Tell tale signs

IN Media Watch Briefs | 12/11/2012

It seems that the influence of Dr Bhaskar Das who quit the Times group to join the Zee group is becoming clearly discernable in the recent editions of the Daily News and Analysis. Instructions have been given to limit all stories to 300 words. The turns on the front page of the newspaper have stopped. The question is, when we have access to the original Times why would we want to read something which is trying to copy?

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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.