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Reporters Without Orders Ep 247: Gujarat elections, Republic TV land deal

This week, it’s an all-Newslaundry panel as Akanksha Kumar is joined by Basant Kumar and Ayush Tiwari.

Newslaundry · Nov 26, 2022

TV Newsance 190: Republic vs Times Now. Who won?

Indian news TV operates by the revenue logic of ads. And who gets how many ads is dictated by the logic of TRPs. So when BARC, the TRPs measurement agency, returned with its data earlier this year after a hiatus forced by the TRP scam, so did the barking on…

Newslaundry · Oct 22, 2022

87 percent of editors and proprietors at India’s top newspapers are men

Eighty-seven percent of editors and proprietors at India’s top English and Hindi newspapers are men.

Newslaundry · Oct 15, 2022

ED says no evidence of Republic TV's involvement in TRP rigging case, contradicts Mumbai Police probe

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has said that there is no evidence of involvement of Republic TV and R Bharat in the case of manipulation of Television Rating Points (TRP). Read more on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Sep 22, 2022

TRP scam: Republic gets clean chit, India Today under ‘further investigation’

The enforcement directorate has given a clean chit to news channels Republic TV and R Bharat in a case related to the manipulation of television rating points, or TRPs. The central agency said in its chargesheet that it found no evidence against the channels, Indian Express reported.

Newslaundry · Sep 22, 2022

TV Newsance 185: Jharkhand case & Supertech twin towers dhamaka on TV news

This week we look at all the TV news tamasha around the Supertech twin towers demolition in Noida. TV anchors gave us breathless coverage starting from almost two days before the actual event. They jumped in Audis and Jeeps, got into CGI helicopters and gave us countdowns to the blast.…

Newslaundry · Sep 3, 2022

Arnab questions the Modi government on GST rate hike. No, we are not joking

Sometimes, an occurrence makes for news for no other reason than how rare it is. Think man bites dog. The other night, the world of TV news bore witness to just such an occurrence: Arnab Goswami of Republic TV questioned the government for hiking the Goods and Services Tax rates.…

Newslaundry · Jul 20, 2022

Sansad Watch Ep 38: How does India deal with blasphemy?

After Nupur Sharma’s derogatory remarks against Prophet Muhammad on a Times Now show sparked an uproar, at home and abroad, the BJP leader was booked by the police in Maharashtra under Section 295A of the Indian Penal Code. In the recent past, Republic TV editor Arnab Goswami and standup comedian…

Newslaundry · Jun 14, 2022

'Press freedom subverted': NBF writes to I&B minister over BARC 'skewing final data' with 'landing page' views

The freedom of the press is being "subverted" due to the Broadcast Audience Research Council's failure to address the issue of "landing pages" being included in viewership data, according to a June 1 letter from the News Broadcasters Federation to IB minister Anurag Thakur.

Newslaundry · Jun 2, 2022

Arnab Goswami vs Rajat Sharma: Return of TRPs sparks old rivalry of broadcasters

The currency of India’s boisterous news channels will soon be back in circulation. The Broadcast Audience Research Council’s TRP ratings for the news genre, suspended since October 2020, are expected to resume after an order last week by the ministry of information and broadcasting.

Newslaundry · Jan 22, 2022