It has been issued free to new readers. It has been bundled with the main paper for old ones. When subscribers refused to pay, it had to be clarified that it is not a free supplement. And it is now being promoted through the main paper. That’s the story of the Crest edition of The…
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‘Indian TV in grip of a small, incestuous clique’
The Booker Prize winning author-turned-activist Arundhati Roy in an interview with The Times of India Crest edition: Q: Does the Indian media offer sufficient space for dissenting voices? A: Much of the mainstream media has been captured by a small clique of columnists, editors and TV anchors, an incestuous little coterie with shows on each…
‘Vijaya Next’ gives ToI Crest a Kannada avatar
PALINI R. SWAMY writes from Bangalore: The Times of India group has unveiled its latest product in Bangalore: Vijaya Next, a broadsheet, all-colour, Kannada weekly for the “upwardly mobile Kannadiga population“. The 24-page Friday offering, priced at Rs 6, is a customised version of the Crest edition of The Times of India, complete with shades…
Has Twitter found Mark Tully’s character assassin?
SHARANYA KANVILKAR writes from Bombay: Can a nearly spotless journalistic career of 45 years—30 of those for one of the most trusted broadcasters in the world—be tainted, tarbrushed and tarnished by a pathetic paperback written under a pseudonym? If your name is Sir William Mark Tully, OBE, the answer has to seem, yes. And the…
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