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IN Media Watch Briefs | 21/07/2013
Samachar4media.com’s Media Maharathi event on July 20 was intended to honour 50 big names in Hindi journalism. The ranking is eyebrow-raising. Owner-editors figure at the top including a father and son duo, with the exception being Harivansh chief editor of Prabhat Khabar. At number 11 is one of the members of the jury. And if you thought the big TV anchors would figure high up, they don’t. Ravish Kumar of NDTV India ties at number 27 with Milind Khandekar of ABP News and CNN IBN’s Ashutosh is at no. 22.  Sundry “senior journalists” from the print fraternity, not doing anything much these days, are way ahead of them.
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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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