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Bloomberg to lay off 130 employees

Bloomberg may lay off about 130 employees in BusinessWeek.

HC dismisses PIL challenging Prasar Bharati CEO's extension

The Delhi High Court dismissed a petition challenging extension given by the government to Prasar Bharati Chief Executive Officer B S Lalli.

Big TV revises entry-level price; eyes non-film contents

Direct-to-home industry says that it has witnessed 40% growth due to the attractive low prices and packages offered to the customers.

EU opens monopoly abuse probe into Thomson Reuters

EU antitrust regulators said that they are investigating whether Thomson Reuters Corp. is breaking monopoly abuse rules.

Search engines may be barred from using News Corp content

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has said he will try to block search engines from using news content from his companies.

Murdoch finds it tough to operationalise ‘pay walls’

Media Moghul Rupert Murdoch is finding it harder than expected to introduce 'pay walls', a business model to charge readers for browsing his newspaper websites.

Zee Entertainment Q2 Net dips 38% at Rs 111 cr

Media firm Zee Entertainment reported 38 per cent drop in its consolidated net profit at Rs 110.95 crore for the second quarter ended September 30, 2009.

Fortune for fewer issues annually: Report

Time Warner Inc's popular business magazine Fortune is planning to publish fewer issues annually.

New York Times to cut 100 newsroom jobs

The New York Times is planning to slash 100 newsroom jobs, representing about eight per cent of the total news staff, by the end of this year.

BIG TV invests Rs 50 cr for new ad campaign

Reliance ADA Group’s DTH arm BIG TV said it has launched a new brand campaign with an investment of Rs 50 crore.

Report on Prasar Bharati functioning sent to PM: Soni

Information and Broadcasting ministry has sent a detailed report to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the functioning of Prasar Bharati.

Bloomberg to buy BusinessWeek

The announcement comes after several rounds of bids by various private equity firms and publishers.

UTV Software to raise USD 150 mn for expansion

UTV Software Communications said it will raise nearly Rs 750 crore through various channels to meet its growth plans and retire debt.

Indian Express wins IPI-India Award

Indian Express newspaper has been declared joint winners of International Press Institute-India Award for Excellence for outstanding journalist work.

Walt Disney arm in content deal with Zee

The multi-year volume deal for live action series widens the platform for showcasing top titles from ABC's portfolio.

Adlabs Films becomes Reliance MediaWorks

Anil Ambani Group firm Adlabs Films said it has changed its name to Reliance MediaWorks.

Eros proposes IPO for Indian unit

The AIM-listed company said it planned to list its wholly owned Indian unit, Eros International Media Ltd, on the Bombay Stock Exchange.

Hindi viewership growing phenomenally: Narain

Jyoti Narain, Director of Pearl Broadcasting, talks to IndianExpress.com.

Prasar Bharati to finalise CWG broadcaster in 15 days

With Commonwealth Games just a year away, Prasar Bharati will finalise a broadcaster within 15 days which will telecast the event for it on High Definition (HD) mode.

From a makeshift studio in 1959, DD comes a long way

Doordarshan has come a long way in the last 50 years with the public broadcaster now catering to viewers across the country through 26 channels.

Subroto Chattopadhyay elected new Chairman of ABC

Subroto Chattopadhyay, Chairman of The Peninsula Foundation, has been unanimously elected as Chairman of Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) for 2009-10.

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