (Oct 23) that it had acquired OpIndia.com as the "newest addition to its portfolio." What it describes as a "trailblazing, digital-only publication" which has "created a huge social media footprint" has an ideological profile which Swarajya doubtless approves of, as demonstrated by the adjectives used by Opindia  for other digital properties like Scroll.in and thewire.in in this piece.  The announcement suggested that the Swarajya Group was now growing, a third property being creativeindiamag.com.                                      

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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.                   

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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