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Hong Kong's pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily says it may shut down

Police last week arrested five top editors and executives of Apple Daily under the city's tough national security law on suspicion of foreign collusion

Hong Kong arrests newspaper editors for 'foreign conspiracy': Report

5 journos held, $18-mn assets frozen; China warns media outlets, hails move

Troubled newspaper creates 200% windfall with digital arm's IPO

The IPO of VerticalScope Holdings, a former unit of Torstar that runs websites for hobbyist communities such as wood-workers and motorcyclists, raised about C$125 million ($103 million)

Newspaper society asks Google to raise publisher share in ad revenue to 85%

In a letter to Google India, INS President L Adimoolam said publishers are facing a "very opaque advertising system", as they are unable to get details of Google's advertising value chain.

DGTR recommends anti-dumping duty on newsprint for five years

The commerce ministry's investigation arm DGTR has recommended the imposition of antidumping duty on newsprint

Sharing newspaper PDFs illegal, a threat to the society, says INS

Various studies and researches have said physical newspapers are safe and do not spread Covid-19.

Circulating newspaper PDFs illegal via social media, hurts journalism: INS

Industry body of newspaper media outlets says the practice, which gained steam following lockdown, is in total violation of IPR and is also a threat to society

Bangla Hunt launches 'Newz Short' - a fast forward Bengali Short News Portal through the Governor of West Bengal

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Press Association condemns sealing of newspaper office in Srinagar

The Press Association on Wednesday condemned the "abrupt sealing" of the Srinagar office of Kashmir Times newspaper and demanded its immediate opening

Twitter labels state-controlled media outlets, govt officials' accounts

The micro-blogging platform will not amplify tweets by state-controlled media outlets. The move will make affected accounts less likely to appear in search results or notifications

James Murdoch resigns from News Corp's board over editorial differences

New York-based News Corp also publishes major papers in Australia and the UK and owns the HarperCollins book publisher

INS slams China for restricting access to Indian newspapers, media websites

Indian Newspaper Society has slammed China's action of restricting access to Indian newspapers and media websites and urged Indian govt to take steps to ban access to Chinese media in the country.

Galwan clash: Indian newspapers, websites not accessible in China

Though Chinese newspapers and websites continue to be accessible in India, people in China can only access the Indian media websites with Virtual Private Network (VPN) server.

Feeding into the feedback

The democratisation of social media carries with it the understanding that its users will be responsible. For this reason it is less regulated than print or television media

Chinese mouthpiece paid US newspapers $19 mn in ads, printing: Report

China Daily, an English-language newspaper controlled by the Chinese Communist Party, has paid more than $4.6 million to The Washington Post and nearly $6 million to The Wall Street Journal

Best of BS Opinion: A brand new local world, G11 good for India, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day

Death knell for printed books, newspapers?

Or a brief stop on the way to better times?

An avoiders' expert guide on how to 'live with the novel coronavirus'

Health ministry has issued general guidelines such as covering your mouth when you sneeze or wearing masks at all times, but there isn't any clear advice on how to deal with basic, household items.

Ban on doorstep delivery of newspapers exceptional move: Maharashtra govt

The state said that newspapers are not an essential item and hence prohibition on its doorstep distribution cannot be said to be infringing upon any fundamental rights

Withdrawal symptoms

Newspapers were an inseparable part of our growing up, and not just English papers, but those in local languages as well