Why do you play it up?

Kannada Prabha has started a new trend.

Play up the story!

No matter how important the story is, it plays up without blinking eyelids. Kannada Prabha has to fill up the large space due to paucity of advertisements. That's the reason for playing up, it appears. But if you go by the merit of the story, play up is, most of the time, not necessary. When two or three columns do, why do spread it for 7 or 8?

Kannada Prabha carried the story in 7 columns with screaming headline when a senior Congress leader C.K.Jaffer Sharief attended the BSP public function addressed by Mayavati.

Do you agree this kind of journalism?

It's the turn of Mid-Day

Bangalore has a one more daily - Mid Day.

It's always pleasure reading more and more newspapers.

Mid Day has a significant circulation in Mumbai. If two issues are any indications, the paper hardly evoke interest in the minds of Bangaloreans. The paper is crammed with photoes of Models, fashion designers and people from high society. It has very less of ethos of the city. It is the bane of English Journalism. Better look the content before putting the big foot out.

Rumour, rumour everywhere

Rumour mills work over time. This is true in the media circle. The latest rumour around is that Printers (Mysore) Limited which publishes Prajavani, Deccan Herald, Sudha and Mayura is for sale. And the buyer is none other than media gaint Hindustan Times.

The Hindustan Times (HT) top honchos have already conducted three rounds of meeting with owners of PV and DH. They have also visited their Hubli and Mysore editions.

If it is true, another media house is also going in the way of Vijayananda Printers Limited (VPL) which publishes Vijay Karnataka, Vijay Times and Usha Kiran. Recently VPL was acquired by Times of India group.

Lost Innocence

The media have a right and a duty to investigate into and comment on the integrity and efficiency of police investigation of crime. They have no right to usurp the functions of the court and pronounce on the suspect's guilt. That is contempt of court and a violation of his right to a free trial; a competing, but overriding, right and public interest says A.G.Noorani

For full article read :
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1729104,00120001.htm

It's less than four thousands only!!

The circulation of Lankesh Patrike, edited by Gowri Lankesh is less than four thousand copies only! The print order,which is in possession of Patrakarta, dated 5 July 2006 is 3750 copies!

Recently, while talking to her, Gowri Lankesh claimed the circulation has reached to 40,000 copies. When 'Patrakarta' investigated with the Rajhans Enterprises where the paper is printed,confirmed that the circulation figure for the latest issue is 3750 only.

This is the print order, please mind it. It does not mean that all printed copies will be sold out. She gets back half of them unsold every week. Next week, the figure may drop further.

Really, its near death of a tabloid!!

Wrong name, this time editor's!

Lankesh Patrike, edited by Gowri Lankesh, a senior journalist who worked for couple of upcountry newspapers published the name of the Editor of a daily newspaper wrong.

It is not uncommon newspapers publish the name of the persons incorrectly. But Lankesh Patrike published Venkatanarayana, editor of Usha Kiran, a Kannada daily as Venkataramana Bhat!!

What a nonsense!!