No reporting on us

IN Media Watch Briefs | 13/01/2011

It used to be no ads. Now a Tata freeze extends to reporting. The sections of the media whom the Tata group will not cooperate with for what Mint calls story-related contact, are Open, Pioneer, Outlook, Bennett, Coleman and Co. and publications of the India Today group. A Tata Sons corporate person said the group had asked their companies to “re-evaluate their engagement with these organizations.” The paper says “it could not ascertain whether the instruction on engagement covered advertising”. (Mint, Jan 13th)

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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.