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Anant Pai, Founder-Editor of Amar Chitra Katha and Tinkle Comics, passed away yesterday in Mumbai. A few generations of Indians, including Pradyuman Maheshwari, as he writes in this tribute, owe their knowledge of history to the animated work of the comic books.
Pradyuman Maheshwari Feb 25, 2011 8:03 AM
The fraternity must welcome and support the compromise struck between the Ad Club Bombay and the Advertising Agencies Association of India towards holding the Abbys at GoaFest, writes Pradyuman Maheshwari.
Pradyuman Maheshwari Jan 27, 2011 8:10 AM
While some of the suggestions are welcome, crossholding restrictions on measurement firms are regressive, writes Pradyuman Maheshwari.
Pradyuman Maheshwari Jan 12, 2011 7:58 AM
Sadly, that’s the perception of the profession with dishonesty levels at the individual and corporate level touching a new high, writes Pradyuman Maheshwari.
Pradyuman Maheshwari Jul 13, 2010 8:39 AM
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India appears to have been influenced by lobbyists who do not wish to see foreign equity revving up competition in FM radio and news TV, writes Pradyuman Maheshwari.
Pradyuman Maheshwari Jul 6, 2010 9:13 AM
There’s not much to the new looks of both Star Plus and Bloomberg UTV, writes Pradyuman Maheshwari. The entertainment major had already seen some breakthrough ideas and for the business channel, so far it’s been some cosmetic and essentially a distribution story.
Pradyuman Maheshwari Jun 22, 2010 9:34 AM
As they get set to announce their new look, Star Plus hopes it will cement its place on the top and for Bloomberg UTV it’s a good, strong attempt to get there. But for any change to be meaningful, it’s got to be beyond logos and colours, writes Pradyuman Maheshwari.
Pradyuman Maheshwari Jun 8, 2010 8:32 AM
The Prime Minister's performance at the Press Conference on May 24, 2010 was pathetic and sleep-inducing, writes Pradyuman Maheshwari.
Pradyuman Maheshwari May 25, 2010 8:07 AM
Public Relations is possibly at the lowest level of the entire communications process in the Indian media, thanks to indifferent clients and agencies dealing in improper activities, writes Pradyuman Maheshwari
Pradyuman Maheshwari May 18, 2010 8:56 AM
The Government must do no more than issue guidelines for television ratings, writes Pradyuman Maheshwari, reacting to reports that the Information and Broadcasting Ministry could play an active role in the TV viewership measurement process.
Pradyuman Maheshwari May 11, 2010 8:11 AM
Pradyuman Maheshwari rues the sale of a Mumbai institution to an ‘outsider’, but believes that the Jagran acquisition will do Mid-Day’s print publications a world of good.
Pradyuman Maheshwari May 6, 2010 8:46 AM
Award results leaking for three consecutive years, jury members fighting over reported wrongdoings, and an activity calendar that is no longer as good as it used to be has made the Advertising Club Bombay lose all its sheen and glory, feels Pradyuman Maheshwari.
Pradyuman Maheshwari May 4, 2010 8:25 AM
While there is an urgent need for print media vehicles to be future-ready and re-engineer themselves, there is nothing to beat a done-to-detail print report as was the ‘Outlook’ phone-tapping exposé, writes Pradyuman Maheshwari.
Pradyuman Maheshwari Apr 27, 2010 8:43 AM
It’s a problem of the business model, not news, said Google CEO Eric Schmidt five years after News Corp chief Rupert Murdoch spoke at the same gathering – the annual convention of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. Pradyuman Maheshwari believes that the opportunity is right for Indian publishers to cash in.
Pradyuman Maheshwari Apr 13, 2010 8:11 AM
No, I am not going to write about the Abbys and how they have been tainted thanks to the leaks. There are three more days ahead to talk about them, even though the fact that they have leaked for three consecutive years indicates a problem that needs some urgent attention. But it’s Day 1 of Goafest and the day when the creme de la creme of Indian ad and medialand assemble to attend the Industry Leadership Conclave.
Pradyuman Maheshwari Apr 9, 2010 3:54 PM
Staying on at the top despite a shabby awards judging process is amazing, writes Pradyuman Maheshwari. But our association bosses stay unfazed.
Pradyuman Maheshwari Apr 6, 2010 8:25 AM
Since it’s that time of the year when GoaFest results are leaked, Pradyuman Maheshwari reasons why he has re-subscribed to the numero uno pink paper. Plus, a relook at last year’s April Fool headlines that he wished were for real, and five more all-new headlines.
Pradyuman Maheshwari Mar 30, 2010 8:31 AM
The success of the Indian Premier League cricket telecast on YouTube augurs well for those content creators unable to break through the barriers of our television channels, writes Pradyuman Maheshwari.
Pradyuman Maheshwari Mar 23, 2010 8:26 AM
Two consecutive weeks of being the top-rated GEC is good news for Star Plus, but the channel needs to do a lot more by way of innovating in programming, writes Pradyuman Maheshwari.
Pradyuman Maheshwari Mar 16, 2010 8:19 AM
A Reader’s Digest survey shows journalists ranked at #30 from among 40 professionals, with only cartoonist RK Laxman in the Top 10, rues Pradyuman Maheshwari analysing the top-level findings.
Pradyuman Maheshwari Mar 3, 2010 7:12 AM
Unless care is taken to leakproof the creative Abby and get some really hot speakers, GoaFest 2010 will be yet another 'paid holiday' for adlanders, writes Pradyuman Maheshwari.
Pradyuman Maheshwari Feb 23, 2010 7:14 AM
Amitabh Bachchan spews venom at India Today Executive Editor Kaveree Bamzai on his blog and rues that his criticism would lead her magazine and channel Headlines Today to turn against him. Guess someone needs to advise the megastar to be restrained in his posts, writes Pradyuman Maheshwari. A free-to-access blog is open for public view, and he is legally liable for all that he writes.
Pradyuman Maheshwari Feb 16, 2010 7:22 AM
It’s vital for the Indian media to evangelise Nicholas Negroponte’s ‘One laptop per child’ and push for incentives to promote Internet usage, as these will help increase media consumption, writes Pradyuman Maheshwari.
Pradyuman Maheshwari Feb 9, 2010 6:57 AM
Not giving credit in the sequel to the man who conceived the original is symptomatic of an industry that’s known to treat intellectual property casually, writes Pradyuman Maheshwari.
Pradyuman Maheshwari Feb 2, 2010 7:20 AM
The TRAI consultation paper on foreign investment in the broadcasting sector has raised the issue of the limit of international stake in non-entertainment television and radio. However, what’s needed is a sea change in approach, writes Pradyuman Maheshwari.
Pradyuman Maheshwari Jan 19, 2010 7:25 AM
Last Friday’s incident of a Tamil Nadu police sub-inspector crying for help as he was injured and two ministers on the spot doing precious little has led to a debate on what should the cameraperson capturing the incident have done: save the cop’s life or go on filming. There is need for the media to do a soul search on the issue, writes Pradyuman Maheshwari.
Pradyuman Maheshwari Jan 12, 2010 7:22 AM
Will Aman Ki Asha force Times Now to go soft on Pakistan, will YRF TV work for Sony, why does our film industry not respect intellectual property well enough, will the Editors Guild initiative on paid news work and will mobile transaction get due patronage… some of the questions that worry Pradyuman Maheshwari on Day 5 of the new year and decade.
Pradyuman Maheshwari Jan 5, 2010 8:03 AM
It’s the start of New Year and a new decade. The mood’s tentative and there’s make-believe optimism. But, the only way we can drive away the gloom is by staying upbeat and work horribly hard, writes Pradyuman Maheshwari.
Pradyuman Maheshwari Jan 1, 2010 8:59 AM
It’s the last week of the calendar year as also of this decade, and although most of these exercises are purely academic, they do offer an opportunity to reflect on events and issues. Having highlighted the highs and lows of the year, here are Pradyuman Maheshwari’s top stories of the decade: 2000-2010. Plus a pop forecast under ‘looking forward’.
Pradyuman Maheshwari Dec 29, 2009 7:59 AM
With just 10 days in the 2009 before we move to 2010, Pradyuman Maheshwari offers his list of 10 highs and 10 lows of the year that has been.
Pradyuman Maheshwari Dec 22, 2009 8:01 AM
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