T.N. Ninan
An Award-winning journalist and one of India’s most respected economic editors, T.N. Ninan is editorial director of Business Standard newspaper. He was editor of the newspaper between 1992 and 2009. Before that, Ninan was the editor of The Economic Times and was responsible for establishing it as a leading financial daily. He has also been the editor of Business World magazine and executive editor of India Today
In War at the Wall Street Journal, an account of how Rupert Murdoch bought The Journal from the Bancroft family, Sarah Ellison has a brief vignette about the journalist who wrote one story a year — and he wasn’t considered unproductive.
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With all due respect to Mr. Ninan, the foreign exchange conversion factor means that a single copy of the NY Times costs Rs. 90, so it appears to be a sweeping statement that a years subscription of TOI is almost equal to the price of a single copy of the NY Times. That said, the point of the price differential is well taken. I have a lot to learn from Mr. Ninan and I wish he had shared his insights on how digital newspapers (including the NY Times which offers digital subscriptions) are faring. Have digital subscriptions over taken print subscriptions? It would be interesting to know that. Thanks for a good insightful column. Best regards.
on Aug 23, 2011Dear lubna: All factors being same the value of similar goods should be same irrespective of which country it is in. Hence, the price comparison of Rs 90 in US versus Rs 3.50 is logical and cost of 1 day in US is almost equal to 1 month subscrition in India
on Nov 12, 2011I am of the view that newspapers in India are not representing many sections of our society. Also their is a bias in reporting news, print journalism has lost many of its basic ethos. Investigations have ceased to be a part of journalism in its true sense. Most emphasis is on leaning towards advertisers without any ethics. But as stated in the following article, print occupies a bigger mind-space than TV. And their is a need for a different concept in Printed News is my understanding.. Thank you. Sampat.
on Aug 12, 2011