Radio Go Go
June 2, 2005Last year we did a spot of consultancy for one of the top 5 consulants. The area of consultancy was the business of media. One of the areas that was most striking in its dichotomy was FM radio. 1999 was the year…
Category: Media
Media, Media Bias, Propaganda, Media Studies, Media Ownership
Mumbai Mirror – First Impression
May 31, 2005Not at all bad. Better that the ToI in terms of Over all News. Better than the Mid Day(which has really gone downhill in the last couple of years) in terms of Mumbai specific news. And these are the two that i…
A week is a long time in Desecration
May 28, 2005Last week poor Newsweek got jhapoed by the Pentagon for publishing a report on the desecration of the Koran in Guantanamo Bay . The Pentagon put on its most angelic face and swore that nothing of that sort had happened. Newsweek was…
Conflicting Message
May 25, 2005The HT hoarding legend reads – LET THERE BY LIGHT, in the process cutting off the light of the residents of Heera Panna. With HT in front of the building and Pyramid next to it, Heera Panna may be in a posh…
Laugh a Minute
May 25, 2005One of the things that I have always admired about the Bennet and Coleman Group is their unabashed chutzpah! Kuch bhi bol dete hai. I remember when they launched Indiatimes, the ToI ran a piece on “you can search the web with…
Survey in the mail
May 19, 2005In my inbox today – a peculiar mail. An excerpt from it: Dear Sir/Madam, We request you to take some time off your busy schedule to fill in this questionnaire about “Blogging”. The survey is aimed at finding out what does/could drive…
The Death of Star Trek
May 16, 2005Star Trek is finally dead. Author Orson Scott Card says it is about time. In a irritated write up in the LA Times he lists all things that were wrong about it. Especially the fans’ obsession. They started making costumes and wearing…
Killer Hangup
May 15, 2005Today, I read about the new motorcycle to be launched by Bajaj. It is called the Avenger. It replaces the Eliminator in the market. When it comes to advertising men’s products there seems to be an overdose of words that refer to…
Big B at the Big Apple
April 8, 2005An entire festival dedicated to the Big B – in New York this month. The 11 film retrospective inlcudes some of my favourites – Anand, Deewar (the old one, not the ghastly new one thank god), Abhimaan, Amar Akbar Anthony. They have…
Innuendo as News
March 26, 2005Today’s coloumn by Sucheta Dalal, The Indian Express carries just enough innuendo’s for those inside the media to guess the company. This is rather like the ToI’s breaking story on the Ambani feud. No names. But enough insinuations for people in the…