Media
Ex-editor of News of the World Andy Coulson sentenced to 18-months jail over phone hacking
05 Jul 2014
‘Right to be forgotten’ hits media on Google
03 Jul 2014
News of the World ex-editor Coulson convicted in phone-hacking scandal
25 Jun 2014
Andy Coulson, formerly editor of the defunct UK tabloid News of the World, was yesterday convicted of phone hacking
Outrage as Egypt hands long jail terms to journalists on shaky charges
24 Jun 2014
US secretary of state John Kerry, who a day earlier had discussed the case in a meeting with President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, denounced the verdict as "chilling and draconian"
Trai issues consultation paper on tariffs for commercial subscribers of cable TV services
12 Jun 2014
Time Warner in talks for large stake in Vice: reports
11 Jun 2014
After completing the spin ogg of Time Magazine on Monday, Time Warner is reportedly in talks to acquire a large stake in digital media firm, Vice
US Supreme Court virtually dismisses journalists’ right to protect sources
03 Jun 2014
The court’s one-line order gave no reasons but effectively sided with the government in a confrontation that journalists say is an intolerable infringement of press freedom
NDA government plans big boost to DD, AIR
02 Jun 2014
US TV stations sue regulator
02 Jun 2014
Top-level exodus from TV18 after RIL takeover
30 May 2014
With RIL's acquisition of TV 18, top editors and popular anchors of CNN-IBN, Rajdeep Sardesai and Sagarika Ghose, both Narendra Modi critics, are among the many senior editors across its channels, who are expected to resign from the channel
Reliance Industries to acquire Network18 for Rs4,000 crore
29 May 2014
Network18 owns a suite of premier digital internet properties, e-commerce businesses and differentiated broadcast content
AT&T in advanced talks to buy DirecTV in over $50-bn deal
13 May 2014
The two companies are in talks on a transaction, which would involve a mix of cash and AT&T stock totaling to $92 to $94 a share
BSkyB in talks to merge 21st Century Fox Pay-TV assets in Germany and Italy
12 May 2014
BSkyB believes at the right value, the combination would have the potential to create a world-class multinational pay TV group
News Corp acquires world's largest romance-books publisher Harlequin
03 May 2014
According to News Corporation, Harlequin’s international presence (its books are published in over 30 different languages) made the company especially attractive
Computer news-writers set to replace journalists
02 May 2014
The advantage with the robot journalist is that the machine works faster as it only takes seconds for the computer to drop the data into a template and release it to the newspaper’s readers
Facebook, Storyful launch FB Newswire
26 Apr 2014
Poll panel warns media over opinion polls
17 Apr 2014
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