[Reader-list] [nls2002] TOI's "Private Treaties"

[nikhil mehra]

Sidey,Good to hear from you. I read the article and spoke to a few other
journalist friends. They suggested that the practice - petty corruption
among journalists - has been around forever and is in fact
institutionalized if not formalized. I see the concerns relating to
neutrality and objectivity that such an investment might raise but from
what I've heard, this is nothin new for ToI. If anything this is a
corporate relationship that perfectly mirrors arrangements that have been
in place for years. I'm attaching a story from rediff to similar effect
http://www.rediff.com/money/2003/mar/05dalal.htm. I heard from someone
that HT has struck a deal with a real estate developer for ads in
exchange for developed flats (presumably to offer editors when they have
to poach them from somewhere!). I'm getting a lot of this data from a
mailing group that I am a part of (as is Bumsy) which has a no. of people
who are or have been journos. Let me know what you think. Best,Nikhil

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  From: "siddharth narrain"
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  arasu" , "vikram doctor" , reader-list at sarai.net,
  nls2002 at yahoogroups.com
  Subject: [nls2002] TOI's "Private Treaties"
  Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:54:59 +0530

  Here's an interesting  piece on the way the Times of India's "Private
  Treaties" work. While its not the first piece to be written on the
  subject, this piece has triggered off a serious debate within the
  journalist community

  http://www.thehoot.org/web/home/story.php?storyid=3174&mod=1&pg=1§ionId=4&valid=true

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