People carrying pornographic or other indecent material on their phones can end up getting prison terms of up to three years under a new law proposed by the ministry of women and child development headed by Maneka Gandhi. Under the ‘Indecent Representation of Women Act’, anyone possessing printed content, drawings and films “which contains indecent […]
NDTV said it has decided to fire up to 25% of its workforce over the next one month to focus more and more on its core news business. The fired employees are currently engaged with the company’s non-core operations. “As intimated earlier to the exchanges, NDTV Group had initiated a turnaround plan to bring down […]
Times Group, India’s largest media group, has taken a step towards what may eventually be a paid model for online news by introducing ‘exclusive’ content for registered users. For now, registration and membership is free. Users can sign in using their Facebook or Google IDs, without having to type a single word. PAID MODEL? The move […]
Facebook, the biggest website in the world by amount of time spent, has started showing targeted advertising on ‘Groups’, the social network’s equivalent of forums. The ads will be based on the interests of the user, Facebook said in a communication to group administrators. The move marks the coming of age of ‘Groups’, which Facebook […]
4G operator Reliance Jio’s trial services, which started in earnest about three months ago, has disrupted the online ad industry by massively increasing the total inventory without a commensurate increase in ad budgets. INTERNET EXPLODES Today, Reliance Jio has 50 mln users who, on average use about 1 GB of data per day. This creates 50 mln […]
In an especially strong attack against perceived threats to its Internet-based business, the Times of India group has sought regulatory intervention to ensure what is popularly called Net Neutrality, or the concept that internet service providers must charge only from the end consumer. In other words, the Times of India group wants TRAI to ensure […]
Faced with a hard -sell situation, corporates are gearing up to spend about 25-30% more on advertising this festive season as compared to the last year in consumer durables, electronics & auto taking the lead, according to an ASSOCHAM recent paper. The feedback from corporates suggest that the marketing teams of the companies engaged in […]
Just hours after he emerged as the most popular nominee from India, Aam Aadmi Party founder Arvind Kejriwal has beaten a slew of American celebrities to emerge as the candidate with the most ‘yes’ votes on Time Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People” in the world in 2014. UPDATE: TIME has rejected most of the votes […]
Is upstart political campaigner Arvind Kejriwal more popular than Narendra Modi, the larger-than-life prime ministerial candidate of the Bhartiya Janata Party? UPDATE: TIME has rejected most of the votes as fakes in its final tally, but maintained Kejriwal as the winner. It would seem so, at least from the initial indications on the poll to […]
If elections were to be held on popular news websites like Firstpost.com, ZeeNews, Hindustan Times etc, the Bharatiya Janata Party would have a clean sweep – going by its total domination of the online comment space. According to an analysis of the top commenters on four of India’s top news websites, 61.4% of the top […]
