At last it happened in Samyukta Karnataka.
Manoj Kumar Patil has been appointed as the Chief Editor. Ishwar Daitota, who has been the Editor for the last two years is the new Editorial Advisor. It is just a namesake post to ease Daitota's way out smooth.
Krishnamurthy Hegde who was the strong contender for the Editor's post, has been appointed as the Executive Editor in charge of Bangalore, Mangalore and Davanagere editions.
Gururaj Joshi who is working in SK Hubli office has also been promoted as an Executive Editor in charge of Hubli and Gulburga editions.
However Manoj Kumar Patil will function from Hubli though he is the Chief Editor of the paper. April 1 imprint will bear the new names.
The management was very keen to appoint CEO above the Chief Editor. But it defered the decision because it didn't find a right candidate for the post. A few names have been discussed in the trustees meeting held on 17 March but it could not arrive at a consensus.
Sachchidananda Hegde, Editor of Dheyanishtha Patrakarta from Sirsi in Uttara Kannada district, was one of the probables but trustees belonging to Congress affiliations opposed his candidature as he (Hegde) is an active member of Sangha Parivar.
Will the change of gaurd help SK to regain its position? Thats the moot point.
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Friday, March 30, 2007
UK’s Daily Mail to publish English-language papers in India
British media group Daily Mail & General Trust has entered into a partnership with the India Today Group to publish English-language newspapers in India.
"It's a growing part of the world and newspapers are struggling in certain parts of the world and in India they are growing,” said Peter Williams, chief financial officer of Daily Mail & General Trust.
India Today is looking to utilize Daily Mail’s knowledge to publish mainline newspapers. The partnership echoes that of the Wall Street Journal and HT Media Ltd. of India in publishing Mint magazine.
Source: Media Guardian and Reuters
"It's a growing part of the world and newspapers are struggling in certain parts of the world and in India they are growing,” said Peter Williams, chief financial officer of Daily Mail & General Trust.
India Today is looking to utilize Daily Mail’s knowledge to publish mainline newspapers. The partnership echoes that of the Wall Street Journal and HT Media Ltd. of India in publishing Mint magazine.
Source: Media Guardian and Reuters
Yes, it's Udayavani !
In his column "Noorentumaatu" in Vijay Karnataka on 29 March, Vishweshwar Bhat, editor of the newspaper has written about UG Krishnamurthy, a great thinker and philosopher, who is well known as UG world over.Bhat has mentioned that a leading Kannada daily, in a glaring fax paus, has published the picture of Jiddu Krishnamurthy instead of UG Krishnamurthy in an obit.
Chitragupta was curious to find out that leading Kannada daily which ignorantly published Jiddu's picture. He made a quick survey of all the Kannada dailies and found out that it was none other than Udayavani which carried Jiddu's picture instead of UG.
Perhaps the sub editor who made the page must have thought that both are the same.
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Less is more, KP shows the way
Kannada Prabha is the only Kannada newspaper giving latest news on World Cup cricket.
On the day India lost the match to Sri Lanka, KP’s cover page was excellent. It devoted top half page for this news item.
By the time the match was ended it was close to 3 am. When most of the papers were in the midway of printing, KP packaging all the details of the match in the front page beautifully.
KP would have even covered the results had the match got over at 4 am.
Sometimes it is an advantageous to have miniscule circulation. It can take less than an hour to print a few thousand copies! KP showed the way how to achieve it.
On the day India lost the match to Sri Lanka, KP’s cover page was excellent. It devoted top half page for this news item.
By the time the match was ended it was close to 3 am. When most of the papers were in the midway of printing, KP packaging all the details of the match in the front page beautifully.
KP would have even covered the results had the match got over at 4 am.
Sometimes it is an advantageous to have miniscule circulation. It can take less than an hour to print a few thousand copies! KP showed the way how to achieve it.
Monday, March 19, 2007
Belagere blogs everyday
Ravi Belagere is one journo who keeps pace with the time and technology. When he went to Kargil and Afghanistan, he devoutely carried his latest laptop.He always toys with a latest gadgets whether it may be mobile, computer, camera or for that matter pen. Every day he visits dozens of websites and blogs. He constantly updates his upper chamber unlike many other Kannada journos.
Notable exceptions are S.K.Shamasundar, Prasad Naik,Vishweshwar Bhat, Ravi Hegde, Pratap Simha, Jogi, K.S.Jagannath, Raghunath Cha.Ha., Vishakha etc.
Do you know Belagere reads this blog regularly? Yes he does.
Recently he reacted to - Guess Who? - on the ongoing developments in Samyukta Karnataka. Ravi Belagere asks - Where is Munjane Sathya these days?
Any answer?
Tilak Kumar in control
K.N.Tilak Kumar, new Editor-in-Chief, Prajavani is in full control of men and matters in the newspaper. He has already opened up his mind to his editorial collegues and set the priorities. It is clearly evident from the content of Prajavani, if you closely watch and read it.
Prajavani has never been critical about this government. Especially it was soft peddling about B.S.Yediyurappa, Deputy Chief Minister.
It is because R.P.Jagadeesh, Associate Editor was very close to Yediyurappa. Deputy CM considers him as a trusted confident.Even in the media circle, Jagadeesh is known as a Yediyurappa's political advisor.
All of a sudden the equation has changed. Prajavani was highly critical of State Budget 2007-08 presented by Yediyurappa. Jagadeesh wouldnot have written such a critical editorial on his own unless was asked to do so by Tilak Kumar.
It is beginning and one can see a lot more things to come up.
Prajavani has never been critical about this government. Especially it was soft peddling about B.S.Yediyurappa, Deputy Chief Minister.
It is because R.P.Jagadeesh, Associate Editor was very close to Yediyurappa. Deputy CM considers him as a trusted confident.Even in the media circle, Jagadeesh is known as a Yediyurappa's political advisor.
All of a sudden the equation has changed. Prajavani was highly critical of State Budget 2007-08 presented by Yediyurappa. Jagadeesh wouldnot have written such a critical editorial on his own unless was asked to do so by Tilak Kumar.
It is beginning and one can see a lot more things to come up.
Sunday, March 18, 2007
The Guardian becomes web-first
The latest memo by The Guardian editor’s Alan Rusbridger says one basic thing: The Guardian is now a web-first publication. Not only is digital important, “all journalists work for the digital platform,” says Rusbridger, according to Jeff Jarvis.
Executives of the Guardian had recently announced that the paper would focus more on digital and carry out a massive investment plan to do so. This memo is the next step, from print-online equity to web-first policy.
“If we don’t update our site continuously readers will go elsewhere.”
Rusbridger make it clear though that speed of news delivery, while increasingly important, has not trumped the importance of trustworthiness. “In any circumstances where speed might compromise trust we should place a greater emphasis on trust.”
Web-first “means publishing more of our news according to the demands of the web rather than the rhythms and expectations of a newspaper.”
It should be interesting to follow up on the newsroom management and changes at the Guardian in the months to come, as “production processes must reflect the needs of the web (e.g. the use of web-friendly headlines as well as newspaper headlines, links, tagging, key wording and so on)” wrote Rusbridger.
The Guardian joins the ranks of major newspapers (Los Angeles Times recently) with web-first policy, publishing content 24/7.
Executives of the Guardian had recently announced that the paper would focus more on digital and carry out a massive investment plan to do so. This memo is the next step, from print-online equity to web-first policy.
“If we don’t update our site continuously readers will go elsewhere.”
Rusbridger make it clear though that speed of news delivery, while increasingly important, has not trumped the importance of trustworthiness. “In any circumstances where speed might compromise trust we should place a greater emphasis on trust.”
Web-first “means publishing more of our news according to the demands of the web rather than the rhythms and expectations of a newspaper.”
It should be interesting to follow up on the newsroom management and changes at the Guardian in the months to come, as “production processes must reflect the needs of the web (e.g. the use of web-friendly headlines as well as newspaper headlines, links, tagging, key wording and so on)” wrote Rusbridger.
The Guardian joins the ranks of major newspapers (Los Angeles Times recently) with web-first policy, publishing content 24/7.
When KP goes in Mandira Bedi way
Kannada Prabha acted as Herschelle Gibbs. Even he is shy of before it. KP has come up with a "brilliant idea" while presenting the State budget 2007-08.
Cashing in on the world cup cricket fever, the venerated newspaper followed the cricket language in headline and entire lead story. The paper thought it is a unique way of telling story in this style.
However, one cannot brush the opinion aside that how is it fair to resorting to this cheap way of presenting a rather serious matter like State Budget in crickety style. It can be acceptable as an experiment.
But the question - Is budget coverage such a cheap passe to be experimented with. That too in Mandira Bedi style cricket funda!
Prajavani says goodbye to Jayant Kaikini
It was expected but none was sure that it will happen so soon.
Jayant Kaikini, a well known short story writer in Kannada, was asked to stop his column in Prajavani Saptahika Puravani. With the result, his column is not appearing for the last two weeks. It is very unusual in a paper like Prajavani, where column will not stop abruptly. The paper has not cited any reason for this sudden decision.
Jayant has been writing a column for the last ten weeks in Prajavani. It was quite popular in his fans circles. Though the general readers find it very boring but those who like write up with literary connotations used to admire his columns.
According to inside sources in the Prajavani Saptahika Puravani, Jayant demanded hefty remunerations for his column amounting to Rs.2000 per piece. Kannada newspapers generally give Rs.750 - Rs.1000. The Prajavani management agreed to give him Rs.1500. But Jayant's thirst for more money didn't stop. He started demanding for more.
Meanwhile his column didn't receive very well by its readers as expected. The management, with the feedback from the Saptahika section, decided to show his column the exit.
Anyway Kannadigas lost a good column and a columnist.
Jayant Kaikini, a well known short story writer in Kannada, was asked to stop his column in Prajavani Saptahika Puravani. With the result, his column is not appearing for the last two weeks. It is very unusual in a paper like Prajavani, where column will not stop abruptly. The paper has not cited any reason for this sudden decision.
Jayant has been writing a column for the last ten weeks in Prajavani. It was quite popular in his fans circles. Though the general readers find it very boring but those who like write up with literary connotations used to admire his columns.
According to inside sources in the Prajavani Saptahika Puravani, Jayant demanded hefty remunerations for his column amounting to Rs.2000 per piece. Kannada newspapers generally give Rs.750 - Rs.1000. The Prajavani management agreed to give him Rs.1500. But Jayant's thirst for more money didn't stop. He started demanding for more.
Meanwhile his column didn't receive very well by its readers as expected. The management, with the feedback from the Saptahika section, decided to show his column the exit.
Anyway Kannadigas lost a good column and a columnist.
Saturday, March 03, 2007
Neither do they preach nor practice
Have you seen any journalism faculty writing for the newspapers in Karnataka these days? The answer is stern -No.
None of them are writing at all, leave alone writing for the newspapers. Niranjan Vanalli, Head, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication in Mysore University was an exception. But when he took over this post last year, surprisingly, he also stopped writing for mainstream newspapers.
Most of the universities in the State have Journalism and Mass Communication Departments. Mysore University's Journalism Dept is the oldest one. It was started by none other than Nadig Krishnamurthy who was the author of much acclaimed book - Indian Journalism.
Karnataka, Mangalore, Bangalore and Kuvempu Universities have journalism departments. These depts have been bestowed with good faculty like K.V.Nagaraj, A.S.Balasubramanya, Shreedhara, Ashok Kumar etc.
Unfortunately none of them are writing for the newspapers. These preachers of Journalism are not practising it. In fact most of them have lost contacts with the newspapers. They write to editors once in a year requesting to accommodate their students for internship. Otherwise they never interact with the newspapers. It is really a sad state of Journalism depts and faculty in Karnataka. How can they teach and insist their students on how to write and send articles to newspapers when they are not writing?
Otherwise they are very busy indulging in petty politics. It is the only activity which keeps them active. Caste politics is rampant. There is no professional or academic atmosphere in any one of the University. Unworthies, unprofessionals and even goondas have entered into classrooms who shape the newsrooms.
Maheshchandra Guru reprents all the rots plaguing the dept. Now under suspension, he threatened his own students with dire consequences. He can go to any extent to take revange against those who question his authority.
What can you expect from these people? How can you expect a good crop of journos coming out from these depts? It is a high time newspapers focussed on the sorry and morbid state of affairs in the Journalism dept. where future journos are made.
None of them are writing at all, leave alone writing for the newspapers. Niranjan Vanalli, Head, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication in Mysore University was an exception. But when he took over this post last year, surprisingly, he also stopped writing for mainstream newspapers.
Most of the universities in the State have Journalism and Mass Communication Departments. Mysore University's Journalism Dept is the oldest one. It was started by none other than Nadig Krishnamurthy who was the author of much acclaimed book - Indian Journalism.
Karnataka, Mangalore, Bangalore and Kuvempu Universities have journalism departments. These depts have been bestowed with good faculty like K.V.Nagaraj, A.S.Balasubramanya, Shreedhara, Ashok Kumar etc.
Unfortunately none of them are writing for the newspapers. These preachers of Journalism are not practising it. In fact most of them have lost contacts with the newspapers. They write to editors once in a year requesting to accommodate their students for internship. Otherwise they never interact with the newspapers. It is really a sad state of Journalism depts and faculty in Karnataka. How can they teach and insist their students on how to write and send articles to newspapers when they are not writing?
Otherwise they are very busy indulging in petty politics. It is the only activity which keeps them active. Caste politics is rampant. There is no professional or academic atmosphere in any one of the University. Unworthies, unprofessionals and even goondas have entered into classrooms who shape the newsrooms.
Maheshchandra Guru reprents all the rots plaguing the dept. Now under suspension, he threatened his own students with dire consequences. He can go to any extent to take revange against those who question his authority.
What can you expect from these people? How can you expect a good crop of journos coming out from these depts? It is a high time newspapers focussed on the sorry and morbid state of affairs in the Journalism dept. where future journos are made.
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