Internet in India
We recently received our first traffic violation notice from the Bangalore Traffic Police Department. The notice was printed neatly in a professional manner, which is rare for any govt notice. The notice said I could pay the fine on https://www.bangaloreone.gov.in/ (they should make https://bangaloreone.gov.in/ a valid URL, it wasn't at the … [Read more] about Paying traffic violation fine thru internet in Bangalore
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 … [Read more] about Print goes online, online goes pay, online almost goes print – confused?
New York is also referred to as the media capital of the world. Media companies in NY area are having trouble (like anywhere else) but the good news for them is - their billionaire Mayor wants to do something about it. Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants to save New York's media industry. He announced plans for a city-funded stimulus designed to … [Read more] about NY Mayor wants to save New York’s media industry
Few days ago Juxt+WebChutney released the Digital Outlook 2009 report. I must thank and congratulate Juxt and Webchutney folks in compiling a lot of data and presenting it in a very professional way. It gives us publishers a lot of insight. Thank you folks! I have extracted the parts which I found relevant for my work (Oneindia) … [Read more] about Digital Outlook 2009: How is the digital ad spend pie divided in India?
Last Saturday media companies got one topic which got them the necessary TRP / page views - Michael Jackson's death. I think the pop singer was full of controversies (yes, he was a great singer, no doubt but he was a freak). I was surprised to note how Bangaloreans chose to condole his death, The photo you see is a condolence board kept at the … [Read more] about Bangaloreans condole Michael Jackson’s death (bizarre)