Star News not to pay "highest paid woman in Indian media" any longer

Ravina Raj Kohli, reportedly the highest paid woman CEO in the Indian media, has "left" Hindi news channel, Star News, reports Business Stadard.

Is TOI going to - finally, finally - launch a Chennai edition?

1. The Times of India group has been putting out ads for editorial positions in Chennai for a few month now.

2. Last week, The New Indian Express reduced its cover price to Rs. 1.50 and sent a spam SMS to my Aircel mobile number advertising this fact.

3. Also last week, The Hindu entered the consumer exhibition/event market (and devoted generous amount of space in the main paper and The Metro Plus supplement - across several days - to promote the event).

1 + 2 + 3 = the launch of Times of India's Chennai edition is finally going to happen - after 10 years of rumours to that effect?

Businessworld hikes cover price

Weekly business magazine Businessworld has doubled its cover price to Rs. 10.

Businessworld, which belongs to the Calcutta-based ABP Group, had cut its cover price to Rs.5 and turned weekly (from fortnightly) in 1999. That move had prompted rival Business Today to bring down its cover price from Rs. 15 to Rs. 10.

An article in Business Standard (which was formerly a part of ABP), examines the reasons and the potential impact.