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Learning from the death of the Times of India Crest edition
Anant Rangaswami •These are the questions that should be asked - and then we'll have an answer very different from 'it didn't work'. There's a wealth of information available in stories of failure, perhaps more valuable than the stories of success.
Varadarajan rubbishes N Ram's claims of policy violations at The Hindu
Fp Staff •peaking to Best Media Info, Varadarajan rubbished allegations by Kasturi and Sons Chairman N Ram that there were recurrent violations and defiance of the framework of the institution's longstanding values on the business side, and recurrent violations and defiance of 'Living Our Values' mandatory Code of Editorial Values applicable to The Hindu.
Shades of grey: The many myths of media freedom
Jagannathan •India media can never be really free if it does not come to grips with the issue of how it is funded.
What Prasar Bharati needs: Not a scalpel, but a hatchet
Vembu •Doordarshan and AIR are the dinosaurs of India's media world. Rather than keeping them on life support at taxpayers' expense, the government should pull the plug on them.
Zee blackmail case: Indian media must seize this moment
Abhay •The Jindal-Zee fight is a moment of truth for India's media. It can choose to cleanse itself, or lose a golden opportunity.
New Yorker discovers India's paid media, but misses the point
Anant Rangaswami •The New Yorker gets confirmation from the TOI Group about the existence of pay-for-play, but gets it wrong on the industry's real growth and profitability
IRS Q2 2012: Print continues slide, digital zooms
Anant Rangaswami •It's not all hunky dory for newspapers in India, as the total readership of the top 10 newspapers in India continues the downward trend. Digital, as a medium, continues to ratchet up impressive numbers.
Mystery monsoon: How we went from drought to bumper crop
Anant Rangaswami •The drought-to-bumper crop headline change is symptomatic of all that is wrong with Indian media today.
NDTV hits back at WPP
Fp Editors •As far as the future of the dispute goes, it looks like it is over to the courts. And the tone of the two statements, WPP's of yesterday and NDTV's of today, promise an engrossing battle ahead.
WPP reacts to NDTV's 'hypothetical suit'
Fp Editors •WPP says there is no merit whatsoever in any of the claims made and that the courts of New York have no jurisdiction to hear NDTV's claims.