Journos reporting to management

IN Media Watch Briefs | 06/01/2014

Time Inc., the magazine business of Time Warner, is being spun off into a separate company. A major change will be that the new company will abandon the traditional separation between its newsroom and business sides. Now, the newsroom staff at Time Inc.’s magazines will report to the business executives. Such a structure is seen as necessary to create revenue opportunities and stem the tide of declining subscription and advertising sales. (nytimes.com)

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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.