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Print goes online, online goes pay, online almost goes print – confused?

bgmahesh — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:46:55 +0000

These days every medium in the media world is trying to innovate to increase revenues. I came across three routes which I have summarized,

Print going purely online is not all that new in the US. This article suggests that a newspaper going completely offline to online can reduce their staff strength to 20%. Needless to say the pure online revenues would not come anywhere close to the offline revenues (as of now)

Is Amitabh Bachchan unhappy with WordPress platform?

bgmahesh — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:59:57 +0000

As the entire world knows Big B blogs on BigAdda. Big B’s Aug 13, 2008 blog posting reads,

Wrote a whole blog.. Server went down.. Lost it all.. And it is still not working.. Frustrated and annoyed at this.. It was an important one.. Very important

Has blogging arrived in India?

bgmahesh — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:01:21 +0000

I was notified by Kamla Bhatt about a program being aired on NDTV’s “We The People”, the topic was “Should Blogs Be Regulated?” [Video]. I made sure I saw the entire program but I must admit it was a total let down

Ever hit the “Reply-All” button accidentally before ;-) ?

bgmahesh — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 04:35:07 +0000

I doubt if anyone can claim they have never committed the crime of hitting the Reply-All button Atleast I have but luckily it hasn’t caused any damage. Read an interesting article on B.L. Ochman‘s blog about such an incident.

Is your life cluttered? Help is available!

bgmahesh — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:40:22 +0000

How many of us at times feel life is getting out of control, not able to find things, wish we were more organized? The answer cannot be “never”. Check out Clutter Control Freak Blog which has been published by an online store that specializes in selling products that help you being better organized. Very cool idea to promote your products.

Chinese Blogger Jailed for Giving Stock Advice

bgmahesh — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 05:42:10 +0000

Wang Xiujie, a blogger who made a business out of selling stock tips that would be delivered to subscribers via instant message, has been detained by Chinese authorities. Stock tip gurus have thrived in China’s two quickly growing stock markets; however, the nation’s government has recently criminalized the act of recommending stocks without a license…( Source: http://www.technewsworld.com/story/58308.html)

Corporate India wants bloggers

bgmahesh — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 08:26:15 +0000

I bumped into http://www.fabcity.in/jobs/fab-jobs.html today. I was very surprised and pleased to see Corporate India has an opening for a blogger. I think it is the way to go (no, I am not looking for a job).