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The Fourth Estate

Makeover Time Changes galore are on the anvil after Smriti Irani has taken over as I&B minister from Venkaiah Naidu. Within days of assuming charge, the new minister has made it clear that Doorda...

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SG, Barkha ventures to start Senior journalists Shekhar Gupta and Barkha Dutt had plans to launch a media venture jointly, but that did not work out. This month, both will launch their independent ...

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Adani Wired The fallout from the messy exit of Paranjoy Guha Thakurta as editor-in-chief of the venerable Economic and Political Weekly (EPW) continues to spread. Thakurta was forced to resign by the...

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Anatomy of an Exit There are more revelations about the drama behind Paranjoy Guha Thakurta quitting as editor of the Economic and Political Weekly (EPW).On July 18, at 12 noon Thakurta attended a sc...

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Write against the government or write against friends of the government and you are in trouble. Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, editor of the Economic and Political Weekly (EPW) should know. He was forced to ...

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Will “unfriendly” news websites fall into the net next? According to sources, the investigative arms of the government, including the ED, may soon target portals that are excessively critical of the r...

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Of all the official spokesmen dealing with the media at the Centre (the Defence Ministry has Public Relation Officers or PROs), the most high-profile is the one attached to the Ministry of Ext...

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Times Now is fast acquiring the moniker Fake News Now. Reason: last week it ran a prime time “Super exclusive” which proved to be a super dud. The “exclusive” was all about the ISIS having set up its ...

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In its bid to outdo its chief rival Republic TV on the patriotism agenda, Times Now tends to plunge into controversies that have little to do with facts or fact checking. Their Arnab-wannabe, Rahul Sh...

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Journalists who are critical of the Modi government in print or electronic media are regularly targeted by the hyperactive army of right-wing trolls. Now, even if they turn authors, it is affecting th...

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