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With pay cuts becoming a norm in media majors, including behemoth BCCL and NDTV, veteran journalist <b>Sandeep Bamzai </b>wonders whether we need another business channel. He also asks why media owners and promoters weren’t careful about costs during the boom years, instead of resorting to sudden, drastic measures.
Sandeep Bamzai Mar 17, 2009 8:02 AM
There has always been a big question mark over exit polls and pre-poll surveys. Not just their veracity, but more vitally, the role that they play in influencing the voter. The Press Council has put out guidelines for election coverage. But does the Press Council have punitive powers to look at all print media in the land, including wire services, asks veteran journalist <b>Sandeep Bamzai. </b>
Sandeep Bamzai Mar 12, 2009 7:42 AM
Show business is feeling the pinch. Big buyers are not coming forward to pick up marquee helmed produced, directed or starred titles. The gloom has set in because two or three biggies have turned turkey at the box office this year. The euphoria of December 2008 has dissipated very quickly, leading to a sense of emptiness in B-Town, says veteran journalist <b>Sandeep Bamzai. </b>
Sandeep Bamzai Mar 4, 2009 7:45 AM
Even as the world at large holds on to their jobs for dear life, The Times of India very strangely has been going rah-rah over the last few days. In column space terms, Tuesday’s Delhi edition of TOI had nine and a half pages of advertising solely from the Union and State Governments. With corporate sector advertising facing an acute crunch, who better than the Government to pump prime media company margins, states veteran journalist <b>Sandeep Bamzai. </b>
Sandeep Bamzai Feb 25, 2009 7:18 AM
Media now feeds off rumour and stories passed on by pressure groups. Industrial waste has been increasingly recycled into pink waste, laments veteran journalist Sandeep Bamzai, stressing that one needs to take a call and put an end to this bazaar of speculation. If 26/11 was a watershed in telly reporting, then the vote on account bellicosity was yet another sad benchmark for the print journos.
Sandeep Bamzai Feb 18, 2009 7:05 AM
Plagued by a sluggish economy, credit squeeze and spike in interest rates, Tata Motors is still looking ahead to launching its wonder car, Nano, in the first half of 2009. Veteran journalist Sandeep Bamzai takes a look at the steps being taken by the auto major as it picks up the pieces and revives itself from the somnolescence of a brutal economic headwind.
Sandeep Bamzai Feb 11, 2009 6:59 AM
Media censorship is back, laments veteran journalist Sandeep Bamzai. He cites two recent incidents that have confounded industrywallahs over the last couple of weeks. The first involves Vir Sanghvi’s column ‘Pursuits’ being taken off Mint, the second involves NDTV’s legal action against a Holland-based Indian blogger.
Sandeep Bamzai Feb 4, 2009 7:15 AM
As the market tanked during the dark days of October last year, plumbing new depths almost daily, the fear factor overrode everything else. While P Chidambaram would try to assuage the investor community, the great bear of 2008, Shankar Sharma, would make a mockery of all that. But, should the oracle be believed, asks veteran journalist <b>Sandeep Bamzai. </b>
Sandeep Bamzai Jan 28, 2009 7:18 AM
This week veteran journalist <b>Sandeep Bamzai </b>comes out strongly against Pakistan’s shenanigans and dangerous trysts with the jehadis. With Home Minister P Chidambaram talking of an all links embargo on Pakistan, the time has come for all encompassing sanctions to be imposed. He adds that India has to convince the western world that not only is Pakistan a failed state, it is increasingly a rogue state.
Sandeep Bamzai Jan 21, 2009 7:19 AM
Finally the much awaited shakeout in telly land has begun. Facing the pinch, NewsX is the first to capitulate, changing hands in an extremely cluttered environment. NDTV, too, is cutting costs an trimming the flab. Veteran journalist <b>Sandeep Bamzai </b>digs deep to find out about the NewsX acquisition and its implications.
Sandeep Bamzai Jan 14, 2009 7:20 AM
Nobody could pinpoint the magnitude of the rot that had set in at Satyam. It ultimately took the promoter himself to accept that he had wilfully committed fraud – a first. Media has botched up the entire story and failed to act as a watchdog, says veteran journalist Sandeep Bamzai. Media failed in its endeavour to play whistleblower.
Sandeep Bamzai Jan 8, 2009 6:47 AM
What do you do about the new breed of journos? This crazy rat race to be the first with the news is killing the profession and the ethical standards that it stood for. Veteran journalist Sandeep Bamzai hits out at this ‘paparazzi journalism’ and stresses that concoction and distortion of news is a dangerous trend that needs to be cauterised.
Sandeep Bamzai Jan 7, 2009 6:46 AM
Circa 2008 will be remembered for an amazing killer application, something that redefined frontiers in brand and franchise elasticity, a new performing flea in an age of whirligigs. It is the Indian Premier League (IPL), which redefined and re-established cricket with an unprecedented fan following. Veteran journalist <b>Sandeep Bamzai</b> analyses The IPL success story and Lalit Modi’s significant role.
Sandeep Bamzai Dec 31, 2008 6:41 AM
India has come a long way from being a backpacker’s paradise to a high value leisure tourism destination. However, the double whammy of global financial crisis and the Mumbai terror attacks have started taking a toll on India’s tourism industry. Campaigns like Incredible India notwithstanding, time now is to also look at the domestic traveler to drive growth, says veteran journalist <b>Sandeep Bamzai. </b>
Sandeep Bamzai Dec 24, 2008 6:29 AM
What drives two 43-year olds, asks veteran journalist Sandeep Bamzai as he goes on to analyse the career graph, Bollywood quotient and success stories of two Khans of B Town – Aamir and Shah Rukh – as both end the year with two much-awaited releases – ‘Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi’ and ‘Ghajini’.
Sandeep Bamzai Dec 17, 2008 7:10 AM
As the curtain came down on super Monday, the value of every vote cast was once again thrown into stark relief. A win for local versus national issues was like a neon sign being held up in everyone’s face. Development had scored over inflation and terror. And the BJP faced this mind numbing reality, says veteran journalist <b>Sandeep Bamzai.</b>
Sandeep Bamzai Dec 10, 2008 6:24 AM
In all this clutter and cacophony on the telly over the Mumbai terror attacks, some images refuse to go away. The age of innocence is over. India is restive. Veteran journalist Sandeep Bamzai urges television owners to show some sobriety while covering tragedies of such magnitude. It is time for a reality check. Clear the fog. Descend to Ground Zero.
Sandeep Bamzai Dec 3, 2008 6:35 AM
As the downturn impacts the Hindi film industry adversely, deals are being renegotiated at the speed of knots. Money is sparse and the days of big budget films seems to be over for the time being. Financiers and distributors seem to be conspicuous by their absence. Veteran journalist Sandeep Bamzai takes stock of Bollywood’s hit and misses and upcoming releases.
Sandeep Bamzai Nov 26, 2008 6:42 AM
The domestic media and advertising economy is under the cosh. The gangbuster years are behind us and a serious reality check is now under way. And the looking glass is not showing a very happy image. Veteran journalist <b>Sandeep Bamzai</b> takes an indepth look at the various facets of the downturn in the media economy and the implications.
Sandeep Bamzai Nov 20, 2008 6:43 AM
Banquo’s ghost came back to haunt the readers of Delhi's English dailies last week and how. The day Obama won, both The Times of India and Hindustan Times in Delhi also ran stories proclaiming that they were the numero uno in the Capital. Veteran journalist <b>Sandeep Bamzai</b> brings out the traditional fight for the No. 1 spot between the two leading dailies.
Sandeep Bamzai Nov 12, 2008 6:12 AM
The wheel always comes full circle. No, this isn't a philosophical observation, but more of a reality check which embodies the old adage that there are no permanent enemies over the long term. Veteran journalist <b>Sandeep Bamzai</b> takes a look at how PR, media and corporate houses indeed make strange bedfellows.
Sandeep Bamzai Nov 6, 2008 6:23 AM
As the DTH war in India sizzles further with the entry of new players, and each trying to better the other, exchange4media invites veteran journalist <b>Sandeep Bamzai</b> to take stock of the sector, and enumerate a few controversies of India’s DTH journey.
Sandeep Bamzai Oct 30, 2008 7:53 AM
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