Still Going Strong

193, going on 194, The Hoot tells the story of Asia’s oldest newspaper – Mumbai Samachar. Now published as a Gujarati language daily, the Mumbai Samachar was born as a weekly in 1822 to disseminate need-based information, mostly to the trader community of Gujaratis and Parsis. » Check out Newslaundry’s detailed report on how NewsX Editor-in-Chief Rahul Shivshankar totally ignored the basic definition of ‘raw footage’ while tweeting. He claims NewsX carried the raw footage (proved authentic) in the JNU case. » I&B Ministry has put in place a new policy for advertisement in print media. Aimed at the Directorate of Advertising & Visual Publicity (DAVP), the policy focuses on three main objectives – promoting transparency and accountability, incentivizing all categories of newspapers, and ensuring equity and fairness in release of government advertisements. Read details here. » DD to use the Swiss challenge method to invite bids for the kids’ entertainment slots on DD National – 3-4pm Monday to Saturday. The SC approved method encourages transparency and will give an equal chance to all interested proposers. The last date for bid submission is 30th June. » The Andhra Pradesh government’s blockade of broadcast for Sakshi TV was met with protest and criticism. Opposition leaders termed the TDP decision as “highly objectionable” and accused CM Chandrababu Naidu of violating press freedom. Protests were staged Srikalhasti, Madanapalli, Chittoor and Tirupati, with various journalist associations joining in.

The Call of Nature (sorry Naidu)

CM Chandrababu Naidu is not on the media’s A list as the CM’s antics continue to antagonise journalists by prohibiting media entry to the actual venue, locking them away in an isolated room with just a live TV coverage of the event, and barring them to even attend nature’s call till the event is over. Ab Thoda cricket ho jaye.  Big FM gets the googly going this IPL season with the launch of an all exclusive ‘cricketainment’ show “Big Googly” with comedian Javed Jaffrey as the host. The show will be broadcasted across 45 stations and is definitely going to keep the listeners in stitches throughout.