Now Catch debuts

IN Media Watch Briefs | 01/07/2015

Some 19 months after the media storm over her handling of the rape accusations at Tehelka forced her to quit, Shoma Chaudhury, former editor of Tehelka is back as editor in chief with a new digital property called Catch, promoted by the Rajasthan Patrika group. Former Mail Today editor Bharat Bhushan is editor. The digital news space is hotting up. The Wire, promoted by Siddharth Varadarajan and two others debuted in May. For languishing print editors a new world fortunately, is opening up. But is there a sustainable revenue model yet?

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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.