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INS Elections ’11 Ashish Bagga is Prez; Tilak Kumar is Dy Prez & Ravindra Kumar is VP

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India Today Group’s Ashish Bagga has been elected as the President of the Indian Newspaper Society (INS) at its 72nd Annual General Meeting (AGM), held in Bangalore on September 30, 2011. He takes over the reins from outgoing President Kundan R Vyas of Vyapar-Janmabhoomi Group. KN Tilak Kumar (Prajavani) is the Deputy President, while Ravindra Kumar (The Statesman) has been elected as the Vice President.

Sai Prasanna Oct 1, 2011 9:12 AM

IRS 2011 Q2 Readership growth for top players; Jagran, Bhaskar & Hindustan are top three publications

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MRUC and Hansa Research have released the Indian Readership Survey data for Q2 of 2011. Eight of the top 10 players have registered growth in readership. There are no changes in the top order. Dainik Jagran continues to be the highest read daily followed by Dainik Bhaskar, Hindustan, Malayala Manorama and Amar Ujala. Once again, The Times of India is the only English publication in the top 10 dailies.

Nitin Pandey Oct 1, 2011 8:42 AM

IRS is a good product, but it is stuck in a time warp: Lynn de Souza

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“I do believe it is important to show the publishing industry of India in good light, though all may not agree with me. It is not a dying industry, and projecting it as such, is not good for India, for our economy… It is a very large professional, diversifying and growing industry, which has some of the most talented people in the business,” says Lynn de Souza, Chairman & CEO, Lintas Media Group.

e4m Desk Oct 1, 2011 8:31 AM