Can techies save newspapers from shutting down?

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

These days you read a lot about US newspapers considering to shutdown or "reinvent" themselves. What if The New York Times goes out of business? Seattle Paper Advances Plans to Turn Into Online-Only Publication Bring On The Techies: How Silicon Valley Can Help Save Newspapers

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Hindi newspapers have the highest growth rate

Friday, February 6th, 2009

According to "Hindi Dailies With Local News Rule The Roost"

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How to determine if Indian languages are wanted on the internet?

Sunday, December 7th, 2008

Ajit Balakrishnan's comment "Let us not assume users want Indian languages" got me to think why people think Indian languages are not "wanted" on the internet.  I wasn't at that conference, so I don't know what was exactly said.  My thoughts and reactions are completely based on Medianama's post.

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Radio Obama fever hits Indian politicians

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

Recently I wrote about Indian politicians using the power of internet in India. The Obama campaign fever surely has been a huge success even amongst the thick skinned Indian politicians. Obama campaigned impressively on every medium available.

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Will Print ads in India become unaffordable?

Friday, July 25th, 2008

If you want to advertise in English print media the most sought out brand is the Times of India (BCCL). The youth in this country likes it (Page 3). Kids these days just don't bother to read the main section :-( but then going to a circus may be more ...

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