September 18, 2000 | By Naresh Khanna
The Times of India's battle with The Hindustan Times was the first in India in which the drastic reduction of the daily cover price played an important part. Possibly inspired by Rupert Murdoch's Time... Read More >>
September 16, 2000 | By Robin Jeffrey
In spite of technological possibilities and the apparently increasing wealth and political influence of rural West Bengal, newspaper proprietors have not followed the road taken by their counterparts ... Read More >>
August 04, 2000 | By Naresh Khanna
India’s largest newspaper company Bennett Coleman with a turnover of more than US$ 400 million (Rs.2000 crore) are publishers of the English language dailies Times of India and the Economic Times. Fro... Read More >>
June 26, 2000 | By Robin Jeffrey
We learn a lot from what once was the least developed newspaper industry in a major Indian language. Oriya did not get hotmetal typecasting (from the Linotype company) until the mid-1970s, 40 years af... Read More >>
June 23, 2000 | By Robin Jeffrey
Of all the Indian language newspaper industries, Urdu poses the most intriguing questions, and, ultimately, best highlights the way in which capitalism, and its companion, the modern state, affect the... Read More >>
May 29, 2000 | By Robin Jeffrey
Spreading across India after the end of the 'emergency' in 1977, technological change in the form of the personal computer and offset press revolutionised the newspaper industry. The circulation of da... Read More >>
January 25, 2000 | By Robin Jeffrey
Spreading across India after the end of the 'emergency' in 1977, technological change in the form of the personal computer and offset press revolutionised the newspaper industry. The circulation of da... Read More >>
January 21, 2000 | By Robin Jeffrey
To understand the Marathi press, one needs to appreciate two cities-Mumbai (Bombay) and Pune (Poona). Mumbai is the Manhattan of India-a buzzing, multi- lingual magnet of an island. As well as the ind... Read More >>