The Central government on Monday told the Delhi High Court that Associated Journals Ltd (AJL), which publishes National Herald newspaper, has "clandestinely" transferred its majority shares to Young Indian in which Congress President Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi are shareholders.


AJL 'clandestinely' transferred majority shares to Young Indian: Centre


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A team of UN experts arrived here on Monday to begin an investigation into the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside his country's consulate in Istanbul, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said.


Khashoggi's killing: UN official in Turkey for international inquiry


Throwing a serious question on the future of digital journalism, two big media outlets -- Buzzfeed and Verizon which owns HuffPost, Yahoo and AOL -- have announced to lay off more than 1,000 journalists globally.


Digital news outlets Buzzfeed, Verizon lay off over 1,000 journalists


The UK's Daily Telegraph on Saturday apologized "unreservedly" to US First Lady Melania Trump and agreed to pay her "substantial damages" for an article it published last week.


UK daily apologises to Melania Trump


In an "open letter" on Friday, Subhash Chandra, Chairman, ZEE & Essel Group, apologised to bankers, NBFCs & mutual funds for "not having lived up to their expectations" hours after Zee Group  suffered a loss in market capitalisation to the tune of Rs 14,000 crore after the shares of its entertainment arm tanked over 30 per cent in the wake of a media report that said its promoter company Essel Group was allegedly involved in money laundering post-demonetisation.


Subhash Chandra apologises as Zee Group shares crash on media report of money laundering post-demo (Repeating for all)


Zee Group  on Friday suffered a loss in market capitalisation to the tune of Rs. 14,000 crore after the shares of its entertainment arm tanked over 30 per cent in the wake of a media report that said its promoter company Essel Group was allegedly involved in laundering money immediately after demonetisation.


Zee Group shares crash on media report of money laundering post-demo (Repeating for all)


A team of UN experts is set to carry out an investigation into the killing of a prominent Saudi Arabian journalist inside his country's consulate in Istanbul, the organization said on Friday.


UN rights expert leads probe into Saudi journalist's killing


Publishers, writers, filmmakers and the media are facing coercion in India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led BJP government at the Centre and if the UPA was to swing back to power in the coming elections, upholding free speech and democratic rights would be its top priority, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said here on Friday.


Media, publishers coerced under Modi, free speech will be UPA's top priority: Tharoor


A CNN anchor has apologised for a tweet in which he appeared to suggest that Indian-American Senator Kamala Harris, who announced her 2020 presidential bid earlier this week, needed to prove that she was born in the US.


CNN anchor apologises for Kamala Harris tweet


Marzieh Hashemi, an American-Iranian journalist working for a Tehran-based news outlet, has been released from US custody after testifying before a grand jury in Washington, her representative said.


American-Iranian journalist released from US custody


Nominations for the 2018 Chameli Devi Jain Award for outstanding women mediapersons in India have started, The Media Foundation, which confers the award, said in a statement.


Nominations begin for Chameli Devi award for women journalists


A Delhi court on Tuesday said it will decide on January 29 whether to summon journalist Priya Ramani or not in the defamation case filed by former Union Minister M.J. Akbar.


Akbar case: Court to decide on Ramani on Jan 29


Iranians demonstrated outside the Swiss embassy in Tehran on Sunday to protest against the detention of an Iranian-American journalist in Washington.


Protest in Tehran over US detention of journalist


Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has become an obstacle in improving the US-Saudi ties and must be "dealt with", US Senator Lindsey Graham, a close ally of President Donald Trump, said here on Saturday.


Saudi Crown Prince must be 'dealt with' to improve ties: US senator


Media houses taking up arms against fake news, publishers looking towards subscriptions to make up for the losses, which may fuel lay-offs and thus weaken further their ability to hold politicians and tycoons to account, are the key trends in the media sector in 2019, finds a report.


Media must rebuild trust, credibility in 2019 as fake news, subscription war loom large: Report


The Committee for Protection of Journalists (CPJ) on Wednesday wrote to Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik seeking release of a Kashmiri journalist who was arrested in August last year.


CPJ writes to J&K Governor seeking release of Kashmiri journalist


Facebook has announced to invest over $300 million over the next three years to support local news organisations.


Facebook commits $300 mn to support local news


As India gears up for general elections, owners of global social media platforms are in a huddle over how to curb the spread of misinformation and fake news in a country where deep mobile penetration has made Facebook, its messaging service WhatsApp and Twitter available at the fingertips of millions.


New Indian IT rules take social media giants to task


A Delhi Court on Friday concluded the recording of complainant witnesses in the defamation case filed by former Union Minister M.J. Akbar against woman journalist Priya Ramani who accused him of sexual harassment.


Recording of witnesses' statements ends in Akbar defamation case


A special CBI court in Haryana's Panchkula town on Friday convicted Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh for the murder of Sirsa-based journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati.


Ram Rahim convicted in journalist's murder case


Delhi School of Journalism (DSJ) may start short-term courses for working journalists from the upcoming academic session, as was originally provisioned in the ordinance under which the school was established, an official from the university has said.

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