Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee Research Foundation has launched a new bilingual views portal – Nationalistonline.com, in English and Hindi. Research Fellow at the foundation, Shivanand Dwivedi has been roped in as Editor of the portal hoping to follow in ‘The Nationalist’ newspaper’s footsteps. Dwivedi said that the views portal will take on the responsibility of furthering the ideology of national development since it has been ignored by the mainstream media for long. » The three-day ‘Talk Journalism’ conference concluded in Jaipur on Sunday. This year many prominent journalists such as Shekhar Gupta, Ravish Kumar, and Rajdeep Sardesai discussed the rapidly changing media landscape and newly emerging trends. Read the detailed report on what was talked about here. » DD Freedish to add Zee News to its FTA kitty. Being the only channel to have won a slot in the new e-auction round for DD Freedish, Zee News will be available on the pubcaster’s DTH platform starting August 1. » Maharashtra Government turns Big Brother. In an initiative modelling the Centre, CM Devendra Fadnavis plans to set up a special media monitoring cell in the state secretariat to track content on news channels lest any ‘negative’ stories need to be countered. A dedicated social media wing is also in the pipeline. » In an attempt to attract more producers, Prasar Bharti has relaxed DD’s prime-time slot auction norms. Now accepting other programming languages apart from Hindi, DD has opened the doors for film production companies too.
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Digital Highway
Auto companies are coursing down the digital highway. Honda, Hero, Hyundai, Chevrolet and Renault have added digital and social networks to their media mix helping them create a buzz and boost sales too. Read these brands’ online journey here. » Rajdeep Sardesai and Anupam Kher recently indulged in a 140-character attack. The tiff began over Sardesai’s comments on Shiv Sena’s ‘hypocrisy’ which led to Kher questioning the former’s ‘desh-bhakti’ on the plight of Kashmiri Pandits. The aftermath had Sardesai stating that he had ‘learnt his lesson’, promising to tweet less in the future. » Media houses are fleeing from Russia over their latest law. Limiting ownership of media in Russia to 20%, the law will come into effect from 1 January, 2016. Two large foreign media holdings, German Axel Springer and Swiss Edipress, are selling their Russian assets, fearing loss of revenue. » Google goofs up again. A direct search of “India’s first Prime Minister” results in the correct answer text – “Jawaharlal Nehru”, but with Narendra Modi’s photograph next to it. Yikes!
The Game of ‘Letters’
The open letter war continues as Rajdeep Sardesai has responded to Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis through another column. Rajdeep shared a post on his Facebook account and personal website. » 21st Century Fox’s, Rupert Murdoch and James Murdoch will play host to PM Modi in New York. Star India CEO, Uday Shankar is also likely to be a part of this meeting, the topic of discussion is still unclear though. » Deccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd. faces a legal setback. Supreme Court has dismissed the petition filed by DCHL employees’ union pleading that Kotak Mahindra Bank be restrained from taking physical possession of their Kondapur printing press site. The plot was mortgaged to the bank in 2010, but DHCL’s legal trouble began when it failed to repay their outstanding of Rs.100 Crore.
Double Whammy for Sardesai
Rajdeep Sardesai’s open letter to Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis got a fitting response. Sardesai was slammed by the BJP politician for his “biased views” criticizing the meat ban and the transfer of Mumbai top cop Rakesh Maria. The Twitterati made sure they joined in the conversation; BJP supporters took the opportunity to bash Sardesai causing hashtag #DevendraSlapsRajdeep to trend. » With the latest death threats to Nikhil Wagle (Editor of Marathi channel IBN-Lokmat) allegedly from the radical Hindu organization Sanatan Sanstha has the once fiercely argumentative India turned intolerant? Read this interesting take on the issue by Smruti Koppikar on Scroll.in. » Karnataka Praja Vedike, a political organization, staged protests outside the Deputy Commissioner’s office seeking action against fake editors and journalists. The submitted memorandum stated how these “so called” journalists turned extortionists were threatening government officials and fleecing money.
#PRAXIS2015
The finest National Public Relations Weekend Summit in India is drawing near! PRAXIS PR Summit, an initiative by The PRomise Foundation is a carefully designed event of learning and sharing, bringing together PR professionals from diverse firms and organizations. The two day event on 25th & 26th September will feature keynotes by Andre Manning, Global Head – Public Relations and Public Affairs, Booking Dot Com, talking about “Creating Powerful Communication in Business”, Shonali Burke, President & CEO – Shonali Burke Consulting on “Unleashing the Power of Social PR”, and last but not the least, Rajdeep Sardesai delivering a keynote on “How the Powerful Create compelling Communications.” Organized by Amith Prabhu and Shane Jacob, Co-Founders, The Promise Foundation, the event will be held at Raddison Blue Plaza, Mysore.
So far, as many as 30 + brands have signed up as partners, including Skribe Media along with Text 100, Ad Factors PR and others, for the 4th edition of this mega event.
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