Media
Online readers hate to pay, as London’s Times may find
21 Jul 2010
Visits to the website of London’s venerable The Times newspaper have fallen by up to 90 per cent since it set up a ‘paywall’, according to figures compiled by various agencies
Fever 104 FM rejigs team
17 Jul 2010
European regulator approves Comcast-NBCU deal
15 Jul 2010
Jivox to handle video ad inventory for HT Media
13 Jul 2010
Hugh Hefner bids $185 million to buy out Playboy
12 Jul 2010
Hefner has offered to buy all shares of PEI he doesn't currently own, for $5.50 per share in cash, a premium of about 40 per cent to its Friday's closing price.
ENIL sells Times OOH stake to Bennett, Coleman
12 Jul 2010
Rupert Murdoch's Times goes behind paywall
03 Jul 2010
UK newspapers The Times and The Sunday Times today began charging readers for accessing its website, ending the era of free online content.
Larry King Live not for much longer
30 Jun 2010
Iconic TV interviewer Larry King said on Tuesday he will step aside from hosting of his prime time CNN show in a few months.
Sarkozy-backed group loses battle for Le Monde as journalists say ‘no’
29 Jun 2010
A battle for control of the Le Monde – the newspaper that is almost an institution in France - is over with a business group favoured by French president Nicolas Sarkozy withdrawing its bid.
Chinese media group fails to acquire Newsweek
19 Jun 2010
Ziff Davis acquired by former Time exec Vivek Shah, Great Hill Partners
05 Jun 2010
83 year-old New York-headquartered Ziff Davis is a leading publisher and content creator for the web, and other digital platforms including smart phones, e-readers and tablet devices
Ministry sets up panel to review TRP system
13 May 2010
Mid-Day’s new owners to expand Inquilab’s reach
10 May 2010
Playboy puts on its pyjamas for new sites
08 May 2010
Times loses ground to Dainik Jagran as most-read paper: IRS
06 May 2010
The Times of India has lost readership, along with five of the top 10 English dailies - The Hindu, Deccan Chronicle, The Economic Times and DNA. while the readership of Hindustan Times, The New Indian Express, Mid-Day and Mumbai Mirror has gone up
Featured articles
Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation