Media Business
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Companies like Google, Facebook must pay news publishers for content, says Centre
Union Minister of State Rajeev Chandrasekhar said that doing so was important for the financial health of the news industry.
Scroll Staff
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What Sony-Zee merger means for other players in TV entertainment and OTT space
With 75 news, entertainment, sports and movie channels, the new combined company is set to dominate Indian entertainment.
Ananya Bhattacharya, qz.com
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Are Google and Facebook serious about pulling services from Australia? Or is it just brinkmanship?
The Australian governmen’s effort to make the tech giants pay news publishers for linking to their sites has been met with resistance and threats.
Tim Dwyer, The Conversation
Trending
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The curious case of Pran Puri, the 18th century travelling monk who was discovered and forgotten
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Why Pakistan has not seen any major public protests despite extreme economic hardship
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How Alexander the Great became Iskandar Zulkarnain, the legendary ancestor of Malay kings
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Explainer: Why India wants to modify the Indus Water Treaty after 62 years
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Satyajit Ray’s Professor Shonku stories remind us that he created a fictional scientist too
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The future of India’s newspapers has to be digital – and it has to be now
Publications must urgently figure out strategies that will allow them to be sustainable online. That is vital for India’s democracy.
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen
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As US publications shutter foreign bureaus, freelancers are filling the void – at their own risk
Gone are the support, preparation and security typically granted to staff correspondents.
Bill Gentile, The Conversation
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Equal pay: Six male BBC journalists agree to take pay cuts after debate over gender discrimination
This comes two weeks after a woman editor resigned, alleging unequal pay for men and women doing similar jobs.
Scroll Staff
Video
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Syria earthquake: Watch rescuers erupt in joy after family is pulled out alive from debris
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Watch: Drew Barrymore shaves off actor Tyler Posey's moustache during an on-camera interview
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‘Liar!’ Watch Republicans heckling US President Joe Biden during State of the Union address
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Watch: Bowhead whales rejuvenate themselves at a ‘health spa’ off the coast of Russia
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‘He makes it appear he’s the remote control behind the PM’: TMC’s Mahua Moitra on Adani in Lok Sabha
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No mousy deal: Murdoch’s Fox remains clever as ever in the deal with Disney
The Disney-Fox tie-up is smart because it deftly sidesteps the basic regulatory concerns.
Vibodh Parthasarathi
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21st Century Fox’s shares surge after reports say that it held merger talks with Disney
If the deal goes through, the media giant will reportedly sell its movie studio, television production unit and networks to its rival company.
Scroll Staff
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NDTV Profit to go off-air from June 5 and be transformed into NDTV Prime
The website, profit.ndtv.com will continue, a Business Standard report said.
Scroll Staff
The Reel
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‘The Consultant’ trailer: Christoph Waltz plays a sinister boss in dark comedy series
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Watch: Behind the scenes of Hansika Motwani’s December wedding
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Amit Trivedi lets his music do the talking: ‘There’s one life. We take it way too seriously’
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Start the week with a film: Horses and a quietly thumping heart in ‘The Rider’
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‘Class’ review: An immersive and revealing show about privilege
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How Russia Today lost a bank account, but won a battle in the war of words
Reports that accounts of RT may be frozen in the UK, a claim later denied, ended up showing that the channel is becoming an effective global voice for Russia.
James Rodgers, The Conversation
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The surprising reason why Rupert Murdoch wants Time Warner
The media magnate wants HBO, a premium subscription network that produces some of the finest shows on television.
John McDuling, qz.com