Redesigned and costlier

IN Media Watch Briefs | 18/02/2017

While the relaunched Hindu does not look strikingly different its Delhi edition is now probably the most expensive daily in the country at Rs 10 a copy. Other editions of The Hindu do not cost that much. If the paper can pull off the hike without losing circulation it will have shown the way to reducing dependence on advertising.The Sunday edition of the paper will now cost Rs 15.

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Amazon resisting voluntary censorship

The new term for self censorship is voluntary censorship, as proposed by companies like Netflix and Hotstar. ET reports that streaming video service Amazon Prime is opposing a move by its peers to adopt a voluntary censorship code in anticipation of the Indian government coming up with its own rules. Amazon is resisting because it fears that it may alienate paying subscribers.

Let the games begin

Clearly, the run to the 2019 elections is on. A journalist received a call from someone saying they were from Aajtak channel and were conducting a survey, asking whom she was going to vote for in 2019. On being told that her vote was secret, the caller assumed she wasn't going to vote for 'Modiji'. The caller, a woman, also didn't identify herself. A month or two earlier the same journalist received a call, this time from a man, asking if she was going to vote for the BSP.