Income Tax Department Raids Dainik Bhaskar's Offices
In correspondence with the tax evasion case, Income Tax Department is conducting search operations at Dainik Bhaskar's office in Bhopal, Jaipur, Ahemdabad, and various other locations across India. Besides, promoters' residences and offices are being targeted. Former Madhya Pradesh CM Digvijaya Singh said on Twitter that authorities "are present" at half a dozen premises of the bunch, as well as at the office at Press Complex in Bhopal.
Tags: Income Tax Department, Dainik Bhaskar, Tax Evasion Case, Indian newspapers
Courtesy: Money Control
INS Demands Google To Pay At Least 85% Ad Revenue
The Indian Newspaper Society (INS), which represents around 800 publishers, has urged Google to contribute at least 85% of Ad revenue for publishing their ‘proprietary’ content. Interestingly, the move came after Australia passed a law that mandated Google and Facebook to pay for using local news. Moreover, INS accused Google of picking implausible content leading to the propagation of fake news. Recently, Google and Facebook have announced… read-more
Tags: Indian Newspaper Association, Indian newspapers, Google, Australia new law, Facebook
Courtesy: NDTV
Mumbai Mirror Becomes Weekly, Pune Mirror Stops Publication
The Times Group has announced that its daily 'Mumbai Mirror' will be relaunched as a weekly, while 'Pune Mirror' will shut down its publications. However, the company has said that the publications will continue their online edition. Calling the decision an 'extremely difficult and painful', the management cited economic crisis and the lockdown as rewsons. Moreover, the company has stated an increase in news print cost as another reason
Tags: Times Group, Pune Mirror, Mumbai Mirror, Indian newspapers
Courtesy: News Laundry
Editors Guild Requested PCI To Withdraw its Advisory; Foreign Content Circulation
The Editors Guild of India on November 28 slammed the Press Council of India's (PCI) advisory, cautioning the unregulated circulation of the "foreign contents (sic)" by the media organisations. The PCI advised media organisations to publish foreign content only after verification, not the unregulated circulation that is “not desired”. The Guild said, "A reiteration by the Council at this juncture of the established practice, in an ominous… read-more
Tags: India, Editorss Guild of India, Indian newspapers
Courtesy: The Print
Print Media Asked To Refrain From Publishing Bihar Elections Predictions
The Press Council of India, through an advisory on October 20, asked newspapers and magazines to refrain from publishing articles related to predictions on the Bihar elections. The advisory stated that this was in accordance with the 'Section-126A' of the Representation of the People Act, and intends to "ensure free, fair and transparent election". The council has prohibited… read-more
Tags: Bihar, Bihar Assembly Elections, Indian newspapers, election prediction
Courtesy: The Indian Express