Month: February 2024

DNPA Conclave 2024: State of Media – The Big Picture

Senthil Chengalvarayan, Executive Director, NDTV (left), Shekhar Gupta , Founder and Editor –in-chief (centre) and Anant Goenka, Executive Director, Indian Express (right)

The discussion on “State of Media – The Big Picture” included Anant Goenka, Executive Director, Indian Express, Senthil Chengalvarayan, Executive Director, NDTV and Shekhar Gupta , Founder and Editor –in-chief, The Print talked about how media businesses need to invest on content and technology at the same time.

Fearing technology is like fearing the inevitable: Rajeev Chandrasekhar on AI

Chandrasekhar said there was a need to remove ambiguity in the use of Gen AI, seeking more clarity and adherence to ethics while stressing on the need to ensure a safe AI. (Image source: News18)

: Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State, Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India spoke about the government’s approach to deal with AI at the Storyboard18 DNPA Conclave and Awards 2024.

Internet cannot be a place where the law doesn’t reach: Rajeev Chandrasekhar on OTT regulation

Chandrasekhar said there was a need to remove ambiguity in the use of Gen AI, seeking more clarity and adherence to ethics while stressing on the need to ensure a safe AI. (Image source: News18)

Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State, Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India spoke at length about the existing revenue share issue with big tech platforms at Storyboard18 DNPA Conclave and Awards 2024.

The more united you are the better the journalism: Florian Nehm at DNPA Conclave and Awards

Florian Nehm, senior advisor, Axel Springer SE, Public Affairs along with Anil Malhotra, head, public and regulatory affairs, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited and president, DNPA.

Florian Nehm, senior advisor, Axel Springer SE, Public Affairs along with Anil Malhotra, head, public and regulatory affairs, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited and president, DNPA spoke about the disparity in bargaining power in the media landscape at the DNPA Conclave and Awards.

Solving the big tech revenue share issue will be PM’s priority in third term: Rajeev Chandrasekhar

“These big tech platforms are gatekeepers to monetising the content and that asymmetry, needs to be legislated, or at least a regulated through rules of a new legislation. And I'm hopeful that after Narendra Modi ji resumes office this year, this will be his priority,” Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, added.

Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State, Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India spoke at length about the existing revenue share issue with big tech platforms at Storyboard18 DNPA Conclave and Awards 2024.

50 percent of information on the internet is not true or verified: DNPA’s Tanmay Maheshwari

Speaking about DNPA, Tanmay Maheshwari, chairman, Digital News Publishers Association (DNPA) and managing director, Amar Ujala, noted that it was an association of the digital arms of legacy newsmedia companies. “We represent more than 80 percent of digital news traffic in the country,” he explained, emphasising that DNPA members provide free flowing, verified information in the digital ecosystem.

In Q3 of 2020, there were 1.8 million fake news engagements on Facebook. And there were 18 million pieces of Covid-19 misinformation on the internet, says Tanmay Maheshwari, chairman, Digital News Publishers Association, and managing director, Amar Ujala.

Sony plans to continue pursuing arbitration against Zee

The companies will also withdraw the respective Composite Schemes of Arrangement from the NCLT and inform the relevant regulatory authorities.

Sony Group companies had requested SIAC to prevent Zee from seeking legal remedies from the NCLT or Indian or international courts until the arbitration proceedings are completed.

Layoffs 2024: Snap to lay off 10 percent of its global workforce

This is not the first time the social media company has initiated layoffs. In August 2022, 20 percent of the staff was laid off and its business lines were restructured. (Image source: X)

This move by the social media company to reduce their numbers is in order to reduce hierarchy and promote in-person collaboration.