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GroupM Media's CEO Prashanth Kumar elected president of AAAI

Prasanth Kumar, the chief executive officer (CEO) for South Asia of GroupM Media has worked at Pepsi, The Hindu, and The Media Edge & McCann Erickson in a career spanning more than 25 years

Here's how Oxford zeroes in on its word of the year as people vote for 2022

As OUP leaves the word of the year to a people's vote, here's how the process works

When Disney decided to dump its CEO Bob Chapek, the change happened fast

While Chapek's rise to the CEO spot in February of 2020 came as a surprise to many, his departure this week was even more shocking

New media poses challenge of credibility: I&B Secretary Apurva Chandra

The shift towards new media for consuming information from traditional sources such as newspapers has presented a challenge of credibility to the government, Information and Broadcasting Secretary Apurva Chandra said on Wednesday. Addressing the first World Media Congress in Abu Dhabi, Chandra said India has over 1.2 billion mobile phone users and 600 million smartphone users who are consuming a high amount of information and entertainment via mobile devices. He said the traditional media sources in India comprised 897 television channels and over 80,000 newspapers in various languages. However, he added, that recently there has been a shift from the traditional media as youngsters were consuming information from new media sources. This has presented a challenge of credibility and that presented a challenge to the government, Chandra said. He said social media has caused faster and deeper percolation of information in India, to the effect that it has even reduced the loss of lives

New set of proposals on media ownership in the works, says TRAI chief

Second time in eight years that TRAI will be issuing guidelines. Comes amid the Adani-NDTV spat. Regulator had released consultation paper in April

We are open to innovative relationships that come our way: Madison CMD

Nothing is easy in today's world. Being an independent has its own set of challenges, said he

Hostile media bid shows how Asia's richest can align and dominate a sector

The NDTV acquisition, if successful, would make Adani and Ambani straight-up rivals in a sector for the first time, given Ambani's control of large media assets including news channels

'Stop threatening media,' says Delhi CM Kejriwal to PM's media advisor

Addressing Aam Aadmi Party's first Rashtriya Janpratinidhi Sammelan here, Delhi Chief Minister and AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal accused the Prime Minister's media advisor of threatening the media

NDTV crosses Rs 500-mark for the first time since Jan 2008; up 97% in a mth

On August 30, 2022, the Adani group published a detailed public statement about the NDTV's open offer, which will tentatively open on October 17, 2022, subject to the market regulator's approval.

Man rescued from lift in Gurugram society slaps guards; FIR lodged

Soon after the man got out of the lift, he went about slapping Ashok Kumar, the apartment's security guard

CJI Ramana hails media for cooperation in disseminating information

Chief Justice of India (CJI) N V Ramana Friday hailed the media for disseminating information about the judiciary and termed it as an active partner in the collaborative project of strengthening the judicial system. Justice Ramana, who succeeded S A Bobde on April 24, 2021 as the CJI, was delivering his address at a function organised by the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) in the apex court's auditorium to bid him adieu on completion of his over 16-month-long tenure as head of the judiciary. The media has been extremely cooperative in disseminating the information about the judiciary. You share the equal burden of dispelling myths and notions. I thank you for being an active partner in this collaborative project of strengthening the judiciary. I thank each one of the journalists who have been covering the proceedings of the Supreme Court diligently, efficiently, and instantly, the outgoing CJI said. Born on August 27, 1957, Justice Ramana was enrolled as an advocate on Februar

Indian employees likely to see bigger salary hike in 2023, says report

Some of the sectors which have been included in the survey are- financial services, banking, and technology, media and gaming

11 Oppn parties resolve to fight against misuse of EVMs, money, media

They discussed and deliberated at length the challenge of 3Ms -- machine, money and media -- faced by India's electoral democracy and unanimously passed the resolutions on them.

Legislation barring parties from offering freebies not advisable: SC

Court protests media leak of Election Commission's affidavit in the matter

Delhi govt likely to open 500 liquor vends from September 1: Report

According to a report, the Delhi govt is likely to operate as many as 500 liquor vends from September 1. The move comes amid the absence of no private players in the retail sale of alcohol

Musk says 'media is click-seeking machine' amid reports of alleged affair

Amid several media reports appearing on Elon Musk's activities, the tech billionaire has called media "click-seeking machines"

Trial by media

Justice Ramana's concerns are valid

Anurag Thakur calls for introspection by media houses after CJI's remarks

Information & Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday called for introspection by media houses of their functioning after Chief Justice of India N V Ramanna said kangaroo courts by media were detrimental to the health of democracy. Speaking at the National Broadcasting Day function at All India Radio here, Thakur said Ramanna's remarks raised questions on the credibility of media. "We need to introspect whether we have crossed the 'Lakshman Rekha' while delivering news," Thakur said. "I wish to urge friends in the media that if such an impression is being created, there is a need for introspection," he said. Agenda-driven debates and kangaroo courts being run by the media are detrimental to the health of the democracy, Ramana said in Ranchi. The CJI said media trials affect the fair functioning and independence of the judiciary. Addressing the gathering Thakur said that when some people surmised that Radio was going to have an existential crisis with the advent of ...

Kangaroo courts by media affecting health of democracy: CJI Ramana

Agenda-driven debates and kangaroo courts being run by the media are detrimental to the health of the democracy, Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana said on Saturday

Media stopped from entering Congress headquarters, alleges Jairam Ramesh

Congress spokesperson Jairam Ramesh has claimed that the Delhi Police is preventing the media from entering the party headquarters ahead of the ED's questioning of Sonia Gandhi