Retracting a bloomer

IN Media Watch Briefs | 12/06/2013

Earlier this month the Hoot published a brief picked up from Newslaundry which said that on Rajiv Gandhi’s death anniversary this year various newspapers got huge advertising and the Indian Express got more than anybody else at Rs 25 crore. The Express Group says the correct figure for all editions of the Indian Express for the RG anniversary advertising received from DAVP was Rs 6.5 lakh. We regret reprinting the 38,000 per cent exaggeration.

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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.