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Web pictures tempt media to overlook credit, payments, IPR (10 October 12:54) |
| Within the community of Indian bloggers, a sense of outrage has begun to organize itself into a movement against the unauthorized use of their photographs |
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Superheroes to rescue Asia’s film industry (10 October 12:54) |
| At this week’s 13th Pusan International Film Festival, a South Korean production looks set to take on Batman, Iron Man and SpiderMan at their own game |
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Colors pips Zee to No. 2 spot for week ended 4 Oct (10 October 12:03) |
| Colors is already the highest rated channel when the numbers are filtered for a particular target group |
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BBC to create content for Ministry of Tourism (09 October 09:43) |
| Special 6-part travel series that has popular cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle as anchor will present India in a refreshingly new light |
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New directors script change in Bollywood-crazy Nepal (08 October 09:59) |
| Valued at Rs1.25 crore, the Nepali film industry employs around 1,000 people, including actors and technicians |
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Liberty of London to be among buyers at Wills fashion week (08 October 12:52) |
| The fashion extravaganza, to open here on 15 October, is aimed at giving a push to the fast-growing Rs300 crore designer wear market |
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Shah Rukh to promote Gulf beachfront project (08 October 12:15) |
| The Shah Rukh Khan Boulevard will be built on the man-made Dana Island that is being developed by the government’s real estate unit Rakeen |
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Book Review: Another twisted mystery from Joe Lansdale (07 October 03:31) |
| “Leather Maiden” by Lansdale is a disturbing yet gripping read centering around an Iraq war veteran who begins examining the disappearance of a college student |
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We have to look at what is India in ’20 (06 October 04:58) |
| Billionaire Bhupendra Kumar Modi plans to invest $1 billion in media and entertainment over the next five years, with a strategy weaving in race, geography and technology |
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Paramount, DreamWorks formalize separation deal (06 October 12:41) |
| In a statement on Sunday, the companies’ principals say DreamWorks will take the lead on some projects, which Paramount can choose to co-finance and co-distribute |
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Snapshots from history (05 October 11:47) |
| The exhibitors hope to unveil the collection in stages and plan to hold a grand exhibition next year |
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Singur replay? Zee’s studio plan in Tollygunge is now on hold (05 October 11:34) |
| Regional film makers fear handing over of Technicians’ Studio to Zee will result in shooting up of rentals |
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Sotheby’s auction fails to attract buyers (05 October 10:14) |
| The auction failed to find buyers for two major lots, including an estimated $1.55-2.05 million painting by Subodh Gupta, at a Hong Kong sale featuring works by eight Indian artists |
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Book Review: The Dracula Dossier (05 October 03:23) |
| The Dracula Dossier by James Reese places author Bram Stoker as the protagonist in a new tale centered around Jack the Ripper |
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Goa targets drink, drugs as new tourist season starts (05 October 10:45) |
| Healthy tourism is the buzzword as Goa goes about restoring its image amongst the international tourist community with new laws and legislations being enforced |
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Lights, camera, action: Bollywood strike is off (04 October 12:41) |
| A panel would be set up to ensure grievances were dealt immediately, and that all sides stick to ‘mutual arrangement’ |
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Broadcasting regulator switches on; viewers can get redressal now (03 October 01:08) |
| The code that NBA made public on Thursday has detailed guidelines to ensure standards in accuracy, fair and balanced reporting and neutrality |
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Recent efforts towards self-regulation in TV (03 October 01:00) |
| The core issue is not the necessity of rules and regulation but about who makes and enforces them |
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Foreign investment limit for DTH TV may be raised (02 October 02:18) |
| DTH serves a small portion of the Indian television audience, and research firm Media Partners Asia forecasts the sector will expand to 25 million subscribers by 2012 |
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Book Review | The Whiskey Rebels (01 October 06:56) |
| This work of historical fiction set around the US whiskey tax rebellion makes some telling observations that are startlingly relevant to today’s financial turmoil |
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BOOK REVIEW: THE WHISKEY REBELS BY DAVID LISS (01 October 04:59) |
| This work of historical fiction set around the US whiskey tax rebellion makes some telling observations that are startlingly relevant to todays financial turmoil |
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1.5 lakh cine workers strike (01 October 02:23) |
| The workers are demanding stipulated wages and regulated working hours as signed in the MoU between the producer associations and FWICE |
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Penguin India to expand biz to Pakistan, Middle East (01 October 01:40) |
| The publishing house brings out around 200 books every year and are planning to push that number to 240 by the end of 2008 |
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Book Review: The China Lover: A Ruby-Lipped Asian Starlet Beguiles Terrorist, Spy in new Buruma (30 September 05:04) |
| The China Lover by Ian Buruma uses a diverse cast of characters to narrate her story on the ups and downs of the movie business in times of war and peace |
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And you thought Bollywood movies were never-ending (26 September 11:50) |
| The eight invited contestants have to watch films for 121 consecutive hours, 2-7 October, to claim the Guinness record |
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Book Review | American Widow (26 September 12:00) |
| ‘American Widow’, a graphic novel written by Alissa Torres and illustrated by Sungyoon Choi is a raw real life narrative about dealing with the trauma of losing a loved one in the 9/11 a... |
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Colors gains No. 3 spot riding on new soaps (25 September 10:47) |
| The two-month-old channel’s new serials have managed to catapult it behind Star Plus and Zee TV |
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Maran to leverage Red FM brand with SunTV stations (24 September 11:20) |
| A launch plan is being developed by ad agency Ogilvy and Mather Pvt. Ltd, people close to the development |
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Book Review |American Wife (24 September 06:09) |
| American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld, which is based on the lives of George W Bush and his wife Laura, is an impressive work of the imagination that seems to perfectly capture the calm demeano... |
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Zee Business rated top biz channel for ninth time (24 September 11:17) |
| It is No. 1 in time spend all India and in Hindi Speaking Market. Also 50% of the most popular business programs of the country are on Zee Business |
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Flurry of releases means it’s Diwali through the year for fans (24 September 12:26) |
| The distributors look to spread the risk of big-budget releases across the year and avoid splitting the market |
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315 Hypermarkets expected in Tier 1 and II cities by 2010: Assocham (23 September 03:50) |
| Urban towns beyond the top 50 will provide considerable untapped opportunity for organized retail players inspite of economic slowdown and dip in real estate sector |
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Dreamworks team gets an early farewell (22 September 07:57) |
| The closing had been widely expected last month, but was delayed as the parties finished up details of their agreement |
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Sage to go regional, publish in regional languages (21 September 01:34) |
| Stephen Barr, MD, Sage Ltd and president of Sage International, said that the house will focus on academic books, high-level non fiction and textbooks |
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The seven best books on boom and bust (20 September 12:15) |
| Here is a list of the seven best books on previous episodes of financial euphoria and collapses |
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Co-regulation is answer for television content (19 September 12:49) |
| The intense competition is testing the limits of ethics, values and social repercussions from the content being thrown at the viewer |
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Murdoch plans to boost WSJ revenue by $300 mn a year (19 September 12:40) |
| Local television ad sales in the US are “bad”, hurt by a drop in spending by auto makers, Murdoch said |
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Govt gives green signal to editions of foreign news magazines (19 September 12:28) |
| The changes, announced by the Indian cabinet, reiterated the 26% cap on FDI into Indian news print ventures |
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Movie marketing dons new creative garbs (19 September 12:23) |
| More film-makers are adopting out-of-the-box strategies to cut across clutter in the highly competitive biz |
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Bollywood changes track -- talks English, beginning with the Bard (12 September 12:32) |
| The Last Lear is the latest in a line of home-made English-language films |
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Magazine publishers want own readership survey, but who’ll pay? (11 September 12:16) |
| The Association of Indian Magazines plans its own readership survey and has set up an internal panel to push the proposal |
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Fox teams with STAR to launch Asia-wide studio (09 September 04:16) |
| Paul Aiello, chief executive of Star, said the formation of the new venture was an expression of the company’s confidence in the market and the region |
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Indian art market raises international interest (09 September 11:42) |
| In a recent online auction of contemporary Indian art, a painting of Subodh Gupta was sold for over Rs4 crore |
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Real-life plots and low budgets pave way for new Bollywood hits (09 September 12:22) |
| The arrival of multiplexes has provided young film-makers a platform to experiment with subjects, genres |
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Meet Rajesh Kumar, author of 1,500 novels (08 September 12:54) |
| It is heartening that people who cannot afford a Rs15 novel are still willing to put down Rs2 to read, and Kumar takes no little pride in that fact |
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NTK | Big Entertainment buys stake in Willow TV (08 September 12:48) |
| Willow TV, headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, has more than a million registered users worldwide, predominantly in the US, Canada, Australia and Europe |
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TV18’s Infomedia to launch Entrepreneur magazine (05 September 06:22) |
| The magazine will be positioned as a general business magazine and take on Business Today and Business World |
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Web Special: ‘A Wednesday’ pulls no punches (05 September 12:50) |
| If there could be a realistic film on the terror and insecurities that a serial blast riping through a bustling city could unleash, without showing any blood and gore, this is it |
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Broadcast regulation in India makes sense (05 September 12:39) |
| Existing regulations that govern broadcast content are either irrelevant or inadequate to tackle or address the issues arising today |
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Jamaica Tourist Board unveils interactive website (04 September 10:46) |
| The website scores with its interactive online experience of the country’s diverse attractions, accommodation and special features for the budget and upmarket tourist |
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