Media
India’s media, entertainment industry to cross Rs2 trillion by 2020
05 Mar 2018
The country’s media and entertainment (M&E) industry touched Rs1.5 trillion ($22.7 billion) in 2017, a growth of around 13 per cent over 2016, and will continue to outpace GDP growth, says a FICCI-EY study
Karti Chidambaram brought to Mumbai, grilled alongside Indrani Mukerjea
05 Mar 2018
The son of former union minister P Chidambaram was flown from Delhi to Mumbai by the CBI for questioning alongside Indrani Mukerjea, former director of INX Media, who is in jail for the alleged murder of her daughter Sheena Bora
Man held for Gauri Lankesh murder; strong links with Kalburgi, Pansare killings
03 Mar 2018
K T Naveen Kumar, remanded over the killing of journalist Gauri Lankesh, is linked with the Hindu Yuya Sena, and the bullets used match those in the killings of other anti-right wing thinkers M M Kalburgi and Govind Pansare
Comcast’s $22 bn bid for Sky throws up multiple possibilities
28 Feb 2018
US cable giant Comcast’s $22.1-billion bid for the UK’s Sky network tops the $10.75 a share offer from Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox, and with Disney as a possible third bidder, the race is wide open
Karti Chidambaram arrested in INX Media money laundering case
28 Feb 2018
The INX Media case has been alive since January 2008 when the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU-IND) flagged the foreign direct investment of over Rs305 crore by three Mauritius-based companies in INX Media Pvt Ltd
CNN chief Jeff Zucker wants regulators to probe Google, Facebook monopolies
27 Feb 2018
The CNN chief is not alone in expressing displeasure with Google and Facebook; Rupert Murdoch recently suggested the two companies pay a carriage fee similar to the model adopted by cable companies
CNN to cut jobs as digital operations struggle
13 Feb 2018
Subscription model pays as New York Times reports strong quarter and year
10 Feb 2018
Shares of the owner of what President Donald Trump continues to call a "failing" newspaper have climbed about 20 per cent this year as online subscriptions grew even as advertising fell
