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Posted/Updated Tuesday, Jun 12 11:49:20, 2012

Google has finally agreed to reveal details of journalist Jigna Vora’s two Gmail accounts on the eve of the first death anniversary of Journalist J Dey. This became possible only after a magistrate court (Mumbai) issued a Letter Rogatory (a form of judicial assistance from other countries) to a US court. Google had earlier refused to provide any details about Jigna’s two Gmail accounts to the Mumbai police citing US laws. It had also sent a letter to the police earlier, telling them that they can obtain required information only under Mutual Legal Assistance or through Letter Rogatory. (TOI)

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Three staffers  of a newspaper in Tripura, Dainik Ganadoot, were killed on Sunday after armed men attacked the paper's office.  According to police, the motorcycle-borne assailants barged into the office  at the Palace Compound at about 3 pm and stabbed a proof reader and a driver on the ground floor before proceeding to the first floor where they stabbed the office manager. As it was Sunday afternoon, only a reporter was present at the office.  He fainted on seeing the assailants stabbing the two men on the ground floor and was left unharmed.  (CNN IBN, PTI)

At the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s consultation on cross media ownership (Delhi, May 18) representatives from Bennett, Coleman and Co. and the Zee Group were vocal in opposing cross media ownership restrictions of any kind.  The Star India representative was muted by comparison, even as cable operator lobbies  present slammed broadcasters who were getting into distribution.

 

A reader points out that the Times of  India had a nice story (May 15)  on a Bangalore newspaper vendor who educated himself and got admission into IIM Kolkata, but spoilt it by getting the man to pose with spread out copies of the Times of India. Surely that is not the only paper he distributes?  

The editor of the Mail and Guardian in South Africa Nic Dawes is joining the Hindustan Times as 'chief content and editorial officer'. Thats a new designation in the Indian print media universe and probably indicates a multimedia role. People are not going to be called editors any more?

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