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Times Group Head Indu Jain Passes Away Due To COVID Complications
Indu Jain, the chairperson of India's leading media conglomerate 'Times Group', passed away at the age of 84 due to COVID-19 complications. Awarded with the Padma Bhushan in 2016, Jain breathed her last on May 13 in Delhi. Her notable contributions include the formation of 'The Times Foundation' in 2000. Expressing his grief, PM Narendra Modi tweeted, "She will be remembered for her community service initiative, passion towards India’s… read-more
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Times Group Demands Rs 450 Cr For Damages From BARC Over TRP Scam
Indian media conglomerate 'The Times Group' has sent a legal notice to Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), demanding a compensation of Rs 450 crores. It accused the TV rating agency of manipulating viewership details of its English news channel. The group said that the agency "deliberately reduced" the ratings of Times Now in 2017 to benefit its rival Republic TV. Earlier, former BARC chief and Republic's Chief Editor Arnab Goswami… read-more
Tags: Times Group, Times now, Arnab Goswami, trp rigging, BARC, Partho Dasgupta
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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
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