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In a rapidly changing global economic environment, the rules for business journalism are changing. Janice Neil, Ashok Desai, Omkar Goswami and Amit Kapoor share how
Nitin Pandey Feb 27, 2012 10:29 AM
N Madhavan, Associate Editor, Hindustan Times, shares his mantra for getting the most out of numbers in a business report & how to tell one’s story
Nitin Pandey Feb 27, 2012 8:14 AM
The CD release tour for project ‘Luminance’ of duo Meeta Pandit and Heiko Dijker begins from the National Capital with a live musical concert today
Nitin Pandey Feb 13, 2012 10:28 AM
At Divya Bhaskar, Saras Sethi is replacing Jagdish Sharma, who will, however, continue to be with the Dainik Bhaskar group
Nitin Pandey Jan 18, 2012 9:47 AM
Correspondent Nitin Pandey introspects on the role of media in a rapidly changing scenario and whether Justice Katju’s remarks are justified…
Nitin Pandey Nov 28, 2011 7:50 AM
Allied Blenders and Distillers is taking the expansion route to strengthen its market presence. The company has lined up a slew of promotional activities to support the new launches.
Nitin Pandey Nov 25, 2011 7:14 AM
The win comes on the back of a multi-agency pitch involving MPG, MEC and Madison, besides LMG. ZenithOptimedia is the incumbent media agency.
Nitin Pandey Nov 23, 2011 9:43 AM
In December 2010, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) granted a down-linking license to Al Jazeera English. While the group will continue to maintain its focus on international news, a significant volume of India specific news will also be aired.
Nitin Pandey Nov 18, 2011 3:09 PM
With Al Jazeera gearing up for a massive marketing campaign, they are in talks with main line marketing agencies as well as ad agencies. The process started a few weeks ago.
Nitin Pandey Nov 18, 2011 9:06 AM
The no-nonsense, proactive ways of the new Press Council of India Chairman Justice Markandey Katju has left correspondent Nitin Pandey deeply impressed as he feels this would really put an end to paid news...
Nitin Pandey Oct 22, 2011 8:18 AM
The average issue readership (AIR) of the travel magazines genre has gone up by 31 per cent over 2009 R1 and by 12 per cent over 2010 Q2. Bhraman tops the list with an AIR of 2.57 lakh.
Nitin Pandey Oct 20, 2011 9:00 AM
The going has not been all that well for film-based magazines as even established English magazines such as ‘Filmfare’ and ‘Stardust’ struggled to retain readers. Publishing exclusive content is the only driver for them. Meanwhile, the genre has also seen stiff competition from new players like ‘People’ and ‘Hello’...
Nitin Pandey Oct 19, 2011 12:07 PM
With magazines ‘Auto Car’ and ‘Overdrive’ leading the genre, the AIR of the Auto/Cars segment has grown by 2 per cent over last year, and by 16 per cent over IRS 2009 R1. Entry of international titles like ‘BBC Topgear’ has already started showing positive growth...
Nitin Pandey Oct 19, 2011 12:05 PM
While the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) results have shown negative trends for special interest periodicals, business magazines, though with low readership base, continue to grow over the years with proliferation in titles and targeted content. Healthy growth is seen across titles, except for Business India and Business & Economy.
Nitin Pandey Oct 18, 2011 10:43 AM
Within four years of its launch, ‘Dare’, the monthly magazine from CyberMedia Group, has dropped its print edition. The October edition, which is already on the newsstands, is the last print edition of the magazine. ‘Dare’ will now be available online, mostly free of cost.
Nitin Pandey Oct 18, 2011 8:45 AM
Adding almost 2.2 lakh average issue readership (AIR), top six dailies have seen growth restored in the Uttarakhand market as per the IRS 2011 Q2 results. Meanwhile, four out of the top five periodicals have added more than 1.5 lakh AIR.
Nitin Pandey Oct 17, 2011 10:47 AM
It has certainly not been a good quarter for dailies in West Bengal. While Ananda Bazar Patrika, the leader in the space, has lost 4.74 lakh over the previous quarter, most of the topline Bengali newspapers have also witnessed decline in AIR. Bartaman and Uttar Banga Sambad are the only two exceptions among the top ten dailies.
Nitin Pandey Oct 17, 2011 10:33 AM
Barring Ajit, there has been no growth in the AIR for other Punjabi dailies in Punjab as per the IRS 2011 Q2 results. Hindi and English dailies, too, have witnessed decline in AIR. Dainik Bhaskar is the only Hindi daily that has grown over the last year.
Nitin Pandey Oct 14, 2011 10:15 AM
With top three magazines have seen decline in readership in Jammu and Kashmir, the average issue readership of most periodicals has either declined or was static in the last one year in the state as per the IRS 2011 Q2 results.
Nitin Pandey Oct 14, 2011 10:14 AM
The Indian Readership Survey 2011 Q2 results have not brought any cheer for some of the topline dailies in Chhattisgarh. Besides, nearly all top ten periodicals have also faced readers’ apathy as they reported loss of a average issue readership of almost a lakh over last year.
Nitin Pandey Oct 14, 2011 10:07 AM
With the Association of Indian Magazines (AIM) set to release the detailed findings of its Engagement Study in a month’s time, a discussion on the topic at the 38th FIPP World Magazine Congress took the audience through the exciting USPs of magazines.
Nitin Pandey Oct 13, 2011 9:14 AM
Day 2 of the 38th FIPP World Magazine Congress saw experts sharing their views on facing the various editorial challenges in today’s scenario, and discussed the strategies to overcome the from digital media. Despite the odds, global publishers remain bullish on print.
Nitin Pandey Oct 13, 2011 9:13 AM
With the top three Hindi dailies adding nearly 14 lakh readers in a year, most of dailies have witnessed robust growth in average issue readership in Madhya Pradesh as per the IRS 2011 Q2 results. English dailies, however, ranked below in the tally, but have also been able to attract readers.
Nitin Pandey Oct 12, 2011 11:13 AM
Industry experts examined the way international publishers are handling the new complexity of brand management across multi-platforms and multi-territories at the 38th FIPP World Magazine Congress. The session on ‘The future of international magazine brands in a 360 degree media world’ was moderated by Barry Mcllheney, CEO, PPA, UK.
Nitin Pandey Oct 12, 2011 8:33 AM
Tarun Rai, CEO, WWM, has been elected as President of the Association of Indian Magazines (AIM) at the body’s annual general meeting held on October 11, 2011. Rai will be taking over the reins from Pradeep Gupta, Chairman, Cyber Media Group. Mitrajit Bhattacharya, President & Publisher, Chitralekha, has been elected Vice President of the Association.
Nitin Pandey Oct 12, 2011 8:30 AM
Compared to the corresponding period last year, four out of the top five Hindi dailies have grown in Delhi as per the IRS 2011 Q2 results. Benefitting the most in the National Capital are Hindi dailies Navbharat Times and NaiDunia, which have added 1.76 lakh and 68,000 readers, respectively, over the year.
Nitin Pandey Oct 11, 2011 10:11 AM
As per the Indian Readership Survey 2011 Q2 results, topline dailies in English, Telugu and Urdu languages have seen decline in their average issue readership (AIR) in Hyderabad. The trends are not all that encouraging for magazines as well.
Nitin Pandey Oct 10, 2011 11:23 AM
Slow growth in average issue readership (AIR) of most of the dailies in Delhi raises a question - has the newspaper market in Delhi reached saturation point? While a clear picture will emerge in the forthcoming quarterly results of the IRS, recent readership trends do raise an alarm bell...
Nitin Pandey Oct 10, 2011 10:41 AM
Euro RSCG has won the creative duties of Nimbus Sport’s World Hockey Series. The win comes on the back of a closely contested multi-agency pitch. As part of the contract, Euro RSCG’s Mumbai office will handle the entire advertising duties of World Series Hockey on a project basis.
Nitin Pandey Oct 7, 2011 8:42 AM
All top six Assamese dailies have seen decline in readership over last year, losing almost 3.36 lakh readers, combined as per the IRS 2011 Q2 results. Meanwhile, AIR of Assamese periodicals has also nosedived when compared to last year as well as the previous quarter.
Nitin Pandey Oct 7, 2011 8:41 AM
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