According Ian Watson, international director, BBC Worldwide, they are planning to launch a range of magazines such as food, interiors, home, women and celebrities.

He also added that they are seriously looking towards localising the content so as to connect with the Indian readers and would appropriately minimise foreign content to suit the Indian reader's taste.

The Indian Express Group's chief executive officer, Shekhar Gupta said that with The Express Group known for its fair and fierce independent journalism and 'The Economist', known for its insightful journalism, it was natural for The Express Group to partner with them.

TechTarget, through its Indian partner would be launching Indian editions of its quarterlies, 'Storage', 'Information Security' and 'CIO Decision' during the first half of 2007. The magazines would contain local, regional and global IT topics.

The partners would also be launching a website in the year 2007 covering a comprehisive range of topics such as original news, features, industry analysis, market studies, product knowledge specially catering to the IT professionals' need to update themselves with their IT knowlege and capabilities essential for the industry.

Micheal said that though the company had been holding talks with certain Indian companies a year back, apprehensions about losing the publication's brand value held them back from committing to any agreement at that period of time.

According to J. S. Malhotra, President, Media Representation International, who holds the marketing rights for the Fortune Group, the Group presently sells around 9,000 copies of Fortune magazine in India.

The company has been holding discussions with a few potential investors in order to find a financial partner.

The enterprise valuation of the company is learnt to be around Rs 100 crore to Rs 120 crore. Companies such as Amar Ujala, Times Of India, Hindustan Times, Dainik Jagran, Dainik Bhaskar and as well as some foreign publishers have expressed their interest in Prabhat Khabar and some of these companies have already put in their financial bids.

Some of Prabhat Khabar's expansion plans include launching more editions from Jharkhand, relaunch two other editions in the state of Patna and Deoghar as well as launch radio stations.

After the release of the revised data, data users were invited to discuss their views on the NRS 2006.

Sam Balsara, Chairman, NRSC Technical Committee, said at the meeting that there would be no further revised data released nor would there be too many such meetings. He, however mentioned that there would be a meeting of the council where they would try to incorporate the suggetions so that they would be able to provide more adequate data in the coming years. He futher said that the committee would also ask the Association of Indian Magazines (AIM) for their suggestions on the changes required for better measurement of magazines.

The National Readership Studies Council (NRSC) has appointed Kurush Grant, chief executive of ITC Ltd’s tobacco and FMCG division, as its new chairman.

Grant presently is the advertiser respresentative of the Audit Bureau of Circulation(ABC) and has been the chairman of ABC as well as the vice-chairman of the Indian Society of Advertisers.

* Times Of India launches its Nagpur edition
The Times of India launched its tenth edition from Nagpur on November 15. The daily will offer the best of local, national as well as international news to the discerning minds of a city with rapid economic growth.

* 'Loksatta' plans to launch its Bangalore and Hyderabad edition
The Indian Express Group plans to launch its non-english daily (marathi) 'Loksatta' in the city of Banglore and Hyderabad.

These launches indicate Express Group's ambitious plans to venture beyond Maharashtra, the daily's stronghold.

*Divya Bhaskar launches its Jamnagar edition today
Divya Bhaskar launched its Jamnagar edition today making it Jamnagar's first ever Gujarati morninger.The daily had also launched its Rajkot edtion a month back .