దోపిడి దొంగల సంఘం!

(ప్రత్యేక ప్రతినిథి)

విలేకరుల పేరిట దోపిడీలకు పాల్పడుతున్న వారంతా కలిసి విశాఖలో సంఘంగా ఏర్పడ్డారు. ఈమధ్యే వాళ్లంతా సమావేశం కూడా అయ్యారండోయ్. సమావేశం అవడమే కాదు, సంఘనికి కొత్త నాయకత్వాన్ని కూడా ఎన్నుకున్నారు. అయితే, ఎంపికైన వారిలో ఎంతమంది ఎడిటర్లో, ఎంతమంది సంపాదకులో అంతుచిక్కక సంఘంలోని నిజమైన జర్నలిస్టులు అవకాశం దొరికిన చోటల్లా గుసగుసలాడుకుంటున్నారు. అదేం పాపమో తెలియదు కానీ నిజమైన జర్నలిస్టులకు ఆ సంఘంలో చోటే కరువైంది. రాని పత్రికలకు ఇచ్చిన ప్రాధాన్యత నిత్యం వస్తున్నవాటికి ఇవ్వలేదన్న అపవాదు సరేసరి! వేర్వేరు పేర్లతో ఇప్పటికే విశాఖలో రాజ్యమేలుతున్న ఎర్నలిస్టుల సంఘాల జాబితాలో ఇది కూడా చేరిందిలే అని సరిపెట్టుకోవాలా? లేక సరికొత్త లక్ష్యంతో ఆవిర్భవించిన ఈ సంఘాన్ని అభినందించాలో మీరే ఆలోచించండి!

R.C.Murthy rejects Saakshi

Ramachandra Murthy, editor of Andhrajyothi rejected the offer to become Chief editor of Saakshi. There were discussions for more than a month and at the end Murthy decided not to join the paper owned by Jagan Mohan Reddy.Already a considerable number of journalists from andhrajyothi have signed with this new venture.

Star Dropped Telugu Channel Plan

Star shelved its telugu venture which was announced as a joint venture with Balaji telefilms ltd. Sources at Star office say that the ratings for Balaji serials have come down and the proposed tieup will not yeild any results if there is tieup with a single production group.The venture was named as Star Balaji. After this decision Balaji telefilms has started discussions with Kalitv promoted by Karunanidhi to counter Sun network.

Patanjali is Editor-in-Chief of Saakshi

Patanjali is Editor-in-Chief of Saakshi

Y.S. Jagan has selected ex-Udayam journalist Patanjali as editor for his ambitious project Saakshi. Patanjali is a novelist and worked with ABK Prasad in a number of news papers. Can this 60 yr old writer take on the eighty lakh copies of Eenadu?

Can he compete with Ramoji's distribution and marketing skills? Post your opinion.!!!

Exodus from Andhra Jyoti

Exodus from Andhra Jyoti

It started with Kommineni who joined Narender TV for a big cheque. Now its exodus from AJ to Saakshi. Murli who designs entire AJ put his papers. Seniors to follow are famous leftists Allam Narayana and K. Srinivas. Now it will become difficult for Andhra Jyoti as the makers of front page and editpage are leaving. Sources in AJ say that another 40 Journos will leave the organization in a couple of days.Saakshi is set to launch on 1st of Jan. Another interesting news is that S.R. Ramanujan has approached Jagan Mohan Reddy with his Bio. He wants to be called as CEO of Saakshi.

Ramanujan's creativity

Ramanujan's creativity

After a long training (Newstime mark) Ramanujan started sending his reporters to field. Today everyone shocked to see the logo of Narender tv. This is cheap imitation of CNN-IBN. Colors and shape are 100% copy. But our Ex-editor of Newstime has told his reporters that the logo is designed in America. Well sir, you have every right to copy. But try to copy from the channels which are not visible in Hyderabad.

Music and Bhakti from Etv

Music and Bhakti from Etv

After resounding success of the pay model, etv now wants to go aggressive on launching channels. First of the bunch will be a devotional and music channel in Telugu. In Telugu Maatv,Gemini and Tv9 have already announced Bhakti channels. So. Be prepared to get tonnes of devotional stuff in Telugu.