Journalists across border talk

IN Media Watch Briefs | 28/08/2015

While the NSA talks may have been called off journalists of the two countries went ahead with their talks. Rising Kashmir reports that a delegation of 12 journalists from Kashmir attended a conference with journalists "from other side of Kashmir" during a week long visit to Pakistan and PaK. A joint statement was duly issued, recommending improved contacts of media persons through social media.

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Amazon resisting voluntary censorship

The new term for self censorship is voluntary censorship, as proposed by companies like Netflix and Hotstar. ET reports that streaming video service Amazon Prime is opposing a move by its peers to adopt a voluntary censorship code in anticipation of the Indian government coming up with its own rules. Amazon is resisting because it fears that it may alienate paying subscribers.

Let the games begin

Clearly, the run to the 2019 elections is on. A journalist received a call from someone saying they were from Aajtak channel and were conducting a survey, asking whom she was going to vote for in 2019. On being told that her vote was secret, the caller assumed she wasn't going to vote for 'Modiji'. The caller, a woman, also didn't identify herself. A month or two earlier the same journalist received a call, this time from a man, asking if she was going to vote for the BSP.