Learning from the PM

IN Media Watch Briefs | 01/10/2014

Is the President taking his cue from the PM when he decides to start restricting the media delegation on his tours to just the official media? Pranab Mukherjee used to take a 20 plus media delegation on his tours but has now decided to only take along DD, AIR and agencies on his next tour which will be to Norway and Finland. Will the Vice President also follow suit? (Indian Express)

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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.