It is the season for southern English newspapers to head North.
Deccan Herald is due to print out of Delhi from December. And nowThe Hindu, “the most readable daily in the world” which already prints out of the national capital, has added another printing centre in the North, with a potshot at those who “serve up news that somebody else has paid for”.
Image: courtesy The Hindu
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Well, well..who is talking about ethics here..when Hindu’s infighting got evident in their open anti Ram letters written by his own brothers as they washed boardroom dirty linens in public..its role in 2G, a huge interview of blood bather like Rajapaksha..its stand on so many issues can be deplorable..All newspapers suffer from this maize and the creed of true editorial person or editor or publisher is long dead.
So this ethics talk and ‘code of ethics’ the other one thumps is nothing but frustration out of competition and hiding inside their ivory towers.. and entities like Hindu which refuse to innovate and re-engineer its editorial and people thought processes..instead live in an assumed arrogance that its the finest and best. Its NOT.
The blatantly pro-Chinese and Pro-Russian news in Hindu day in and day out — who pays for these?
I have compared the number of people who like the Indian newspapers in facebook & the number of people who follow them in twitter. The figures provide interesting contrast.
1.Facebook
Times of India – 1465844
Hindustan Times – 197267
Deccan Chronicle – 54981
Indian Express – 31157
The Hindu – 20501
New Indian Express – 4170
2. Twitter
Times of India – 213138
Hindustan Times – 90034
Deccan Chronicle – 4974
Indian Express – 6822
The Hindu – 26963
New Indian Express – 5127
Most of the twitter & facebook users are youngsters. So, the statistics is a pointer to the future of Indian newspapers.