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T Media found its beginning in 1924 when its flagship newspaper, Hindustan Times was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi. HT Media (BSE, NSE) has today grown to become one of India's largest media companies. Produced by an editorial team known for its quality, innovation and integrity, Hindustan Times (English newspaper) and Hindustan (Hindi newspaper through a subsidiary Hindustan Media Ventures Limited), have a combined daily readership base of 12.7 million (based on round 2 of Indian Readership Survey 2009) to their credit. Both dailies enjoy a strong brand recognition among readers as well as advertisers. To cater to the large readership base, HT Media operates 19 printing facilities across India with an installed capacity of 1.5 million copies per hour. In addition to Hindustan Times, HT Media also publishes a national business newspaper, Mint. Mint is a one-of-its-kind newspaper in the sense that the company has an exclusive agreement with the Wall Street Journal to publish Journal-branded news and information in India. Mint is today the second-largest business newspaper in India with presence in the key markets of Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Pune, Kolkata and now Ahmedabad too. HT Media has also made its foray into electronic media. Diversifying its ambit of operations, the company in a consulting partnership with Virgin Radio, has launched the FM radio channel - Fever 104. Currently available in Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Kolkata, Fever 104 has established a strong presence as being one of the most vibrant channels on air. In a short span, the channel's rise has been meteoric considering its position in Mumbai and Bengaluru at No. 1 and in Delhi as the No. 2 station on the popularity charts. Internet businesses of HT Media incorporated under Firefly e-ventures, operate leading web portals Hindustantimes.com and livemint.com in the general and business news categories respectively. The company's job portal Shine.com which has received high appreciation from consumers and industry for its innovative design and usability crossed 5 million registrations. Desimartini.com - a social networking site is growing phenomenally. The company has recently launched an education portal www.HTCampus.com aimed at students passing out of school and college to help them take the right decision about their higher education. HT Media reported FY 2010 total annual revenue grew by 5% to reach Rs. 1,454 crore. The circulation revenue posted a robust growth of 19% on account of improved cover price realisation and increased circulation. The advertisement revenue recorded a modest growth of 1%. Reflecting an increased acceptance amongst advertisers, the advertising volumes increased by 17%. Radio vertical outscored others by posting a healthy revenue growth of 52%, taking its revenue to Rs. 43 crore. Riding on the improved ad volumes and realisations, the Radio business turned EBITDA positive in the fourth quarter of FY 10.

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A document containing information organized in a narrative, graphic, or tabular form, prepared on ad hoc, periodic, recurring, regular, or as required basis. Reports

may refer to specific periods, events, occurrences, or subjects, and may be communicated or presented in oral or written form

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About the Book : Fundamentals of Reporting and Editing 'Fundamentals of Reporting and Editing' covers all professional aspects of journalism. For the students of Journalism it's a textbook and for practicing journalists it's a handbook. Though it deals with conceptual part of journalism, more emphasis is laid on the practical aspect. Thus, it might even serve the purpose of a work book. The relevant aspects of reporting and editing have been covered in a manner that you will always find journalism in action in this book. for developing an understanding of news it has been defined in the

words of scholars, the qualities of news and its elements have been discussed and the new value or the determinants of news have been underlined. The structure of a news report -inverted pyramid and 5Ws ad also the lead writing has been discussed with some new insight. The book focuses on both the essential aspects of reporting-news gathering and news writing. it includes news sources, sourcing or attribution, objectively in reporting and social responsibility. It also talks about characteristics of a reporter, his/her functions and responsibility. The book provides substantial material on writing general stories including personals, briefs, speeches, interviews and meetings and simple story types including illness, death, obituaries, funeral, fires, weather stories and natural disasters. It goes into the details of crime reporting and other local beats. On the editing front, the book deals with news room

operations, the hierarchies and the duties and functions of news editor, chief sub-editor and sub-editor. All essential aspects of subbing-copyediting, copy tasting, copyreading and proof-reading have found place in the book. The chapter on headline writing adds value to the book.
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