Newspapers In India

K Raja Prasad Reddy of Telugu media group Sakshi elected INS president

Reddy succeeds Mohit Jain of the Economic Times at INS, the apex body of publishers of newspapers, magazines and periodicals in the country

Centre revives bill to regulate registration of digital news media: Report

The govt will propose the Registration of Press and Periodicals Bill, 2019 with the changes before the Union Cabinet soon, says a media report

Siddaramaiah writes to PM Modi, urges Centre for GST exemption on newsprint

According to Siddaramaiah, the tax on printing paper for RNI registered agencies before GST implementation was at three per cent, and it was increased to five per cent under GST system

CCI clubs newspaper body's complaints against Google with earlier order

According to INS, news media houses are completely kept in the dark on the total advertising revenue collected by Google

CBI cracks down on newspapers which existed only to get govt ads

The CBI has booked unnamed government officials and three individuals for empanelling their newspapers for government advertisement on the basis of forged documents

Business Standard among the top 10 trusted media brands in India: Survey

The survey also said amid the pandemic, legacy print brands and government broadcasters, DD News (Doo­rdarshan) and All India Radio, retained high levels of trust among consumers in India

Best of BS Opinion: The search for news media, economic recovery & more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Friday

The search for news media

The pathetic state of India's news media - particularly news TV - leaves it at the mercy of international media and a few Indian brands that have the capacity to cover a story like the pandemic

Indian Newspaper Society wants to be excluded from new IT rules

INS has said that news websites of traditional papers follow the same stringent guidelines for publication as followed by newspapers, and should be exempt from the new IT Rules

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

HT Media third quarter net profit decreases 54% to Rs 9 crore

HT Media reported 54.08 per cent fall in consolidated net profit at Rs 9.43 crore for the quarter ended December 31

Newsprint cost up 20% in last 3 months, publishers seek customs duty waiver

Newsprint cost has jumped in the last three months due to demand-supply imbalance post pandemic

Former FT editor names Business Standard among gold-standard publications

Lionel Barber, the former editor of the Financial Times, London, from 2005-2020, spoke of all these and more in an interview podcast on the Indian Journalism Review

Covid-19 impact: Jagran Prakashan reports Q1 net loss of Rs 44.31 cr

The company had posted a profit after tax of Rs 65.75 crore during the April-June period a year ago, Jagran Prakashan Ltd (JPL) said in a BSE filing.

Malini Parthasarathy replaces N Ram as chairperson of The Hindu group

Parthasarathy was co-chairperson of The Hindu Group of Publications and editor of The Hindu newspaper from 2013 to 2016

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

PCI issues notice to Maharashtra govt over non-delivery of newspapers

The curb will be in force only in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) and Pune city, both Covid-19 hotspots

Even in the times of Covid-19, the SC order must not normalise an exception

History is replete with examples of states reserving wide powers to themselves during an emergency - only to not give up the powers even when the crisis receded

Virus outbreak: I&B Minister Javadekar, too, did not get newspapers at home

He said some housing societies have not allowed newspaper vendors to enter

Parties, businesses launching newspapers to promote vested interests: VP

Naidu stressed that if a newspaper is run by a political party, it should clearly mention so