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33-483: Asiaweek was an English-language news magazine focusing on Asia, published weekly by Asiaweek Limited, a subsidiary of Time Inc. Based in Hong Kong, it was established in 1975, and ceased publication with its 7 December 2001 issue due to a "downturn in the advertising market", according to Norman Pearlstine , editor in chief of Time Inc. The magazine had a circulation of 120,000 copies when it closed. The magazine

66-559: A Murdoch property) killed the Review . Murdoch-Dow's Wall Street Journal and Time Inc.'s Time magazine now fly the American flag over Asia, unchallenged by lesser flags." News magazine Radio news magazines are similar to television news magazines. Unlike radio newscasts, which are typically about five minutes in length, radio news magazines can run from 30 minutes to three hours or more. Television news magazines provide

99-699: A body of writing that had not been given publicity before." Asiaweek had only four editors during its 26 years period: co-founders T. J. S. George and Michael O'Neill, who conceived the magazine, Ann Morrison who succeeded O'Neill in 1994, and Dorinda Elliott, formerly Newsweek's Asia editor in Hong Kong, who took over in October 2000. The magazine had always moved with the times. As co-founder George wrote in an editorial statement in Asiaweek' s first issue in December 1975: "Realities have changed, and so

132-501: A net paid circulation of 595,618 copies. NIE achieves its biggest penetration (paid sales per head of population) in the state of Kerala. In Kerala, the newspaper has a circulation of 1,24,005 copies. It claims to be the first Indian newspaper to give insurance benefits to its subscribers. It is published in a geographical area that covers approximately 24 per cent of the national population. The New Sunday Express (the Sunday edition of

165-480: A prominent Telugu daily. It gained the name Three Musketeers for the three dailies. In 1940 the whole premises were gutted by fire. The Hindu , its rival, helped considerably in re-launching the paper, by getting it printed temporarily at one of its Swadesimithran's press and later offering its recently vacated premises in Madras at 2, Mount Road later to become the landmark Express Estates . This relocation helped

198-408: A similar service to print news magazines, but their stories are presented as short television documentaries rather than written articles; in contrast to a daily newscast, news magazines allow more in-depth coverage of specific topics, including current affairs , investigative journalism (including hidden camera investigations), major interviews, and human-interest stories. The BBC 's Panorama

231-488: A year later, Goenka bought the rest of the 26 per cent stake from Sadanand, and the paper came under his control, who took the already anti-establishment tone of the paper to greater heights. At that time it had to face stiff competition from the well-established The Hindu and the Mail , besides other prominent newspapers. In the late 1930s, the circulation was no more than 2,000. In 1939 Goenka bought out Andhra Prabha ,

264-464: Is its news media." But Singapore-based Alejandro Reyes, long-time correspondent and contributing editor of Asiaweek , insisted that the magazine retained its strongly Asian voice independent of whatever the bosses in New York might have wanted. He says the magazine's demise was due to the "failure of a pan-Asian marketing strategy impeded by limited resources and intense competition" and is hopeful of

297-599: Is now an editorial consultant for the New Indian Express Group. "They want a total monopoly for Time magazine." 'Asia through Asian eyes' was the slogan that helped Asiaweek rise. Writing in 2009, George was still nostalgic about the fresh and fearless style of the magazine during its heyday and is wary of American meddling in Asian affairs. He warned that "perhaps the most deep-going, subliminal – if also pernicious – mind control weapon at America's disposal

330-410: Is why I shed no tears now as the concept itself was killed in 1994 when Mike was removed by the new management. Its closure [in 2001] is a mere burial." According to Time , the reason for the closure was due to an advertising slump. Executives at Time insist their decisions were based on economic, not editorial, considerations. The New York Times columnist Thomas Crampton writes, " Asiaweek and

363-596: The Asian Wall Street Journal in 2001 and quartered into a monthly in 2004 before its final burial in 2009, commenting back in 2004 when the Review died as a weekly, said "there is a parallel here between Time and Asiaweek . Time bought locally born Asiaweek even though it appeared to be in direct competition for readers and advertising. Not so long afterwards, Time closed Asiaweek rather than its ailing Time Asia ." T. J. S. George said, "In due course, Time Inc. killed Asiaweek and Dow Jones (now

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396-467: The Chennai -based Express Publications. It was founded in 1932 as The Indian Express , under the ownership of Chennai-based P. Varadarajulu Naidu and was bought by Ramnath Goenka from the monies of capitalists partner Raja Mohan Prasad and is held in trust by the current legal heirs for the family of Raja Mohan Prasad as per the trust deed given by Ramnath Goenka to Raja Mohan Prasad. In 1991, following

429-645: The Express obtain better high-speed printing machines. In later years, Goenka started the Mumbai edition with the landmark Express Towers as his office when the Morning Standard was bought by him in 1944. Two years later it became the Mumbai edition of The Indian Express . Later on, editions were started in cities like Madurai (1957), Bangalore (1965) and Ahmedabad (1968). The Financial Express

462-570: The Far Eastern Economic Review were the only weekly magazines with a strong Asia focus through the 1980s. But competition grew in the 1990s when global and local media companies expanded into regional editions. In addition to several small regionally financed magazines, The Economist , Fortune , BusinessWeek and Forbes all began aggressive expansions into Asia. These global titles could rely on skeletal staffs and economies of scale ." According to Crampton, besides

495-583: The Gentleman magazine. After Goenka's demise in 1991, two of the family members split the group into Indian Express Mumbai with all the north Indian editions, while the southern editions were grouped as Express Publications (Madurai) Limited with Chennai as headquarters. The New Indian Express is now published from all 22 major cities in Andhra Pradesh , Karnataka , Kerala , Odisha , Tamil Nadu and Telangana . The New Indian Express has

528-497: The Tamil daily Dinamani on 11 September 1934. Sadanand introduced several innovations and reduced the price, but later sold part of his stake in the form of convertible debentures to Ramnath Goenka due to financial difficulties. When The Free Press Journal further went into financial decline in 1935, Sadanand lost ownership of Indian Express after a long controversial court battle with Goenka, where blows were exchanged. Finally,

561-431: The "brutal competition for limited advertising revenue", another plausible reason for the shakeout was "the suffocating embrace of U.S.-based media giants with an American-centric perspective." For Asiaweek' s founding editor, Time Warner's closure of the 26-year-old publication plays into Asian fears of a U.S.-centric world media. "The mandarins of Manhattan fully know Asia's potential," said T. J. S. George, who

594-552: The 2000s, being largely displaced by the emerging genre of reality television . Some local television stations in the U.S. have produced news magazines, although they have largely been displaced by cheaper programming acquired from the syndication market. An exception is WCVB-TV in Boston, which has continued to produce the nightly news magazine Chronicle since 1982. In Brazil, TV Globo 's news magazine Fantástico has aired on Sunday nights. Historically, it has been one of

627-471: The NIE) is arguably the flagship publication, with magazine supplements incorporating national and international themes and sections on developmental issues, society, politics, literature, arts, cinema, travel, lifestyle, sports, new-age living, self-development and entertainment. During late 2007/early 2008, there was a big shakeout of editorial staff, with many old hands leaving to make way for new. In April 2008,

660-644: The affairs of Asia in all spheres of human activity, to see the world from an Asian perspective, to be Asia's voice in the world." Among the publication's many contributions to an understanding of the Asia-Pacific Rim region was the annual Asiaweek Short Story Competition, which ran from 1981 to 1988. Prizewinning Asian Fiction (edited and introduced by Leon Comber) was eventually published in book form in 1991 by Times Editions, Singapore, and Hong Kong University Press In his foreword, Asiaweek Managing Editor Salmon Wayne Morrison wrote: "The competition cast

693-534: The death of owner Ramnath Goenka , his family split the group into two companies. Initially, the two groups shared the Indian Express title, as well as editorial and other resources. But on 13 August 1999, the northern editions, headquartered in Mumbai , retained the Indian Express moniker, while the southern editions became The New Indian Express . Santwana Bhattacharya was appointed Editor-in-Chief on 1 July 2022, replacing G.S. Vasu. Indian Express

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726-450: The magazine lost focus and became increasingly Americanised after Time took over. Unlike Reyes, he was not optimistic that it would be replaced because most magazines in Asia depend on the patronage of political rulers, and most financiers have an axe to grind. Philip Bowring , former editor of the Far Eastern Economic Review which was bought by Dow Jones in the late 1980s and merged with

759-430: The networks' evening newscasts as their flagship programs at the expense of their news divisions' traditions of hard news. By the late-1990s, Dateline would establish a niche in true crime to set it apart from its competitors—a format that would bolster its popularity, and lead the show to being on as many as five times per-week at its peak. Most of these magazines and their frequent airings would fall out of favor by

792-561: The newspaper underwent a major, drastic and exceptionally modern layout and design makeover and launched a huge advertising campaign. In October 2007, The New Indian Express launched a 40-page Friday magazine supplement (now, total colour) called Indulge exclusively for the Chennai edition. In September 2010, the lifestyle pullout began a Bangalore edition. The New Indian Express Group of Companies also publishes Dinamani in Tamil and

825-644: The revival of a niche market for media with an Asian perspective despite globalization trends. Reyes, who was educated in the United States, initially applauded the modern, business-oriented techniques and practices of AOL Time Warner. He was not too happy when he found out that Time deleted all Asiaweek articles from its online archives, including his. "This is all very tragic," says Reyes, "– misguided decisions by New York-centric media bureaucrats whose careers are probably soon to be deleted just as ruthlessly." M.G.G. Pillai, one of Asiaweek' s casualties, said

858-442: The same time, newer newsmagazines—as well as syndicated offerings such as A Current Affair , Hard Copy and Inside Edition —often had a larger focus on tabloid stories (including celebrities such as Michael Jackson , and the O.J. Simpson and Menendez brothers murder cases) rather than the harder journalism associated with 60 Minutes and 20/20 at the time. CNN president Ed Turner argued that these shows had eclipsed

891-465: The top programs on Brazilian television, although its dominance is no longer as absolute as it was in the past due to competition from variety shows such as SBT 's Programa Silvio Santos , and from Record 's competing news magazine Domingo Espetacular. 5.Este es un ejemplo de News Magazines: https://newsmagazinesbc.com New Indian Express The New Indian Express is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper published by

924-405: The values. It is now a new Asia, and this is a new magazine to report it." O'Neill was a founding Editor-in-Chief of Yazhou Zhoukan , which was launched by Asiaweek Limited in 1987, with Thomas Hon Wing Polin as its founding Managing Editor. In 1985, Time, Inc. (as it was then known) acquired 84% of Asiaweek , buying out Reader's Digest ' s 80% stake and 4% local interests. The remaining 16%

957-628: Was first published on 5 September 1932, in Madras (now Chennai ) by an Ayurvedic doctor and Indian National Congress member P Varadarajulu Naidu, publishing from the same press where he ran the Tamil Nadu Tamil weekly. But soon, on account of financial difficulties, he sold it to S. Sadanand , founder of The Free Press Journal , another English newspaper. In 1933, The Indian Express opened its second office in Madurai and launched

990-558: Was formerly associated with Yazhou Zhoukan (亞洲週刊), an international Chinese newsweekly, before Time Warner media acquired it. Asiaweek was founded in 1975 by Michael O'Neill, a New Zealander , and T. J. S. George , an Indian, who had worked together at the Far Eastern Economic Review but had grown disenchanted with what they considered its ponderous style and perceived British stance. Asiaweek' s mission statement said it all: "To report accurately and fairly

1023-570: Was launched in 1961 from Mumbai, a Bangalore edition of Andhra Prabha was launched in 1965, and Gujarati dailies Lok Satta and Jansatta in 1952, from Ahmedabad and Baroda. The Delhi edition started was when the Tej group's Indian News Chronicle was acquired in 1951, which from 1953 became the Delhi edition of Indian Express . In 1990 it bought the Sterling group of magazines and, along with it,

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1056-651: Was one of the earliest examples, premiering in 1953. In the United States , the Big Three networks all currently produce at least one weekly news magazine, including ABC 's 20/20 , CBS 's 60 Minutes , and NBC's Dateline ; the current formats of 20/20 and Dateline focus predominantly on true crime stories. News magazines proliferated on network schedules in the early 1990s, as they had lower production costs in comparison to scripted programs, and could attract equivalent if not larger audiences. At

1089-462: Was owned by Michael O'Neill. In 1994, Time ousted O'Neill and installed another editor, Ann Morrison, who came to Hong Kong from Fortune (a Time publication) based in New York. George, who left Asiaweek before its troubles began, laments the death of the magazine after O'Neill was removed. With Asiaweek' s demise, George said, his only regret was the way "the magazine was devalued by the very people who took it upon themselves to nurture it. That

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