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87 percent of editors and proprietors at India’s top newspapers are men

Eighty-seven percent of editors and proprietors at India’s top English and Hindi newspapers are men.

Newslaundry

Ravish revives YouTube presence, days after Adani move sparked NDTV exit rumours

Talking about the increased subscriptions on his newly-revived YouTube page, noted NDTV journalist Ravish Kumar has said it is not just about subscriptions but also about responding to the “media backed by thousands of advertisement types” and a sign that the audience has now “understood the maneouvres of the mainstream…

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After being asked to remove 10 channels from Free Dish, Zee pulls out of BARC ratings

Zee Media has “pulled out” of the Broadcast Audience Research Council’s TV audience measurement system, citing issues with the landing page. As reported by Exchange4Media, this means its channels will no longer be a part of BARC’s viewership coverage.

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‘We are suffering’: Zee pulls out of BARC viewership ratings over landing page issues

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SEBI takes NDTV to Supreme Court after tribunal reduces penalty for Roys

The Securities and Exchange Board of India has filed civil appeals before the Supreme Court against NDTV, its founder-promoters Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy, and promoter-group vehicle RRPR.

Newslaundry

No hate speech please: Supreme Court advises TV anchors

The Supreme Court on Wednesday criticised TV channels and said that it is the duty of an anchor “to see that hate speech doesn't continue the moment someone starts”, NDTV reported. Justice KM Joseph made these observations while hearing a batch of petitions on hate speech.

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NDTV moves Supreme Court over SAT order ‘in its favour’

NDTV co-founders Radhika and Prannoy Roy have moved the Supreme Court for civil appeals against an order issued in July by the Securities Appellate Tribunal, or SAT.

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Films on Ravish Kumar and Gauri Lankesh win awards at Toronto film festival

Two documentaries on Indian journalists have won awards at the Toronto International Film Festival 2022. While We Watched is on the life and work of NDTV journalist Ravish Kumar; Gauri looks at the life and assassination of Gauri Lankesh and the threats faced by Indian journalists today.

Newslaundry

Film on anchor Ravish Kumar ‘angry letter to journalism’ in India

While We Watched is a ‘wake-up call to how perilous and fragile the relationship between a free press and democracy is’.

Al Jazeera

Top NDTV executives have made windfall gains from Adani’s takeover

Gautam Adani’s takeover of NDTV may have caused disquiet in the news industry, but it has proved lucrative to several employees of the TV news network. The billionaire’s purchase of about 30 percent of the broadcast company, and whispers about it in the preceding months, sent its share price soaring,…

Newslaundry

The challenges of independent news reporting in India

Concern is growing in India for one of the country's few independent TV news channels after a hostile takeover bid by billionaire businessman Gautam Adani. NDTV is currently one of India's most trusted sources of information, in a country where most news channels function as government mouthpieces. FRANCE 24's reporter…

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Trump repeats unproven claim that FBI ‘planted’ files in Mar-a-Lago raid during interview on Indian TV

‘It’s a set-up. It’s weaponisation. And it’s inappropriate to do’

The Independent UK

What moralistic takes on Adani-NDTV saga miss

Barely a few years after India’s independence, Jawaharlal Nehru used the phrase “jute press” to refer to the leading barons of Indian media. The phrase was a thinly-veiled dig at some of the prominent newspapers owners – like the Jains, Birlas and Goenkas – who had first made money in…

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Amid threats and signal cuts, India’s top independent TV anchor battles on – but for how long?

"While We Watched", a new documentary on veteran journalist Ravish Kumar, attests to the challenges of independent news reporting in India today. Death threats, signal cuts and financial pressures are par for the course at his TV news station, NDTV. Now a recent hostile takeover bid has renewed fears over…

Newslaundry

Reporters Without Orders Ep 235: Adani’s NDTV takeover, UP man helps catch mother’s rapists after 30 years

This week, it’s an all-Newslaundry panel as host Basant Kumar is joined by Nidhi Suresh and Ayush Tiwari.

The Hindu

NDTV invites VCPL to join application to Income Tax Department over shares

Adani Group unveiled plans last week to control a majority stake in NDTV

Newslaundry

Adani’s NDTV takeover is a worrying portent for Indian media: Economist

Billionaire Gautam Adani’s takeover of NDTV has invited media attention not just in India but also abroad. In a recent piece the Economist describes the “tycoon’s takeover bid for an independent broadcaster is a worrying portent”, not least for media freedom.

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NDTV promoter entity, Adani write to SEBI, seek clarity on stake sale

The media group's promoters have asserted that the deal cannot go ahead without SEBI's nod

Newslaundry

What exactly does NDTV's loan agreement with Reliance-linked firm say?

Billionaire Gautam Adani is set to control at least 29 percent of NDTV for Rs 113 crore. The acquisition, announced last week, triggered an open offer for the Adani group to buy another 26 percent of the TV network for nearly Rs 490 crore – 16,762,530 shares at Rs 294…

The Hindu

NDTV: the hostile takeover

Large conglomerates owning media units might crimp editorial independence

The Hindu

NDTV | The outlier in a noisy television news space

The channel that has played a role in modernising India’s TV news reporting and has never shied away from taking critical positions on the government could be controlled by the Adani Group soon

Newslaundry

TV Newsance 184: Will Adani take over NDTV?

The big news on TV news this week was about TV news! The Adani-NDTV saga was the talk of the town, but the details were hazy nearly everywhere. Who bought what from whom? What roles do Ambani, Adani and the Roys play? And what are the implications of this game…

Dynamite News

Adani-NDTV tussle intensifies over stake acquisition

Billionaire Gautam Adani-led Adani Group on Friday asserted that no prior approval was needed from market regulator SEBI to acquire 29 per cent stake in NDTV as stated by the media company founded and promoted by Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy. Read more on Dynamite News:

Newslaundry

RRPR bound to allot equity, its contentions legally untenable: Adani Group

Responding to disclosures by NDTV promoter RRPR Holding Private Limited, the Adani Group has said that the promoter’s contentions are “baseless” and “legally untenable”, and it is bound to “allot equity shares as specified in the warrant exercise notice”.

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