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The
Indian Readership Survey (IRS) Round 2, 2005 has shown some
interesting trends as far as business publications are concerned.
Unlike what has been seen in various surveys so far, business
dailies have dropped in this round. Interestingly, business
magazines defy the trend that magazines as a category are
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The
Indian government is considering, for the first time, a service tax
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The
Outlook Group has tied up with French publishing company Group Marie
Claire to publish the international women's magazine, 'Marie Claire',
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Malayala
Manorama's Jacob Mathew is the new President of Indian Newspaper
Society (INS), while Kurush Grant, Divisional Chief Executive, Tobacco
Division, ITC Limited, has been elected as the new Chairman of Audit
Bureau of Circulation (ABC) in India. More... |
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The
India Today Group has launched its picture service. On offer would
be more then 100,000 + images covering news and politics, business
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Ahmedabad-based
Sambhaav Group of Publications, which owns a weekly 'Abhiyaan' and
afternoon paper 'Sambhaav Metro', is in the process of acquiring
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| India
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The
Indian government's federal cabinet is considering allowing publishing
of Indian editions of foreign news publications.
The above consideration is a part of the ongoing debate on liberalizing
and re-structuring the media policy of the country.
As per the recently announced policy, international publishers could
publish their news publications' facsimile editions in India, but
without any local content or advertisements. Also, there is an upper
limit of 26 per cent equity holding of foreign publishers/investors
in news-based publications publishing from within India.
The new proposal is likely to bring in several international news
publications, of the like Financial Times, Wall Street Journal,
Forbes and Business Week.
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The
Indian Readership Survey (IRS) Round 2, 2005 has shown some interesting
trends as far as business publications are concerned. Unlike what
has been seen in various surveys so far, business dailies have dropped
in this round. Interestingly, business magazines defy the trend
that magazines as a category are seeing and have grown.
Table 1 - News and General Interest
Table 2
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Service
tax on ad services?
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The
Indian government is considering, for the first time, a service
tax on advt services (akin to VAT in European nations).
The draft circular, issued by the government during the second week
of October, seeks to expand the scope of the value of taxable services
that would be subject to service tax in the case of advertising
services.
The circular had specifically mentioned that all amounts paid by
an advertising agency to the print or the electronic media (for
obtaining space and time) would be counted in the value of taxable
services.
Corporate India and advertising agencies have been asked to submit
their views and suggestions on the recent draft circular relating
to service tax on advertising services.
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| Outlook
to launch Marie Claire |
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The
Outlook Group has tied up with French publishing company Group Marie
Claire to publish the international women's magazine, 'Marie Claire',
from India.
This is the first significant licensing deal for 'Outlook' as because
its main competitor, the India Today Group, already owns two international
women's titles, 'Cosmopolitan' and 'Good Housekeeping', in its fold.
The Outlook group's publisher Maheshwar Peri said that the Indian
edition of 'Marie Claire' would have mainly Indian content, with
a few international articles. The magazine will feature fashion,
beauty tips and cutting edge features stories.
He further added that they are currently working to set up an editorial
team, and he is hopeful that the team will be in place by December.
Shefalee Vasudev will edit the magazine. |
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| New
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Malayala Manorama's Jacob Mathew is the new President of Indian
Newspaper Society (INS), while Kurush Grant, Divisional Chief Executive,
Tobacco Division, ITC Limited, has been elected as the new Chairman
of Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC) in India.
Mr Mathew takes over from Pradeep Guha. Rajasthan Patrika's MD as
INS chief, while Gulab Kothari is the new Deputy President, Eenadu's
I. Venkat is Vice-President and Jagran's M M Gupta is Treasurer.
The Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC) has elected its new Council
of Management for 2005-2006. Kurush Grant, Divisional Chief Executive,
Tobacco Division, ITC Limited, has been elected as the new Chairman,
while Shobhana Bhartia, Vice-Chairperson, HT Media Ltd., is Deputy
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Today Group launches a picture service |
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The
India Today Group has launched its picture service. On offer would
be more then 100,000 + images covering news and politics, business
and economy, fashion, lifestyle, art, culture and entertainment
relating to India.
Ashish Bagga, Executive Director, India Today Group is optimistic
about the service as he feels that the group's coverage goes back
to 1975 and would be a good business opportunity and would be different
from similar service providers in the sense that the pictures would
be India-centric.
The service would be available through Indiatodayimages.com, which
is an arm of Syndications Today, which was set up by the India Today
Group in 1999 to provide content-based services to various news
agencies across the globe to supplement India coverage. |
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Ahmedabad-based
Sambhaav Group of Publications, which owns a weekly 'Abhiyaan' and
afternoon paper 'Sambhaav Metro', is in the process of acquiring
Express Group's Jansatta, a Gujarati language morninger.
Group Sambhaav Group CMD Kiran Vadodaria explained that the group
needed more additions to become a "media house". "With
the acquisitions and expansion we have planned, it will become possible
for us to give clients more media solutions', he said.
The plan of action for the group includes work on Jansatta's re-launch
after the acquisition of the paper. There are plans afoot to make
the paper more youth centric.
The Group's other business interests are in outdoors and it is looking
at forays into FM radio. |
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Indian Express to launch several magazines by year-end
The Indian Express newspaper group has announced plans to launch
several special-interest consumer magazines by the year-end.
The group plans to launch B2C magazines on travel, health, education
and knowledge.
HT gearing up to launch Dainik Hindustan in Madhya
Pradesh in five months' time
After the much-talked about launch of Hindustan Times in Mumbai,
HT Media Ltd is preparing to launch Dainik Hindustan in Madhya
Pradesh. The MP market is the home turf of Dainik Bhaskar, HT
Media is confident that there is ample opportunity for Dainik
Hindustan to get adequate footprint.
Currently the group is studying the overall landscape in terms
of the various offerings available, the habits of readers and
their expectations.
Rajasthan Patrika launches two magazines
The overwhelming success received from both readers and advertisers
for its Jaipur centric magazine called 'Metro 141', 'Rajasthan
Patrika' has taken another step forward in providing city specific
news. The paper has now launched two new magazines in Jodhpur
'Metro 291' and Udaipur 'Metro 294' as well. The magazines are
named after the STD code of the respective cities
Launched simultaneously in both the cities on September 29,
'Metro 291' and 'Metro 294' will be distributed free of cost
along with the main newspaper, 'Rajasthan Patrika' throughout
the week.
The city magazines will cater to the youth and women who prefer
light reading to serious news analysis. Targeted at the fashion
conscious urban populace, the magazines have been designed keeping
in mind this segment and brings to the fore all the hip and
happening news of both the cities.
Infomedia India to launch 'Cricinfo', a magazine for
cricket lovers
Infomedia India, in association with The Wisden Group,
is preparing for the nationwide launch of 'Cricinfo', a monthly
magazine aimed at cricket fans. 'Cricinfo', which will be launched
by the end of this year, and is targeted at urban adults and
professionals sources suggest it would be priced at Rs.50.
The magazine will have a mix of Indian and international content.
writers from all over the world would be invited to send in
articles and trivia on the cricket world. cricket expert Harsha
Bhogle is also reported to be onboard to write for the magazine,
providing insights into the game The magazine will also provide
in-depth information on the lives of cricketers beyond the game,
what goes on behind the scenes in the dressing room and the
pressure and angst that a team goes through.
Infomedia India is planning an initial print run of 80,000 copies
'Cricinfo' will be subscription based, but it will also be available
at news-stands.Incidentally, The Wisden Group had launched a
magazine called 'Wisden Asia Cricket' in 2001 in India, but
soon withdrew from the market as the product didn't quite work
out.
Andhra Jyothi launches Bangalore, Chennai editions
Telugu daily, Andhra Jyothi, is venturing beyond its home turf,
Andhra Pradesh to cater to the Telugu reading population the
neighboring state capitals of Bangalore and Chennai. The daily's
19th edition was launched in Bangalore on October 7, and the
20 th edition will roll off the presses at Chennai on October
15
Since its re-launch the (then) defunct publication, the daily
has grown to 3.48 lakh copies (ABC, January-June 2005). On the
readership front, the daily has registered around 3,500,000
as per NRS 2005.
The reason for the success is the daily's content mix, customized
to readers' segment specific needs through numerous sub-brands,
and its young and vibrant outlook The publication is to launch
one more edition from Mehboob Nagar in Andhra Pradesh shortly,
taking its number of editions in the state to 19. The daily's
current turnover is at Rs 70 crore
Tribune launches Jalandhar edition
Tribune launched its Jalandhar edition, making it the third
edition of the newspaper after Chandigarh and Delhi. Significantly,
the Jalandhar edition comes after the closure of Tribune's Bhatinda
edition about two months' back.
The new edition will serve not only Jalandhar, but also the
adjoining areas of Amritsar, Hoshiarpur, Pathankot and Gurdaspur
in Punjab, Kangra and Dharamsala in Himachal Pradesh, besides
Jammu and Kashmir.
The Jalandhar edition would carry weekly pullouts of Jalandhar
Plus and Amritsar Plus, which were earlier distributed with
the Chandigarh edition. There are plans to increase the number
of colour pages to 16 and also to start a daily 4-page lifestyle
pullout with the Jalandhar and Delhi editions after its launch
with the Chandigarh edition this week
Currently, the Jalandhar edition prints 80,000 copies, however,
the group is confident of substantially increasing the print
order in a short time.
Meanwhile, the Jalandhar editions of Punjabi Tribune and Dainik
Tribune were launched on October 15
Dainik Jagran launches Dharamsala edition
Dainik Jagran launched its 28th edition from Dharamsala
on October 24. The edition covers seven of the 12 districts
of Himachal Pradesh - Kangra, Kullu, Chamba, Mandi, Bilaspur,
Hamirpur and Una.
According to NRS 2005, Himachal Pradesh has a daily readership
of 4,873,000. The state is dominated by Hindi readers (3,651,000),
The main edition of the paper has the usual mix of national
and international news, sports news, news about the economy
and social issues, the city supplements address local issues
besides covering general entertainment, art and culture.
With this move, Dainik Jagran has become the first national
Hindi daily to be printed and published from Himachal Pradesh.
And with this launch Dainik Jagran will be publishing from 10
states in Notherm India.
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