Hindi Media

Vedanta group is said to have taken a lead over other media houses who are yet to launch their proposed Hindi business dailies by launching one from Raipur the capital city of Chattisgarh. Economic Times in Hindi may hit the stands in another one month the dummy is said to come out by 19 February onwards. Other Hindi business dailies from Business Standard and Dainik Jagran are still in the pipeline.

courtsey http://www.livemint.com/ Sagar Malviya Mumbai In an attempt to tap growing demand for financial news, especially that related to the stock markets, at least six Indian media companies plan to launch newspapers in Hindi and other languages such as Gujarati. The list of companies includes Bennett, Coleman and Co. Ltd (BCCL), Business Standard Ltd, Amar Ujala and Jagran Prakashan Ltd and Television18 India Ltd (the last two have partnered to launch a local language business daily). Numbers show the vernacular business news market is underserved. Currently, only 0.4% of the country’s population reads business papers of any kind. According to the Indian Readership Survey (a survey on readership carried out buy Media Readers Users Council, a not-for-profit entity that has representatives from advertisers, advertising agencies and media companies), 38% of the population reads at least one publication. There are more than 10 national newspapers and magazines in the business space, inc...

Navjyoti the Ajmer based Hindi daily is said to be on the verge of joining hands with Dainik Jagran. Merely the mention of Jagran's backdoor entry into the lurcative media market of India largest state Rajasthan has set alarm bells ringing in the corridors of competitors. Rajasthan is not only unique as far as its culture and landscape is concerned but it is among the few states of the country where power sharing is a matter to be settled between two parties. In politics they are Congress and BJP and in media Rajasthan Patrika and Dainik Bhaskar nobody has been able to change or challenge this. Even after Punjab Kesari started Jaipur edition there were no murmurs heard among the competitors. However things may change in the near future for what only time can tell.

Hindi newspaeprs are on a recruitment drive. Earlier it was Prabhat Khabar and now is the turn of Inext tabloid from the Jagran group. Even Bhasha Hindi arm of news agency PTI is looking for people. For Inext you can send your resumes at editor@inext.co.in , for Prabhat Khabar at jobs@prabhatkhabar.in and for Bhasha at General Manager (Administration), Press Trust of India, 4 Sansad Marg, New Delhi-110001. Mention Bhasha on the envelope.

Business Standardmay well be on its way to joining the duo of Economic Times and Dainik Jagran Network 18 who have already announced their plans to launch a Hindi business daily. Thus making it a three way fight for the market share.

Inext tabloid from the Dainik Jagran group may have an edition from Patna in the near future. It is being said after Dehradun and Gorakhpur the tabloid may be on its course to travel into Bihar and capture the mind of the youth there.

The Rajasthan Patrika Group is glad to announce the Karpoor Chandra Kulish Award 2007 (KCK Award 2007). This annual award, in the hallowed memory of Karpoor Chand Kulish, is aimed at recognizing efforts of thought leaders in media, journalist's outstanding contributions to upholding professional values as well as protecting and promoting ethics and morality, right and freedom of the people for better quality of life. The award theme for year 2007 shall be "Human Development". There is no entry fee for the award. "Human Development":The first KCK Award for excellence in print journalism will be open to those who have authored and published the most compelling write-ups in media contributing to changing the lives and meeting the aspirations of people. We seek to honor journalists who covered events of people's struggle for a life of dignity, fulfillment and honor. We expect the contributions to represent manifestation of man's unique spirit and goodness o...

Prabhat Khabar leading Hindi daily of Jharkhand is on a recruitment drive. There are vaccancies almost in all the departments leave alone editorial. The newspaper seems to gearing up for the batle ahead. It has been feeling the heat of competition from existing players like Dainik Jagran and Hindustan. There are few more launches which may include Ranchi edition of Rashtriya Sahara and tabloid Inext from the Jagran. Dainik Bhaskar is also said to be eyeing the market.

Sunil Mutreja, President – Marketing, Amar Ujala, in an interview to Impact has said the tabloid from Amar Ujala will have editions from Varanasi, Allahabad, Dehradun, Ghaziabad and Meerut by January 30. Compact is already getting published from Kanpur and Agra. Mutreja says it has been very well accepted by the reader. It is a replica of Amar Ujala, but has a different price segment. It is for the people who could not afford a Rs 3 – Rs 3.50 newspaper. Post that, we will move to Lucknow. That is the writing on the wall. By mid- to end-March, we should have a Lucknow edition. We plan to move to Ludhiana after that, which should happen in October. Beyond that, there are a couple of more print products in the pipeline, which are in the compact format. We have not yet frozen on the content and it is at the concept stage.

Courtsey exchange4media.com In today’s time, small indeed is big. Hindi daily Amar Ujala, after launching a compact version of its main edition in October last year, in Agra and Kanpur, is taking the smaller-sized version to five more cities, aiming to strengthen its presence in the northern belt. Going with the tagline ‘Compact size sampurna akhbaar. Ek rupaye mein sabki khabar’, the daily plans to communicate a change in its positioning too. Now this media organisation too, will look at being a media ‘solutions’ organisation instead of a media ‘selling’ organisation. So, garnering more ad revenues is on the agenda, but ‘not atthe cost of brand fit’. Sunil Mutreja, President – Marketing, Amar Ujala, spoke about the growth plans of the Hindi daily and lent perspectives on the Hindi-versus- English media debate in a conversation with Ruchika Chitravanshi. Excerpts: Last year, Amar Ujala changed its look, going for a sleeker version. The masthead was changed from black to blue, for start...

If rumours are to be beleived then group editor of Hindustan Mrinal Pande may be on his way out. She is said to be making way for N.K.Singh who is at present with Indian Express in Ahmedabad. Ealier singh was associated with Dainik Bhaskar, Jaipur. Insiders say Pande may put down her papers in February. At a time when Hindustan Hindi daily from the HT media Limited on an expansion spree launching editions from Agra and Kanpur and planning for more with Dehradun already in the offing and Bhopal in the pipeline there are questions being raised. There are different pressure groups acting within the organisation. In the recent past Delhi edition of Hindustan has seen a number of employees deserting the ship in search for greener pastures.

Dainik Bhaskar has clipped wings of one its editor in Jaipur. Although his transfer orders for Bikaner have been revoked. He has been left with looking after Jaipur gramin. It is being said the above mentioned editor a veteran in his field has suffered due to internal bickering inside the organisation. At a time when rival Rajasthan Patrika has been able to lure away readers from the newspaper by launching another Hindi morninger Daily News and consolidating its foothold with eveninger News Today in print space the future seems a bit difficult for the group. Very soon Bhaskar will see several players knocking on the door in Madhya Pradesh the very state from where it began its journey. The group focus for a while shifted towards its english daily DNA and gujarati Divya Bhaskar which seems to have cost it dearly in the Hindi print media space as far as leadership position is concerned with Dainik Jagran succeding in regaining its lost glory after losing for a while to the Bhaskar. The ...

DLA will be hitting newsstands in Meerut very soon. The preparations are in full swing. Editor of Haribhoomi's Rohtak edition Omkar Chaudhary is all set to take over there as editor. Meerut has been witness to heightened media activity in the year gone by with the launch of Hindustan and Inext from the city. This year will see more launches. DLA promoted by Ajay Agarwal has editions from Agra and Ghaziabad.

The two states which are going to witness action in the new year as far as Hindi print meia is concerned are Uttarakhand and Madhya Pradesh . Dehradun the capital of Uttarakhand will see the launch of three newspapers including two tabloids. While the Delhi bases Hindi daily Hindustan from the HT media limited will see the light of day in another two or three months. Dainik Jagran will launch Inext and Amar Ujala will follow in the footsteps with Compact. Uttarakhand will be the first state after Uttar Pradesh to see the launch the of tabloids from these two major Hindi newspapers. Last year Rashtriya Sahara has made an entry to the hill state by launching am edtion from Dehradun. The media fraternity as well as readers are enjoying the ensuing war between major Hindi newspapers and are waiting for more to come. In the new year there will also be more action seen in Madhya Pradesh . While Rajasthan Patrika has already firmed up its plans of launching editions of Daily...

Amar Ujala is on its way to launch two more editions of its tabloid Compact from Allahabad and Dehradun in the new year. Recently the rival Dainik Jagran has launched its tabloid Inext from Allahabad and will very soon be adding one more edition to its kitty ie. Dehradun. Amar Ujala already has two editions of its tabloid from Kanpur and Agra.

Rashtriya Sahara's Patna edition since its launch has been beseiged by exits from its editorial department. Omkareshwar Pandey the first resident editor of the newspaper in Patna is back in Rashtriya Sahara's Delhi bureau which itself has seen key correspondents moving out to the greener pastures. Some key people who have moved from Patna edition include those who were tansferred from Delhi and Noida offices of the newspaper to the city. While noted journalist Prabhat Ranjan Deen now heads a newspaper in Lucknow where he was earlier resident editor of the now defunct Jansatta Express before joining Sahara. Ex Chief Reporter Delhi who was transferred there Vidya Shanker Tiwari is now with the Amar Ujala and Bureau Chief of Patna edition Manoj Mehta is said to have moved on to the newly launched newspaper Aaj Samaj. There are few more names. Sources say the Patna edition may very soon see some more key people putting down papers.