Enjoying Work and Performing It Well

RIND FebruarySurvey 2019 | Volume 40| Issue 2| Rs 50 www.pressinstitute.in A Journal of the Press Institute of India - Research Institute for Newspaper Development

ENJOYING WORK AND PERFORMING IT WELL This is a picture from Druckhaus Mainfranken in Marktheidenfeld near Wurzberg, a city in Germany’s Bavaria Region, where a Rapida 106 with eight printing units and perfecting for 4-over-4 production has been in operation at Flyeralarm for almost a year now. The high-speed press reaches printing speeds of up to 18000 sheets an hour and is tailored to the needs of the printing service provider in terms of print spectrum and plate formats. All eight printing plates on the Rapida 106 are changed simultaneously in less than 40 seconds, and washing of impression cylinders, blankets and rollers is done simultaneously. Working at a printing press needn’t be boring; it can be enjoyable as is reﬂected by the smiling face of Soﬁe Hetzer (Karl- Josef Christ is seen in the background) here, loading the eight plate-loading cartridges with the printing plates for the next job. See page 26 for more.

1 FROM THE EDITOR While paper scores on sustainability, print scores on trust n October 2017, the World Printers Forum of the need for journalists to establish credibility being IWAN-IFRA decided to produce a report on the paramount, Kapoor said it was more difficult to sustainability of the printed newspaper. Partnering the ensure people were consuming accurate information; Forum was Two Sides, an international organisation he spoke about elevating and strengthening quality that promotes the sustainability of the graphic journalism. Readers were concerned about the communications supply chain and dispels common authenticity of the news they accessed online – 57 per environmental misconceptions. An article in WAN- cent were worried about authenticity of online news IFRA Technology Guide & Directory 2018 – Helping and 70 per cent were concerned about the rise of fake Publishers Connect with Today’s Innovators says the jointly news – he said, adding that the challenge was to find developed report shows that newspaper printing is a a way for platforms and newsrooms to strengthen sustainable production method, that the important quality journalism and fight misinformation. Susan key data is developing in the right direction, but Philip’s article in this issue mentions how Google also that newspaper printers and publishers should is addressing the challenge and trying to elevate do even more to develop their sustainable future quality journalism and how it is collaborating with prospects. newsrooms to produce accurate information. Contrary to what many people think or believe, the ***************** newspaper industry’s primary raw material, paper, has been found to be a sustainable raw material. In fact, Ranjit Wijewardene, who heads Wijeya Newspapers buoyed by more awareness about the necessity to in Sri Lanka, believes that today’s young generation can protect the environment and our fragile ecology, the be attracted by good quality investigative and feature/ paper industry, also aware that it is dependent on forests, long form content, with infographics and videos to has been promoting sustainable forest management to boot. In an interview with WAN-IFRA South Asia’s ensure there is a reliable supply of wood fibre, the key Neha Gupta, Wijewardene says that editors must raw material for its products. According to the report, focus on content that is shareable on social media, the around 70 per cent of paper consumed in developed best way to attract young readers and keeping them countries is recovered, making it one of the most engaged. Wijeya Newspapers is not only doing that recycled of all materials. Indeed, much of the recycled but also training its editorial team to “keep improving, paper is utilised again within the paper industry where innovating and experimenting with content production it is an essential raw material, particularly for packaging and presentation” to cater better to young readers. and newsprint. The report says that recycling paper is Wijewardene does not see a steep decline in print the most eco-efficient waste management option. anytime soon; he says print will now be a platform for However, the report points out that there appears premium advertising clients and branding opportunities. to be limited commitment to effectively measure He feels the need to keep print relevant and profitable. environmental impacts and progress towards reducing We all do, don’t we? The article in WAN-IFRA Technology them, and that this has been hampering the industry’s Guide & Directory 2018 – Helping Publishers Connect ability to credibly promote its green credentials. You with Today’s Innovators cited earlier here says a recent can read more about the report on page 12. international survey of more than 10700 consumers revealed that consumers trust, enjoy and more deeply ***************** understand information read in print; online, signs of Rahul Kapoor, head of Large Partnerships, digital fatigue and concern for security and privacy are Google India, speaking at the 26th WAN-IFRA evident. Fifty-five per cent prefer a printed newspaper, India Conference in Hyderabad last year, said that and trust in newspapers is twice as high as trust in social it was “a unique and challenging moment for quality media. Music to our ears. journalism”. Echoing what we had mentioned in our edit piece in the previous issue, about facing the Sashi Nair challenges posed by fake news not being easy and [email protected]

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A changing media landscape — how Google lends a hand 6

Keeping print profitable, with a focus on digital 8

Newspapers — a sustainable industry, but room found for improvement 12

Where does investigation end and snooping begin? 16

In the vanguard of social and political reform — a history of Marathi journalism 18

Industry Updates 26

General News 34

Events Calendar 36

Cover page image: Courtesy, Koenig & Bauer AG C o n t e s

4 RIND Survey February 2019 A changing media landscape — how Google lends a hand Rahul Kapoor, head of Large Partnerships, Google India, speaking at the 26th WAN- IFRA India Conference in Hyderabad last year, enumerated the various initiatives taken by Google to partner with journalism and achieve growth in tandem. Susan Philip reports

ews matters to us as a company… put informed; 74 pc feel it’s important to stay informed simply, our futures are tied,” Rahul on specific topics; 73 pc read news as a matter of “NKapoor told the audience at the World habit, and an equal number read it in case the topics Editors Forum South Asia Summit held as part of come up in conversation. the Conference. Similarly, giving an insight into how news is accessed “We’re in a unique and challenging moment for quality across age-groups, he revealed that 18-30-year-olds journalism,” he said. Listing the challenges facing the get their news from social media (73 pc), messaging news industry, Kapoor said now “it's more difficult to apps (68 pc), news provider websites (61 pc), news ensure people are consuming accurate information.” provider apps (60 pc), and app notifications from Google technology helps fight misinformation, and a news provider (58 pc). Those in the 31-45 age features like Google Search, Google Ad Manager, group use messaging apps (74 pc), social media YouTube, Google Play and Google News Lab, had (68 pc), news providers apps (61 pc), news provider proved to be specially helpful to news journalism. websites (60 pc), and online portals (58 pc) to access In his presentation, Kapoor shared with his news. Those in the 46-60-year bracket turn to social audience statistics on various aspects of the news media (71 pc), messaging apps (68 pc), news provider industry. On reader attitudes to news in India, he said websites (67 pc), news provider apps (62 pc), and app it was found that 79 per cent feel it’s important to stay notifications from a news provider (51 pc). Asserting that definitions of news remain the same despite the changes in preferred format that have happened over the years, Kapoor said “news is a media which provides us information about every aspect and event in our day-to-day life.” Elaborating on Google’s efforts to build a stronger future for journalism, he dealt with the issue of elevating and strengthening quality journalism. Readers are concerned about the authenticity of the news they access online – 57 pc are worried about authenticity of online news and 70 pc are concerned about the rise of fake news, he said. (Online news Photo: WAN-IFRA readers are more likely to define ‘fake Rahul Kapoor providing insights while talking about the Google experience. news’ as something that happens by

6 RIND Survey February 2019 mistake rather than a deliberate attempt to deceive, Another challenge relates to the news-advertisement he noted.) relationship. “Digital ad revenue isn't growing fast The challenge is to fi nd a way for platforms enough to offset decreases in print ad revenue. It's and newsrooms to strengthen quality journalism challenging for news organisations to keep pace with and fi ght misinformation. Google addresses the technological innovation. This is as true in India as it challenge in three ways. It builds products to elevate is anywhere else in the world,” he told participants at quality journalism – for example, Google Search the workshop. and YouTube. It collaborates with newsrooms to Quoting statistics, he said 59 pc of online news throw up accurate information, Kapoor said, citing readers are willing to accept ads provided the news the Credibility Coalition and The Trust Project. And content is free; 58 pc feel ads are inappropriate near thirdly, it has worked with the industry to develop serious news content while 36 pc don’t read news signals for quality journalism. Google’s News Lab content that has ads. team has provided in-person trainings and editorial Google has been working with media organisations partnerships in 52 countries. to grow their ad-based business for a long time. “We’re As far as enhancing the experience of audiences using machine learning to surface more ad growth goes, “we support research and build programmes opportunities; we also expand our partnership to like the Canadian Journalism Foundation to improve subscriptions beyond advertising – we have worked digital literacy”, he added. with nearly 60 publishers from 18 countries on our Google’s Project Shield is an example of how the subscriptions strategy,” he said. company empowers news organisations through In his role at Google, Rahul Kapoor has been technological innovation. Explaining that it’s a free working to bring together the best of Google for

service that uses Google technology to protect news leading publishers, developers and platforms to help sites and free expression from DDoS attacks on the build profi table digital business. < Web, Kapoor said it has been protecting hundreds of websites in 70 countries.

Pres� gious award for prin� ng technology student The pres� gious Na� onal Awards for Excellence in Prin� ng (NAEP) presented by the All India Federa� on of Master Printers (AIFMP) saw a new category of awards being cons� tuted for students of Prin� ng Technology, at the 13th NAEP event held in Madurai on 22nd December last year. Kulakara Rachana of IV BE Prin� ng Technology, Avinashilingam School of Engineering, Coimbatore, received the Best Student of the Year Award. Rachana is a versa� le student with good crea� ve designing skills and innova� ve blog-wri� ng skills. Photo: NAEP Photo: She has travelled extensively for internships, print Kulakara Rachana aft er receiving the award. conferences and industry visits. She is the one of the two students who visited Print and Beyond in Kochi in February last year and wrote an ar� cle based on their experiences, which was published by Print Week. The School’s Prin� ng Technology Department recently obtained accredita� on for three years from Na� onal Board of Accredita� on (NBA) for its BE programme and is the only prin� ng department in

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February 2019 RIND Survey 7 Keeping print profi table, with a focus on digital Wijeya Newspapers Limited (WNL) was established in 1979 and is sri Lanka’s leading newspaper group. With a vision to be the most independent and socially responsible media group in the country, it has the highest annual turnover. In an interview with Neha Gupta, the group’s chairperson, Ranjit Wijewardene, sheds light on WNL’s revenue sources, advertising solutions and the struggle of transitioning from print to digital

hat is the state of news media in Sri vernacular publications. Circulation numbers have Lanka, in terms of independence of shown slight drops with some months registering press and revenue and reach, in print negative growth. Wand in other media? Digital revenues have shown steady but slow We are freer than ever before, though governmental growth rates, while digital reach through the company dissatisfaction is felt from time to time. The oblique website/app portfolio and social media has grown mention of an advertising tax and government exponentially. advertising is mostly channelled to state-owned publications. Advertising revenues have dipped slightly as “WNL offers very powerful advertising solutions compared to 2016; 2017 showed modest to negative across all our brands. The readers and advertisers growth. The fi rst two quarters of 2018 have provided are served by the network of branches and 5000 revenue growth compared to 2017. dealer outlets throughout the country” – could Circulation numbers and print reach have been you please elaborate on this? steady over the last few years and any revenue growth The main brands within the Wijeya Newspapers has seen a price increase in the daily and Sunday portfolio, namely the Daily Mirror, Lankadeepa, Sunday Lankadeepa and the Sunday Times, have a market share in excess of 70 per cent when it comes to readership, reach and revenue generation, compared to its competitors. These brands offer advertisers a powerful advertising platform, which assures value for money. The Wijeya Newspapers-owned branch network, as well as the 5000-strong agency network, ensures that the main brands are distributed effectively across the entire island.

WNL is said to be both aggressive and gentle at the same time. What are some of the innovations carried out by Wijeya Newspapers? What drives these initiatives? The main innovations driven by WNL over the last few years have focused strongly on native advertising and on the design and layout of our print and digital Photos: WAN-IFRA properties. We also have a number of ongoing Ranjit Wijewardence, chairman of Sri Lanka's Wijeya Newspapers. research-led innovation projects into augmented

8 RIND Survey February 2019 nursery that is attached to the university. The need to keep print relevant and profi table, while developing new products for print and digital revenue growth, is the primary driver behind these innovations. We recently launched W Now, an exclusively video- based news and feature website, where the content is largely disseminated via social media. The precut has been largely successful with an impressive reach and reader interaction. It has also started to generate a signifi cant amount of revenue over the last six months.

Tell us about your digital journey so far. How many monthly visitors do you register across WNL's digital and print growth fi gures for 2018, compared to the past few years. all your digital channels? Are they increasingly coming from mobile devices? reality (AR), e-paper platforms, development of WNL’s digital journey has shown both readership virtual reality (VR) products, and bots. and revenue growth over the last six years. We Several research projects are carried out at currently register 2.5 million unique visitors across SLIIT, the leading IT University in Sri Lanka. all our digital platforms, of which about 35 per cent WNL is the only publisher occupying the concept access our content via smartphones.

innovation HIGH VALUE AND EFFICIENT Printers worldwide rely on technotrans cooling systems – experience of more than 70,000 reliable systems in offset and digital printing: professional project planning, on-site service during installation and commissioning, 24/7 customer service for quick help. www.technotrans.com technotrans india pvt ltd Nandambakkam, Chennai 600 089 Phone +91 (0) 44 43519349 · [email protected] How successful are your efforts to capture young revenue stream, was to venture into electronic media. readers online, considering that their news We did this to be able to offer advertisers packaged consumption habits are not traditional? 360-degree solutions that would incorporate print, Capturing and maintaining a young audience that TV, digital and social media. is increasingly digesting news via social media is a huge challenge. Several of WNL’s activities involv- What is your take on the future of news media in ing its digital properties and print innovation have the region and your plans for the group? been focused on this area. We believe the young We do not see a steep decline in print soon, but we demographic can be attracted by good quality inves- do recognise that advertisers are now presented with tigative and feature/long form content, along with various forms of advertising options that in some infographics and videos. Content that is inherently cases would inevitably provide enhanced response shareable on social media is the way forward in gar- rates. Nonetheless, we believe that print will always nering young readers and keeping them engaged. prove to be a platform for premium advertising clients and branding opportunities. We are also focusing Is WNL experimenting with paywalls and strongly on content, and training our editorial team subscription-based models? If not, do you plan to keep improving, innovating and experimenting to start soon? with content production and presentation, to appeal We are not experimenting with a paywall or to a younger audience. subscription-based model now, because we don’t Another thrust area to increase page views and think the Sri Lankan market is ready to start paying average time spent is the vast amount of video for content. We are, however, working on creating a content on digital platforms. Video is increasingly more user-friendly e-paper avenue that will be a paid becoming a key variable in decision-making about ad platform, but our websites will be on an FOC basis agencies and clients. for the foreseeable future. If we go for a paywall at Our plans for the group are: all, we will go in for a freemium model, where a few • To increase focus on training the sales team premium pieces would be behind the paywall and rest to focus more on native advertising and of the content would be free. packaged advertising solutions, incorporating all properties owned by WNL. What is WNL's social media strategy in • To train the editorial staff to handle native, generating revenue and driving page views? infographic, investigative and long form feature WNL’s social media strategy, until very recently, was content to provide readers with as much unique mainly to drive traffic to the websites, thereby driving content as possible. up page views, unique user rates and the average time • To improve the layout and design of our websites, spent. There was little revenue focus until mid-2017. along with news and content presentation. We have started utilising our social media following • To continue research and development of over 2.5 million people to start generating revenue activities, and further invest to insure that WNL

is consistently introducing innovative products by providing advertisers and clients with a platform < to disseminate information regarding special offers and services in the market. and events. (This article appeared in the July-August 2018 issue of WNL started a TV channel recently. What is WAN-IFRA’s Asian News Media Focus. idea behind this and how has this shaped the The writer is a multimedia journalist with objectives of the group? WAN-IFRA South Asia based in Chennai.) We recently launched Hi!TV, an extension of the successful Hi! magazine, which is the highest circulated magazine in Sri Lanka. Hi!TV is essentially a lifestyle and entertainment channel focused on event coverage in the country. The primary objective behind introducing a new channel, apart from creating a new

10 RIND Survey February 2019 A WAN-IFRA REPORT On Newspapers A sustainable industry, but room found for improvement Newspapers have a lot of strengths when it comes to sustainability. Not only are they an effective and trusted means of distributing news and information (with all the societal benefits this brings), they do this is in a relatively eco-efficient way. According to a report produced by the World Printers Forum of WAN-IFRA, there appears to be limited commitment to effectively measure or disclose environmental impacts and progress towards reducing them, which hampers the industry’s ability to credibly promote its green credentials

n an increasingly digital world, interest-led, publicly expressed views determine the upper Ihand, often reversing realities. For example, many consumers believe that buying newspapers and magazines leads to deforestation. To counter these and other misconceptions in connection with the printed newspaper, the board of the World Printers Forum of WAN-IFRA decided in October 2017 to produce a report on the sustainability of the printed newspaper. Two Sides, an international organisation that promotes the sustainability of the graphic communications supply chain and dispels common environmental misconceptions, is a partner for the project. The jointly developed report shows that newspaper printing is a sustainable production method, that the important key data is developing in the right direction, but also that newspaper printers and publishers should do even more to develop their sustainable future prospects. Publishing companies can use this report to keep abreast of the latest efforts to promote sustainability, as well as to inform readers and customers.

Paper is sustainable The industry’s primary raw material, paper, is a

sustainable raw material. The paper industry depends Photo: WAN-IFRA on, and promotes, sustainable forest management The report is available free of charge to WAN-IFRA Members and is to provide a reliable supply of wood fibre, the for sale to non-members at www.wan-ifra.org/sustainability_report).

12 RIND Survey February 2019 key raw material for its products. Well-managed newspapers as FSC certified (i.e. they are forests bring multiple benefits for society, such as eligible to use the FSC label), with 23 per cent livelihoods, ecosystem services and biodiversity. doing the same with PEFC. Most deforestation is in the tropics and caused by • The use of recycled fibre is commonplace pressures such as agriculture and unsustainable across the sector, with a high recycled content logging. Whereas the global pulp and paper industry favoured, particularly in regions such as Europe. supports over 310 million hectares of sustainably Only 9 per cent of survey respondents use 100 certified forests, with 54 per cent of wood fibre per cent virgin fibre paper exclusively, whereas certified to FSC or PEFC standards in 2015. 70 per cent do not use 100 per cent virgin fibre Around 70 per cent of paper consumption in grades at all. developed countries is recovered, making it one of • 94 per cent of survey respondents have some the most recycled of all materials. Much of this is form of environmental or social-related policy utilised again within the paper industry where it is commitment. Environmental or sustainability an essential raw material, particularly for packaging policies are the most popular, followed by Health and newsprint. Recycling paper is the most eco- & Safety and CSR/Corporate Responsibility. efficient waste management option and the use However, 39 per cent of respondents were of recycled fibre complements the need for virgin found to have no specific environmental or wood fibre to meet societal demands for paper and sustainability policy at all. board products. In this respect, recycled paper is an important step in the transition to a circular Newspapers vs online news economy. It can be difficult to compare the carbon footprint The pulp and paper industry is relatively energy of printed and online news, as there are so many intensive, but it also has a proven commitment to variables involved. Two Finnish studies indicate energy efficiency and is a significant industrial user that online delivery of news is likely to have a lower of renewable energy. The paper industry’s key raw carbon footprint than through a printed publication. material, wood fibre, also sequesters greenhouse But the value of the reading experience also must be gases from the atmosphere and this benefit continues considered. for the duration of the fibre’s life cycle. An international survey of over 10700 consumers While large volumes of water are used in pulp concluded that consumers trust, enjoy and more and paper making, much of this is returned to the deeply understand information read in print; online, environment. Beforehand it undergoes extensive signs of digital fatigue and concern for security and treatment and the last decades of the 20th century saw privacy are evident. dramatic improvements in the cleanliness of effluent. Overall: • 55 per cent prefer a printed newspaper, 27 per Sustainability aspects of newspapers cent prefer to read news on their computer In order to assess how the newspaper industry is and only 17 per cent prefer using a mobile or addressing various sustainability issues, an online tablet. survey of WAN-IFRA members was conducted • Trust in newspapers is twice as high as trust in spring 2018. While the results cannot be in social media, with 51 per cent of global considered to be conclusive, they still provide a respondents trusting the news stories they read useful insight into the sector’s current attitudes in printed newspapers. and activities regarding sustainability. A few of the • 63 per cent of all respondents believe reading key findings: news in a printed newspaper provides a deep • The use of certified materials is widespread understanding of the story. in the newspaper sector. Seventy per cent of • Also, 46 per cent of global respondents are survey respondents claim to be using at least more likely to take action after seeing an ad in some FSC or PEFC certified paper. a printed newspaper or magazine than if they • 32 per cent of respondents, predominantly saw the same ad online. in Europe, indicate they are actively selling

February 2019 RIND Survey 13 Conclusions Therefore, it is recommended that the newspaper Newspapers have a lot of strengths when it comes sector continues to focus on effi ciency (with regard to sustainability. Not only are they an effective and to raw material, energy, water and waste), improve trusted means of distributing news and information measurement of its impacts, set and work to achieve (with all the societal benefi ts this brings), they do this robust targets for improvement and consider third- is in a relatively eco-effi cient way. Yet, commitment party certifi cation as a means of encouraging contin- to sustainability appears limited, with the proportion uous improvement while maximising opportunities

of businesses publishing formal policies and the and minimising risks. < uptake of third-party certifi cation surprisingly low for a sector of its size and prominence. Similarly, (This article had appeared in WAN-IFRA Technology there appears to be limited commitment to effectively Guide & Directory 2018 – Helping Publishers measure (or at least, disclose) environmental impacts Connect with Today’s Innovators.) and progress towards reducing them, which hampers the industry’s ability to credibly promote its green credentials.

Firstpost newspaper to be 20-page broadsheet Eight years a� er Firstpost.com, Network18 will be launching its fi rst weekly newspaper – Firstpost. Says B.V. Rao, editor, Firstpost, “By taking the viewspaper from the virtual to the physical world, we are signalling two things: fi rstly, there is a market opportunity in the weekends for deep, though� ul and refl ec� ve journalism, the kind that allows us to step back from the cacophony of the moment and analyse events calmly. Thus, the diff erence between the two products is not the quality of the content, but the kind of content. Secondly, content is pla� orm-agnos� c, especially good content. The digital consumer reads a lot but not necessarily the best. Reading the best becomes somewhat of a lo� ery, dependent on whether they open the right links from among the dozens they are dumped with every day. Firstpost print content, arranged to enable quick access in one place, will provide that reading pleasure to digital readers as well. Exis� ng digital readers can access the content free for a limited period and then signal their readiness to put a premium on the content they cherish.” According to Praveen Swami, group consul� ng editor, Network18, “Firstpost is a new kind of newspaper. Instead of the usual, mundane recoun� ng of events already well known to readers through digital media and television, every single ar� cle aspires to excep� onality: to off er a unique perspec� ve; to excavate new informa� on; to bring to life a new story.” Posi� oning itself as the last word on news, Firstpost will be a 20-page broadsheet appearing every Saturday and shall cater to readers in Mumbai and New Delhi. Aiming to change the way in which the consumer perceives newspapers, Firstpost emphasises on narra� ve, long-format journalism with a focus on na� onal poli� cs, culture and art and being a mix of hard and so� feature news. With a

strong and vibrant design, the newspaper has been designed by Jacek Utko. <

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14 RIND Survey February 2019 Where does investigation end and snooping begin? Rushing to press in reportage can cause distress to the families involved, as the Karnataka High Court has conceded. The right to privacy gets eroded. So where does a reporter draw the line? Are there guidelines? Are these discussed and taught as part of training for media persons? Over to Sakuntala Narasimhan

small, six line, single-column item that appeared Reporting on plans that the police or army have recently in the newspapers, tucked inside drawn up for solving a case erodes the chances of A a metro supplement, ought to have raised a success for those plans, by warning the criminals debate among media persons. Doesn’t look like it that the authorities are getting closer; this could lead did, though. The item was in the context of a report to destruction of evidence by the perpetrators, and on ‘techie’ Kumar Ajitabh who has been missing harm the resolution of the criminal cases. from his house in Whitefield in Bengaluru since It is one thing to report on progress made in December 2017, with no clue on what happened to solving a murder case, and quite another to report on him despite prolonged investigations by the police. what the police or other investigating authorities are It said that the Karnataka High Court was informed planning next, to nab the guilty. We cannot deny that by the police that they (the police) would like to keep media persons today often get carried away beyond the investigations secret for the moment. The court ethical limits, and ‘snoop’ into ongoing probes, for agreed that confidentiality was best “in the interest no reason other than that they want to be ‘the first of Ajitabh’s family”. to break the news’. What if it ‘breaks’ the chances of Does the public have a right to know about every success in the investigations? single development in the on-going investigations, Report on a case after it is resolved, by all means, but including planned moves to come? I believe, strongly, revealing ongoing strategies is sometimes a no-no, in in citizens’ right to know what is going on, whether it is the interests of justice, social stability and peace. Fake decision-making in the corridors of power, social and news, that has been so much in the news in the past community developments, civic affairs, or trends in two years, comes into the picture too – in the rush crime , but is there a line separating the right to know to grab ‘scoops’, if reporters resort to manufacturing from what is best for the resolution of a mysterious ‘developments, that becomes fake news (which can disappearance and the promotion of safety in society? be rebutted, denied, and proved false, but the harm The media have been reporting on investigations done cannot be reversed). of criminal cases (the Gowri Lankesh and Dabholkar In both fake news and snooping into secret murders, for instance). Which is fine – the public needs manoeuvres that are best kept under wraps till they to know what is being done to identify and punish the are carried out, ethics come into play – and ethics criminals. However, the visual media revel in giving are as much a vital part of journalism as they are in updates in the name of ‘breaking news’ (and garnering other areas of endeavours. In fact, more so, because viewership ratings), and often overdo it (including the media can mould public opinion and influence ‘sting’ operations, not all of them legal and ethical) – but a large number of reader, listeners and viewers. The should the public know what our anti-terrorist squads more powerful the medium and the wider / higher are planning, what equipment they use, what leads they its reach, the more important it becomes to stick to have, and where they are poised in hiding? ethical norms in reporting. I have seen pictures of commandos in fatigues, Concerns of safety, for the nation and its people, poised behind bushes, waiting to apprehend armed rightly dictate the need for restraint in reporting on insurgents. Surely, this amounts to giving away defence strategies. Revealing what a ‘surgical strike’ is strategies that the insurgents could use to get away? going to be, where and when, would be a shocking

16 RIND Survey February 2019 Illustration: Arun Ramkumar breach of national safety norms. The media cannot I have written earlier about how, during a visit by be a party to ongoing tactics pertaining to national a batch of reporters to Latur in Maharashtra, on defence. Of course, in the name of ‘safeguarding’ the anniversary of the infamous earthquake that the interests of the country, officials and politicians devastated that area, one young reporter thrust often bar access to the media, even when no national a microphone before an old woman sitting in a danger exists, but here again, if ethics dictated the dilapidated hut, and asked her, “Aapko kaise lagaa? responses of politicians and officials, we could satisfy (how did you feel)”. Her whole family, including her both the need for the public to know and the need husband and sons, had perished in the quake. What for protecting the interests of the nation state. does one expect her to say? The crux, then, is ethics in decision-making (by the That was clearly, a terrible case of insensitivity and media as well as by administrators and media persons) breach of ethics, one that ignored the sentiments of a and ‘fair play’. In a democracy, then, we the people, woman who was bereaved. Abandon ethics, common

need to ask why ethics, immorality, and personal decency, and an individual’s right to privacy, and all biases (or the hankering for ratings) take precedence your TRP ratings, breaking news or chest-thumping < in so many areas of public life. It is not just media leadership in reportage, become meaningless. persons who are at fault in breaking bounds, we are also at fault in failing to monitor the goings-on (The writer, based in Bengaluru, is a recipient of the Media and maintain vigilance over the media. There are Foundation’s Chameli Devi Award for Outstanding Woman official committees and bodies that are meant to Journalist 1983. Her fortnightly columns on gender issues and monitor unethical reporting in the media, but does consumer rights ran in the Deccan Herald for 27 years. She had that absolve us, the ‘consumers of the media’, from earlier worked for The Times of India Group in Mumbai.) voicing our views and promoting such vigilance?

February 2019 RIND Survey 17 HISTORY OF MARATHI JOURNALISM In the vanguard of social and political reform The Marathi press played a very important role in the development of Indian journalism in the latter half of the 19th Century. It distin- guished itself by campaigning on two fronts, social and political. Outside Bengal, the battle for social reform first gathered strength in Pune and Bombay before it spread to other parts of the country. Mrinal Chatterjee brings alive the history

n 6 January, 1832, Bal Shastri Jambhekar (6 January 1812 – 18 May 1846) published Bombay Darpan, a Marathi-English fortnightly Omagazine from Bombay. By May 1832 it became an eight-page weekly. The objective of Bombay Darpan was to “…convey information on passing events and to point out ways and opportunities for improvement of the conditions of the people.” It was the first medium of Marathi expression in engagement with current and ‘passing’ events. Bombay Darpan played a notable part in the social reform movement and had considerable influence. It specifically dealt with the issue of widow re-marriage and tried to develop a scientific temper among the masses. This resulted in a large-scale debate in society and, finally, in a movement for the support of widow re-marriage. After eight years, the weekly was named United Service Gazette Journal. It ceased publication two years after the death of Jambhekar in 1846. In 1840, Jambhekar started publishing the first Marathi monthly, Digdarshan, and edited it for five years. Jambhekar, considered the Father of Marathi Journalism,1

trained many journalists who went Photos: MC (The author, a journalist-turned- on to scale great heights in the A picture of Bal Shastri Jambhekar. media academician, presently heads the field in Marathi. Eastern India campus of the Indian On 24 October 1841, Govind Vithal Kunte began Prabhakar. Kunte Institute of Mass Communication located in Dhenkanal, Odisha. Besides was considered the first professional Marathi journalist. Like in other teaching communication, he also writes states, Christian missionaries tried to propagate their religion through columns and fiction. This article is part of a series on the history of regional 1. His birthday 6 January- (incidentally it was the day in which Darpan was published in 1932) is language journalism in India.) celebrated as the Journalists’ Day in Maharashtra.

18 RIND Survey February 2019 Gopal Krishna Gokhale remembered on a postage Hari Narayan Apte. Bal Gangadhar Tilak. stamp.

publications in Maharashtra, too. of many social reforms. In However, Tilak had difference They published Jnyanodaya in 1842 1877, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule of opinion with other social for the purpose. However, in the and Krishnarao Bhaskar began reformers such as M.L.Ranade early years of Marathi journalism, Deenabandhu, as part of the Dalit on the nature of reform. Gopal many periodicals were concerned upliftment movement. Deenabandhu Ganesh Agarkar left Kesari in 1887 with social development, reform, was the organ of the Satyashodhak to start Sudharak (bilingual) along spread of education and knowledge. Samaj founded by Phule. In with Gopal Krishna Gokhale. After These include Jaganmitra (from Nagpur, the Hitavada, a weekly was Agarkar's death in 1895, it ceased Ratnagiri), Shubh Suchak (from published in 1882. It had a difficult publication. Satara), Vartaman Dipika and existence and ultimately passed In 1890, Anandrao Ramachandra Vartaman Sangrah. into the hands of the Servants of Dharandhar started Bhoot, Krishnaji Triambak Ranade the India Society in 1911. It was published every new and full moon started Dynan Prakash in Pune in converted into an English Weekly day. It was the first Marathi paper 1849. It was a weekly until 1904 and in 1936 it became a daily. to carry cartoons on political and when it became daily. It was later Bal Gangadhar Tilak (23 July social matters. It was very popular adopted by the Servant of India 1856 – 1 August 1920) began Kesari but ceased publication in 1904. Society as its organ. Hari Narayan on 4 January 1881, along with Gopal Shivarampant Paranjape (27 June Apte, a famous Marathi novelist Ganesh Agarkar, and Maratha, an 1864 – 27 September 1929) started served as its editor. Some of its English newspaper. Within two weekly Kaal in 1898, which became contributors included Mahadev years of its publication, Kesari was very popular within a short time. Govind Ranade and Gopal attracting more readers than any Shivrampant’s writings were a Krishna Gokhale. Three popular other language newspaper in India. blend of patriotism, intellectualism, weeklies during the period were The editorials vividly portrayed refinement with irony and sarcasm. Bartaman Deepika (Bombay) edited the suffering of the people, and Kaal survived till 1909. In 1920 he by V.B. Gokhle, Vichara Lahari reported on actual events, calling started a new weekly Swarajya. (Pune) edited by Krishnashastri on every Indian to fight for his Mahadev Govind Ranade in Chiplunkar and Dhumkmetu (Pune). rights. The language was intended a review of growth in Marathi Most of the journals engaged to arouse, in the most timid reader, a journalism in 1898 noted the readers on the progressive ideas of passionate thirst for freedom. Tilak existence of three daily newspapers, the West. used to say to his colleagues, "You two of which were published in In 1862, Induprakash began in are not writing for the university Bombay. They were the Mumbai Bombay. It was a bilingual journal, students. Imagine you are talking to Vaibhav, started and edited by K.P. edited by M.G. Ranade. It criticised a villager. Be sure of your facts. Let Mehendale in 1893 and Gurakhi orthodoxy and was the mouthpiece your words be clear as daylight."2 edited by L.N. Joshi. The next

2. http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Bal_Gangadhar_Tilak

20 RIND Survey February 2019 Marathi daily to be published from closed down. Nanasaheb had the Akola, Janamadhyam from Amaravati, Bombay was the Rashtramat edited rare combination of sharp business Sarvamat from Shrirampur, Prajawani by S.K. Damle and published by sense and social commitment. Both and Godateer Samachar from Nanded, Rashtramat Publishing Company of them used journalism for social Ekmat from Latur, and Sagar from in the 20th Century. Sandesh was service, yet kept the venture on a Chiplun. Tarun Bharat of Belgaun, started in Mumbai in 1915 with solid business footing. A number Karnataka and Gomantaka of Goa A.B. Kolhatkar, another notable of Marathi dailies came up in the are examples of first-rate Marathi personality in Marathi Journalism 1940s. Among them was Navashakti publications published from and a strong supporter of Tilak. founded by Sadananda in 1942 and outside Maharashtra. K.P. Khadikar started Navakal Loka Sangraha from Pune. In fact, Marathi Journalism in 1923. It was Khadikar, who After Independence in 1948, has a long history in Portuguese introduced modern methods the Indian Express Group started India, dating back to 1872. Henry of production in the Marathi Loksatta in Bombay, the first Marathi Scholberg gives an account of it in press. In order to attract readers, daily to appear after the country his article, Journalism in Portuguese he introduced regular weekly gained freedom. The Maharashtra India 1821-1961: features of commerce, industry, Times started by the Times of India The first Marathi journal, agriculture, games, etc. Navakal Group came out in 1962. Mention ‘Dexassudaranetxu’ or had a sister publication, an must be made of Govind Talwalkar ‘Desudharanecchu’ (‘Friend of evening daily titled Sandhyakal. (born 22 July 1925), who not only Progress of the Fatherland’)in Prabhat, edited by P.M. Bhagvat, made the Maharashtra Times a Goa was founded by Atmarama was the first Marathi daily to have respected paper, but raised the Purxotama Sunctancar. Beginning simultaneous editions in Bombay benchmark of Marathi journalism. as a monthly periodical, its first and Pune – a trend which became What Jambhekar was to Darpan, issue appeared in January 1872 widespread in later years. Tilak was to Kesari, Paranjape and its last issue of the first series Sakal occupies a pride of place in was to Kaal, so was Talwalkar to appeared in September of that Marathi journalism. N.B.Parulekar Maharasthra Times – inseparable. He year. A second series began March (fondly known as Nanasaheb) became chief editor of Maharashtra 1, 1877 as a weekly and continued published it from Pune on 1 Times in 1968, remained in that role until January of the following January 1932. It changed the for 27 years until he retired in 1996, year. Published in Ribandar, it way news used to be presented thus becoming one of the longest- contained a section in Portuguese. in Marathi newspapers. It made serving editors. He had written It was critical of the government’s serious effort to publish the latest about a dozen books on modern educational policies and, like other news. S.K.Kulkarni commented: history; Sattantar, his book on the Marathi journals, strove to make “Only with Sakal Marathi readers transfer of power in India, being the government understand the tasted the flavor of fresh news. It the masterpiece. Hindu community. A number of was the beginning of a new era, the One of the interesting aspects short-lived Marathi journals came era of real newspapers in Marathi.” of Marathi journalism was that forth in the succeeding years, each Sakal changed the way news was from the earliest times newspaper with sections in Portuguese and viewed, collected, written and publication was not confined to a each with Portuguese titles or sub- presented. It set a new and higher few big cities or towns. Prestigious titles: benchmark for Marathi journalism. newspapers were published from Journal das Novas Conquistas, Within a year of starting Sakal, several cities and from even small 1882-1886 Nanasaheb launched a weekly towns in Maharashtra and outside Aryabandhu. Arya Bondu. Irmao titled Saptahik Sakal. A few days the state. Sakal from Pune, Lokmat Aria, 1885-1886. later he launched a low priced daily and Tarun Bharat from Nagpur, O Goatma. A Alma de Goa: titled Tej. He started a daily Swarajya Pudhari from Kolhapur, Deshonnati Jornal Dedicadeo a Defensa dos from Mumbai in 1936. However, from Akola were the forerunners. Interesses Hindus, 1885-1890. financial considerations forced Tej Mention must be made of Aikya Govapancho. O Goapancha: to become a weekly and later it was from Satara, Gavkari and Deshdoot Revista Mensal, 1885-1892. shifted out of Mumbai and finally from Nashik, Matrubhumi from Gomantac. 1890-1891

February 2019 RIND Survey 21 Interestingly, many of the Marathi dailies. By 2007-08, the number Radio journals contained sections in increased to 4122, including 553 Bombay is the place where news Portuguese, but left no space for dailies and 1991 weeklies. Marathi broadcasting over radio started Konkani. publications came out from in India. The history of news By early 1920s, more than 30 Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Goa, and broadcasting in India is much older Marathi journals had been or Andhra Pradesh as well. According than that of the present-day state- were being published. A glitch to the IRS 2011 Q-2 results, the five run All India Radio. The first ever occurred early in the 20th Century most read Marathi daily newspapers news bulletin in the country went when “some extremists in British were Lokmat (readership: 74.26 on air from the Bombay Station India tried to wage, in the Marathi lakh), Sakal (43.99 lakh), Pudhari on July 23, 1927 with a private journal Satsang, a campaign of (25.11 lakh), Punyanagari (17.16 lakh) company banner, the Indian and Maharashtra Times (11.40 lakh). Broadcasting Company. A month later, on August 26, 1927, another bulletin in Bengali was started from the Calcutta station. Until 1935, two bulletins, one each in English and

Images, slightly blurred, of (left to right) Kesari, Maharasthra Times and Lokmat.

hostility against British sovereignty, By the turn of the New Millennium, Hindustani were broadcast from which they could not sustain with the trend of multi-location editions Bombay and a bulletin in Bengali impunity in British territory.” The had caught Marathi media houses, was broadcast from Calcutta. The life span of Satsang was 20 years too. By mid 2011, almost all major Indian Broadcasting Company (1902 to 1922). Founded by Laxman Marathi daily newspapers had went into liquidation in March, Padma Bhandari, after 1908 it was editions from several places inside 1930 following which broadcasting edited by Ramachandra Nayak and outside the state. Most of the came under the direct control of Kharand Shastry who vigorously newspaper houses had upgraded the Government of India. The championed the message of the news collection, dissemination, service was designated as the Congress Party in British India. production and distribution Indian State Broadcasting Service. By end-1984, there were 1168 facilities. Most of them had started It was renamed All India Radio on Marathi newspapers according to multimedia operations, venturing June 8, 1936.3 the Registrar of Newspapers of into television, radio, Internet and In 1967, commercial radio India (RNI), of them 132 were other web-enabled platforms. services started in India. Named

3. http://allindiaradio.org/airnews.html

22 RIND Survey February 2019 Vividh Bharati, the service started (Baramati), Jago Mumbai (Union Prabhat TV and Tara Marathi (both operating from the headquarters in Park Residents' Association), now defunct) and ETV's ETV Bombay. By mid-2011, there were Mumbai, and Community Radio Marathi. The fi rst round-the-clock about two dozen AIR stations Mannvikas Samajik Sanstha, Satara. Marathi news channel, Zee 24 Taas, and over two dozen private radio was launched in 2007. Star TV stations, including Radio Nagar FM, Television launched its Marathi news channel, Radio Dhamal, Radio City, Red FM, Marathi programming on Star Majha, in June 2007. IBN and Radio Tomato, Radio Mirchi, Big television began in 1972 on state- Lokmat Group's IBN Lokmat FM, Radio One, Win 94.6, Fever run Doordarshan. Initially, it was launched in 2008. Saam TV 104 FM, Radio Meow FM, Must was confi ned to a half-an-hour Marathi from the Pune-based Sakal FM and My FM in about 15 cities slot. It increased to a daily three- Group started in 2008. By mid- of Maharashtra. There were fi ve hour slot in 1998. Later, the same 2011, several other news channels

campus radio stations including year, Doordarshan started a 24x7 were functioning. < Radio FTII (Film & Television Marathi channel. It was called Institute of India, Pune), Vidyavani DD-Sahyadri. On 15 August 1999, (Department of Communication Zee Network launched Zee Marathi. Studies, University of Pune) and 10 After some months the name community radio stations including was changed to Alpha Marathi, KVK Pravara Community and later Zee Marathi. Many new Radio (Ahmednagar), Gyanvani private television channels were (Aurangabad), Vasundhara Vahini launched during 2001-02, including

Digital weather ini� a� ve launched at ACJ Asian College of Journalism (ACJ) and The Weather Company, an IBM business, have joined hands to provide a digital weather analysis curriculum to students, which will help them understand various aspects and impact of the weather. “The best way to start the ini� a� ve is in the journalism school where we can actually create newer spaces, which are le� blank in the prac� ce of journalism or overseen,” said Sashi Kumar, chairman, ACJ. He pointed out that weather impact was not only about whether it was hot or cold, but also its implica� ons on business, economy, lifestyle, culture and poli� cs and journalism was part of that. ACJ was adding weather to its curriculum in a specialised manner in the form of special elec� ve, which would use all the exper� se of the Weather Company. Besides, weather awareness would be part of all ACJ programmes, including compulsory and elec� ve courses, he said. A personal weather sta� on was set up at the college and the system will provide localised weather informa� on and enable students to interpret data, visualise it through graphs and dashboards and report on weather. Himanshu Goyal, India Business Leader, The Weather Company, said, “It is an opportunity to enable future genera� ons to use real weather data and understand the impact and build credible repor� ng

with that data.” <

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February 2019 RIND Survey 23 Extract From Kodak Corporate Social Responsbility Report Environment / OPERATIONS Environment / OPERATIONS Innovations to Reduce Our Global Impact

Vancouver, Canada Osterode, Germany Energy Conservation Water Reprocessing In recent years, our facility in Vancouver has taken major strides to decrease its energy By implementing state-of-the-art wastewater treatment that includes an onsite consumption. Some improvements required no incremental investment, such as a neutralization facility, our Osterode manufacturing facility’s process water is so clean “turn it off” campaign to encourage employees to shut down lighting, computers and it is approved for discharge directly into local rivers. A variety of measures enable other equipment. Other changes included high ROI initiatives, such as installation the plant to meet the highest German regulatory standards, while simultaneously of new LED lighting and upgrades to our HVAC system, implemented after studying reducing chemical use. Because of chemical recycling and puri�ication of wastewater employees’ usage patterns. and rinse sewage, water is not only getting cleaner, it reduces our demand from public water sources, lowering our fresh water volume by an amount equivalent to the needs of 2,000 people per year.

Columbus, Georgia, USA Yamanashi, Japan Waste Diversion Energy-E�icient Manufacturing Our Columbus, Georgia, facility produces SONORA Process Free Plates for the Our Yamanashi, Japan manufacturing facility, a major provider of �lexographic Americas markets. The SONORA Plate product line eliminates processing chemicals plates including KODAK FLEXCEL NX Plates, has implemented several initiatives and waste for our printing customers. Columbus manufacturing has also taken new for improved manufacturing e�iciencies to reduce energy requirements. It’s also measures to minimize waste from operations. One such measure is a partnership with meeting more of its energy needs from renewable sources by participating in a chemical company who provides acid as a raw material in plate manufacturing and a renewable energy project with the local government to access hydroelectric takes away spent acid and aluminum sludge to use as raw materials in one of their power. The facility, which is ISO 14001 certi�ied, has engaged employees at all processes. A second project with an aluminum supplier replaced non-recyclable levels to help achieve its environmental objectives. wooden pallets with recyclable steel pallets eliminating this waste for aluminum coils used in our plate manufacturing process.

Solvent Recovery: Leveraging a Unique Capability

Kodak’s history continues to inspire innovation; our solvent In the modern era, as demand shifted away from �ilm, we this EPA-permitted facility are re-manufactured at 99% purity or recovery facility at Eastman Business Park is a prime example. repurposed our solvent recovery operations to make that higher, serving customers throughout the U.S. In 2016, we recycled We began recovering and reprocessing solvents used in �ilm capability available to external partners. Today, most of the 40 million pounds of solvents from Kodak and outside sources, and chemical manufacturing at the Park in the 1920s. It was solvents we recycle come to us in large shipments from diverting these potentially hazardous materials from incineration an innovative approach at the time, and extending the life of customers in the chemical industry. We work with major or other waste streams. materials helped ensure adequate supply of chemicals while industrial manufacturers to recover methanol, ethanol, reducing environmental impacts. isopropanol, acetates and more. Recovered solvents from

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February 2019 RIND Survey 25 Industry updates

level of competence, the excellent customer base Management buyout at and the cultural change an MBO can bring about, ppi Media opens up excellent opportunities for the future," says Eck. On January 1st this year, managing directors Hauke Berndt has worked for ppi Media since Hauke Berndt and Manuel Scheyda, together with 2002. After working as a customer consultant and the strategic investor, Alexander Eck, took over ppi account manager for many customers in Germany Media GmbH as part of a management buyout. With and abroad, he moved to the new Customer Sales the management buyout, ppi Media is separating from Department in 2008, which he headed since 2012. the Eversfrank Group, which acquired the company In 2016, Berndt joined the management board and from manroland AG in 2012, and will in future focus has been responsible for customer projects, sales and on its own core business. business innovation since then. He was in charge of The software company with more than 100 the product development of ppi Media software for employees at its locations in Kiel, Hamburg and magazine production and corporate publishing and Chicago sells integrated software solutions. The lastingly established the company in these markets. solutions ranging from cross-media editorial systems Manuel Scheyda has been with ppi Media for over to entire publishing workflows are distributed in more 20 years. After starting his career at p.ink software than 20 countries for customers who belong to the engineering GmbH, he moved to ppi Media in 1997, Who’s Who of the international media industry. where he was responsible, among other things, for The buyout enables ppi Media to focus its digital setting up the Support Department. He later became solutions on the challenges of the media industry. head of product and innovation management. Since "We will invest even more specifically in products and 2016, he has headed the Business Innovation Division, markets that will strengthen and expand ppi Media's which forms the basis for ppi Media's dynamic position in the publishing industry in the long term," businesses in the future. says Managing Director Berndt. Alexander Eck advises technology-oriented "The decision to take the helm at ppi Media was companies on strategic issues and M&A transactions an easy one. We are optimally positioned in a media and is involved in various companies as a strategic environment characterised by innovation and change," partner. Already during his studies he founded his says Manuel Scheyda. first company, eConnex AG, a market leader for In addition to the two managing directors, who CRM solutions, which was taken over in 2011 by a together hold most of the shares, the strategic investor subsidiary of the American IT strategy consultant, and IT entrepreneur, Alexander Eck will become a Accenture. shareholder of ppi Media GmbH and will advise the management on strategic issues. "The team's high 8-colour Rapida 106 in operation near Wurzburg A Rapida 106 with eight printing units and perfecting for 4-over-4 production has been in operation at Flyeralarm at Druckhaus Mainfranken in Marktheidenfeld, near Wurzburg, since April last year. After extensive market evaluation, the high- speed press for printing speeds of up to 18000 sheets respective company /PR agency Materials in this section: Provided by per hour was ordered at the end of 2017. It is raised On January 1, managing directors Hauke Berndt and Manuel by 225mm and tailored exactly to the needs of the Scheyda together with the strategic investor Alexander Eck took over online printing service provider in terms of print ppi Media GmbH as part of a management buyout. spectrum and plate formats.

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limited previous Rapida knowledge, got used to working with the new press. 9-10000 plate changes per month, on the other hand, clearly show the market segment in which the Rapida 106 is at home and shows off its strengths. Job changes account for 60 to 70 percent of production time. “Make-ready, make-ready, make-ready,” is how Ulrich Stetter, managing director of Druckhaus Mainfranken, describes his demands placed on the press. “Availability and performance,” adds Michael Deml, managing director of Flyeralarm Industrial Print. What is more, the new press is equipped with the latest generation of LED UV dryers. The 4/4-colour printed sheets can be processed immediately when they come out of the machine. The need for storage space is eliminated, throughput times are slashed and customers receive their products faster. The signifi cantly reduced use of powder in printing also reduces cleaning cycles on the fi nishing machines. Flyeralarm’s production specialists have many years of experience with UV printing in all its forms: from classic processes to HR and LED UV. They ensure that dry products are processed and delivered – without the need for any coating. There is no abrasion or set- off during transport. Fifty per cent of production on the Rapida 106 is on uncoated and recycled paper. Other products include matt image papers, critical substrates and Reduced workloads: fully automatic ink supply to the printing units. uncoated board. These are all demanding substrates that are in high demand on the market. Depending All eight printing plates on the Rapida 106 are changed on the job and delivery time, production planning simultaneously in less than 40 seconds. DriveTronic decides whether production is to be carried out SPC not only ensures fast plate changes but, together using conventional or LED UV processes. Thanks with CleanTronic Syncro, also the simultaneous washing of impression cylinders, blankets and rollers. It is equipped with PlateIdent for extremely short job changeover times including register setting. The press not only offers high production outputs, but is also the perfect production tool for frequent and fast job changes, which are commonplace in the web-to- print business, a business driven by shorter runs, high quality and very short delivery times. For print jobs ranging from 100 to approximately 5000 sheets, the number of sheets printed in the fi rst months of operation was relatively unspectacular. Nevertheless, Flyeralarm Industrial Print's management was impressed by how quickly the press achieved good performance fi gures after installation Despite all the automation: Press operator Karl-Josef Christ checks the and how quickly the staff, a few of whom only had register before starting the new job.

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is most economical for production. For example, it can make sense to switch to B3 for complex finishing processes. Ulrich Stetter and Michael Deml are certain that web-to-print will continue to grow in the coming years. Flyeralarm, too, is showing signs of growth. This is achieved primarily through the expansion of its product portfolio to include cross-media products, new digital services and offerings in the field of advertising technology and promotional items. In addition, the online printing service provider invests in solid support during the purchasing process. Flyeralarm is one of the first to take on a product The Rapida 106 has been in operation at Druckhaus Mainfranken whenever it is necessary to produce small runs for more than half a year now. Ulrich Stetter (l), managing director of efficiently and particularly quickly. Druckhaus Mainfranken, and Michael Deml, managing director of Flyeralarm Industrial Print, here with ChristoferHugel (r), Koenig & Bauer (DE), are very satisfied with the new press. Baldwin to feature to coordinated colour profiles, the company achieves technology solutions almost identical print products regardless of process, press operator and weekday - even with repeat jobs Baldwin Vision Systems (BVS) will showcase the using different processes. latest developments and new features for its growing Fast measurement and control technology monitors portfolio of color management and defect detection production. QualiTronic ColorControl measures and technology at Printpack India, at the India Expo controls the ink densities on the front and back of Centre in Greater Noida, NCR Delhi. the sheet. Intelligent job sequencing, depending on “We are introducing some exciting new innovations, substrate and colour, also helps to shorten makeready along with powerful new features to our proven times and reduce waste. The particularly small technology,” says Hemant Desai, director for Baldwin measuring strips (only 3mm high) allow the substrate Vision Systems – India. “Register Guidance with area to be optimally used for marketable products. MultiCam Trim is a highly economical, advanced There is hardly any cutting waste. In addition, there are color-to-color register and cutoff control for functions such as LiveView and inline register control. The Rapida 106 also features LogoTronic Professional production planning and control software with an integrated JDF interface for data exchange with MIS and prepress. Automatic ink supply frees up the operator from further routine tasks. Coated ink duct change plates (EasyClean) simplify the cleaning of the ink ducts should ink changes be necessary. Medium-format systems are rather an exception in Flyeralarm’s production fleet. “Paper can be printed most efficiently with large-format eight-colour presses,” explains Ulrich Stetter. “If you look at the entire process, medium format offers clear advantages for some products. That’s why the Rapida 106 came into the company.” Druckhaus Mainfranken now has DeltaCam provides accurate inline spectral measurements, reducing the right technology for every product and can decide waste and ensuring all printed products are within your customers’ colour in the context of the overall process which format specifications.

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printers in this region for last 27 years, with more than 1000 systems installed.” The Vision Systems business unit of Baldwin Technology Company, Inc is the world’s leading innovator of advanced colour and inspection technology for the printing industry. Baldwin Vision Systems sells its automated control systems in more than 100 countries, and maintains a worldwide network of sales and service operations. Rapida 106 for Frischmann Druck und Medien “Enhanced performance and more stability in the printing process” were the reasons behind Jürgen With the new Guardian RTM, package printers can monitor changes as Frischmann’s, managing director of Frischmann Druck they happen and make highly-informed decisions about print quality. und Medien, decision to purchase a Rapida 106. At the beginning of January he visited Koenig & Bauer in newspaper printers, based on the same technology as Radebeul to learn more about the assembly status of our performance-proven MultiCam. his fi ve-colour press with coater. It will be delivered “Our Remote Ink Control provides ink fountain to the family-run business in Amberg/Germany in automation with CIP-3 presets for enhanced print March and will also be the company’s fi rst Koenig & quality, make-ready and run-waste savings. Color Bauer sheetfed offset press in its 50-year history. Control with AccuCam offers image-based colour With state-of-the-art automation solutions, printing control along with in-line scumming detection, plate speeds of up to 18000 sheets per hour and short make- verifi cation, and water control from the same sensor. ready times, the medium-format system replaces an And our powerful, proven SpectralCam delivers L*a*b* aging predecessor. The new press is expected to data for precise, cost-effective colour management.” enhance productivity at Frischmann, especially seeing For packaging and converting, Baldwin Vision as the pressroom is already running at maximum Systems is introducing Guardian PQVadvanced 100 capacity in three shifts. “The Rapida 106 will make per cent defect detection for your entire production us more fl exible during peak production periods and process. The new Guardian RTM Real-Time Monitoring uses a central server to monitor, collect, and display real-time inspection data for multiple presses and jobs—and even across multiple plants. Autotron 3600 enables you to achieve complete control with the next-generation colour register control solution for packaging production. Color Measurement with DeltaCam helps you deliver absolute colour consistency press-to-press, shift-to- shift and plant-to-plant. “In this region alone, we currently have systems controlling colour register on more than 550 newspaper and commercial presses — roughly 1600 towers/webs, and also more than 450 fl exible packaging presses,” says Desai. “We are well equipped The signs for further growth are set: Jürgen Frischmann is looking forward to assist our customers because of our geographical to when the cutting-edge high-performance sheetfed offset technology is reach, our experience, and our history of serving delivered.

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streamline our processes,” explains Jürgen Frischmann. It will process substrates between 90 and 400 g/m² Hunkeler Systeme has (57 - 257lbs), including solid bleached sulphate board three surprises in store and other high-quality substrates. A host of automation modules ensure maximum At Hunkeler Innovation Days 2019 (coming up later performance. QualiTronic ColorControl with this month), Hunkeler Systeme AG will present three PrintCheck for monitoring print quality is one of new developments: the cutting modules SSM-570, Jürgen Frischmann’s most valued features. The log the HDDS 20 as well as the compact suction system functions provide complete proof of the print quality. HKU 2000-N. “We can easily show our customers how production The new cutting module SSM-570, connected after went,” says the managing director. the punch machines, removes and shreds stamp scraps. Cutting-edge measuring technology from Koenig In the SSM-570, rollers, turning synchronously with & Bauer offers several functions at the same time: the punch machines, take the scraps to the cutting The Rapida 106 for Frischmann Druck und Medien blades. Suction (optionally also a conveyor belt) is equipped with systems allowing colour densities removes the shredded material from the working area. to be controlled and production monitored with just The maximum working width for the SSM-570 is one camera system. The press crew is notified when 570mm at present. At Hunkeler Innovationdays 2019, deviations from the reference parameters occur. At the the new cutting module is downstream to a rotating same time, a tape inserter marks the waste produced punch machine, BSR 550 Servo,from the company in the pile. The operators sort out faulty sheets before Bograma AG. the sheets are finished. The new Hunkeler Document Destruction System, DriveTronic SPC changes the printing plates in all HDDS 20, destroys paper documentation and five units simultaneously. Plate Ident precisely adjusts electronic data carriers; for paper, the HDDS 20 the register before the first print by means of measuring fulfils the requirements for security levels P3 and marks on the printing plates. In addition, the system P4 according to the Norm DIN 66399. For optical checks the correct alignment of the printing plates data carriers the system corresponds to all relevant to the units and to the print job produced. The press security levels. The dust-free function of the HDDS interrupts the makeready process if the alignment 20 makes it ideal for document destruction in an office is incorrect. All this shortens make-ready times and environment. Performance is – regardless of material saves waste. to be destroyed – 30 kilos of shredded material What is more, a nonstop roller ensures interruption- per hour. The shredded material is compacted into free production. VariDryBlue contributes to briquettes. environmental protection through energy-saving drying in the delivery and extended delivery. Jürgen Frischmann’s father founded the company in a disused mine building in 1968. The two-man business gradually developed into a print service provider with 6000 square meters of production space and 80 employees. In 2016 Jürgen Frischmann took over sole management of the company. Five years before that, his son Uli joined the company as general manager. Frischmann Druck und Medien celebrated its 50th jubilee in 2018. 300 guests were invited to the anniversary celebration to see the company’s potential for themselves. In addition to printing, Frischmann’s product portfolio includes additional services such as advertising technology, direct mail and dialogue marketing, software solutions and fulfilment offerings.

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1000i press, so the transition to their new Fuji Xerox Iridesse was effortless. The company fi nds many customers for their metallic print offerings." Ian Bosler, Intertype CEO, commenting on his use of the Color-Logic process, said: "Australian customers are beginning to measure advertising effectiveness by tracking the return on investment of their marketing campaigns. They particularly like the metallic special effects we are able to produce using the Color-Logic process. Our use of Color-Logic has yielded many new projects from existing clients and has garnered us many new clients as well." Intertype, founded in 2004, provides a unique approach to the business of printing. The result has been an unbroken record of organic growth every year since inception and an enviable client base from New cutting modules and a suction system (above and on earlier page). all corners of Australia, along with a growing band of international clients. For more information, log on to Another new development is the compact suction www.intertype.com.au. HKU 2000-N. It ensures nonstop-production on Color-Logic develops colour communication a comparatively small surface area with only one systems and software tool sets for a variety of special waste container. During the changeover of a full for effect printing applications. Color-Logic provides an empty container, the paper waste is retained in a brand owners, product managers, corporations, and short-term buffer. The suction needn’t be switched their advertising agencies the ability to differentiate off, and production without interruption is insured. themselves and their clients with a simple print In Lucerne, Hunkeler Systeme AG disposes of production process that yields dramatic results. production waste from the production lines of Color-Logic supports the value of print and works various exhibition partners via a central suction and with designers and printers to enhance their printed compacting system. Additionally, another eight HKU- media. compact suction systems dispose of production waste on site at partner stands. On several Inkjet- printing systems, a paper de-dusting module I-PEM (integrated into the line) cleans the paper web before it enters the printing system. The I-PEM functions according to the negative pressure principle, without mechanical contact with the paper web. Intertype uses Color- Logic process on Iridesse Intertype, a premier printer in Australia, recently installed a Fuji Xerox Iridesse press and became the fi rst printer worldwide to utilise the Color-Logic process on this press. Discussing the installation, Color-Logic Director of Sales and Marketing Mark Geeves said: "Color-Logic is fast becoming the preferred process of Iridesse press users around the world. Intertype Intertype CEO Ian Bosler checks a Color-Logic test sheet produced on his previously used Color-Logic on a Fuji Xerox Color Fuji Xerox Iridesse.

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A sample 3D representation of the RotaJet 168 from Koenig & Bauer.

Carmen Becker, president and CEO of Tetra Pak Tetra Pak opts for digital US and Canada, says, “Brands continue to look for printing technology opportunities to deliver greater customisation and personalisation of their products. We’re thrilled to Tetra Pak is to become the first company in the offer our customers new and innovative ways to food and beverage carton industry to offer full- engage with consumers, all while increasing flexibility colour digital printing on its carton packages, working in the design and order process.” in collaboration with Koenig & Bauer AG, a global Adds Christoph Müller, member of the Board of leader in the field. Koenig & Bauer, “We are absolutely delighted that The digital printing technology will simplify the Tetra Pak has decided in favour of our digital printer. complexity of design handling, reducing time from Collaboration between our companies is on an design to print and opening up new opportunities extremely constructive and trusting basis. I am sure for flexibility in order placement and product that, together, we will significantly change the market customisation. Beverage brands can take advantage of for the benefit of Tetra Pak customers.” added benefits like dynamic on-package printing and the ability to include a variety of designs within the same order. Coca-Cola ups operational Charles Brand, executive vice-president, Product Management & Commercial Operations at Tetra Pak efficiency with Elvis DAM says, “We are committed to helping our customers Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP), the largest explore new avenues with a truly ‘smart’ package, bottler of The Coca-Cola Company products in supporting their need for product customisation, Belgium and Luxembourg, is one step closer to fully smaller batch sizes, shorter delivery times, greater automating the dissemination of relevant product traceability and the ability to interact with the consumer. graphics and information to customers, with their Our investment in this digital printer demonstrates our new digital asset management system now in place. commitment to support customers with future-proof CCEP replaced their legacy photo library with technologies as the digital revolution transforms the WoodWing Elvis DAM, which now serves as the way we all do business.” only go-to file repository to upload, tag and manage The full-width Koenig & Bauer RotaJet 168 digital their digital assets. Furthermore, the new digital asset printer is currently being built by Koenig & Bauer management solution makes it easy to share relevant and will be installed at Tetra Pak’s converting plant product materials and graphics with customers at Denton, Texas. Field testing of the new, digitally- and external marketing agencies, for production of printed carton packages is expected to begin in early necessary marketing materials. In total, about 400 2020 with North American customers. people will be working with the new solution.

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The company behind the implementation of Elvis The Drytac Academy also houses profi ling DAM in the CCEP company was WoodWing’s trusted equipment, the i-1 Pro 2 provided by X-rite, which Belgian partner, Lab9. Lab9 has also developed custom allows custom profi les to be built. In addition to the plug-ins to connect Elvis DAM with the systems that above, the space includes a complete fi nishing area CCEP is already using. One of the plug-ins connects with a laminator and Hot Press vacuum press. Elvis DAM to TrustBox. The combined solution enables Gareth Newman explains: "Naturally we have the automatic updates of product graphics and information entire Drytac product range at our disposal so having a on all retailer websites that list CCEP's products. full variety of machines allows our customers to learn With the implementation of Elvis DAM, the how to get optimum results from Drytac materials company has already noticed signifi cant improvements using different systems and technologies. We'll also be in workfl ow effi ciency and collaboration with key working closely with the printer hardware manufacturers accounts and clients. themselves by providing training to their employees "Elvis DAM has helped CCEP overcome a number using their own systems and Drytac materials." of operational diffi culties, by speeding up the process This collaboration with print brands is also of providing up-to-date product and marketing contributing to the course development. "We're information to clients, and consumer relevant asking manufacturers what their customers need: information, in line with GDPR and 1169/2011 what do they want to know, what are they struggling regulations." says Iris De Smedt, graphic designer at with, how would they like to be more creative with our Coca-Cola European Partners. products?" says Gareth. "By drawing on this wealth Lab9 is a WoodWing Gold Partner in Belgium, of experience from both within and outside Drytac offering solutions for any company or department we're approaching training in a fresh, new way." that is tied to the graphics production chain. Between The Drytac Academy will also serve as an exhibition the client’s idea and the fi nal result, different processes space, showcasing how Drytac's products can be used need to be well-matched. This is where Lab9 comes in real-world display applications, such as retail store into play, providing guidance, knowledge, products, fronts. The company's innovations in adhesive-coated and services while adhering to ISO graphic standards. products include graphic fi lms, window fi lms, double- sided tapes, self-adhesive print media, label stock, industrial adhesives and heat-activated and pressure- Gareth Newman to lead sensitive laminates and mounting adhesives - all of which will have an eye-catching place in the Academy. new Drytac Academy "The space itself will form part of the training Drytac, an international manufacturer of self- courses," says Gareth. "For example, at Drytac we adhesive materials for the print, label and industrial have several different types of wallpaper products. By markets, is preparing to open a fully interactive showcasing them in the training facility we will help training centre in Fishponds, Bristol: the Drytac demonstrate the difference between them, and how Academy. Gareth Newman has been appointed they work with different printing technologies." academy manager and, supported by Drytac's Global The course titles will be announced shortly, but Product Manager Shaun Holdom, is developing an topics will include: an introduction to digital media; extensive curriculum of training courses for display business development; practical application skills; and graphics professionals to begin later this month. creative design. In addition, the Drytac Academy will The Drytac Academy is a showcase of Drytac play a role in Drytac's R&D; with so many different products and how they can be used with the newest and technologies on hand, the development team can run most popular wide-format printing technology on the tests and create samples quickly and easily in-house. market today, provided by the manufacturers themselves. Gareth Newman is a product specialist with over six This includes: a Roland TrueVIS VG-540 with Roland years' experience in the industry, moving to Drytac VersaWorks 6 RIP software; a Fujifi lm Acuity LED from Roland. Prior to Roland, he was an experienced 1600 II using Caldera RIP software; and an HP Latex sign-maker, having worked in the sign industry since 365 and an Epson SureColor SC-S80600, both powered he was a teenager. by Onyx Thrive RIP, with more to be installed soon.

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Why blockchain matters to theory, earn credit by contributing anything from constructive comments to fact-checking to viewing future of news publishing ad content. Many blockchain-based publishing platforms Blockchains are often spoken about as the solution aim to enable individual content creators and to problems in nearly every industry. There is freelancers to profit from their creative efforts. This something alluring about a technology that seems disintermediation is a development that established easy to set up, does not require a leader or central publishers might want to keep their eyes on. controller, and which can store anything permanently. The second part of the report describes some of But would it work for the news media? A new report the implications of blockchain in the advertising by WAN-IFRA published with the support of its business, especially classified and programmatic. Global Alliance for Media Innovation highlights Taken to its logical conclusion, blockchain’s emphasis many of the main areas where blockchain stands in on accountability means more than indelibly attaching news publishing and where it might be heading. the name of a person to a piece of online content; "The promises of blockchain are seriously challeng- it can mean establishing the identity of that person ing industries based on intermediation, trusted third- beyond doubt. The implications are far-reaching. party distribution, and transactional models. For news Blockchain can be used to restore trust to the often- professionals, this means that the radically disruptive rocky relationship among advertisers, publishers, nature of blockchains needs a serious exploration of and users, contend Guillaume Vasse of Sud Ouest challenges, implications and opportunities. We hope newspaper in France and Christophe Camborde of this report will help our members and partners to its technology partner, inBlocks. Their starting point better distinguish between the hype - reminiscent of is storing users’ consent agreements under GDPR, the Internet bubble – and the true potential," says which they see as a springboard to larger projects. Vincent Peyregne, CEO, WAN-IFRA. Case studies in the report include Civil, Sludge, There appears to be widespread agreement that Publiq, Katalysis, and inBlocks/Sud Ouest. The blockchain is well-suited to intellectual property report also includes some advice from a blockchain protection. The key is the technology’s capability to publishing expert on how to get started. indisputably record and display the origin and time of publication – and any republication – of any kind of (Courtesy: WAN-IFRA) content. In news publishing, the Associated Press is working with Civil to develop a means of tracking all transactions and allow the AP to enforce its licensing I&B Ministry hikes ad rates for rights. Startups such as Katalysis are using blockchain to help publishers ensure they are compensated for print media by 25 per cent republication of their content. Both cases are featured The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting in the report. has taken a decision to revise the advertisement Similarly, the accountability and transparency of rates for print media by announcing a hike of 25 publishing via blockchain are seen as powerful tools per cent over and above the existing rate structure in the campaign to re-establish trust with readers, for advertisement in print media by the Bureau of especially against the background of the garbage Outreach and Communication (erstwhile DAVP). masquerading as news content that has overrun the A press release uploaded on the website of the web. Press Information Bureau of India said that the Blockchain is also seen as having potential to decision will be effective from January 8 and will help publishers materialise their plan to implement be valid for a period of three years. The last such micropayments solutions. In fact, ‘tokenisation’ – revision had taken place in 2013 when an increase of the (nearly) friction-free exchange of value enabled 19 per cent had been announced over and above the by blockchain – means news consumers can, in rates of 2010.

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This decision has been taken based on the recom- Republic Media names Bhaskar mendations of the 8th Rate Structure Committee constituted by I&B Ministry which took into account Das group president several factors, including the increase in price of news In a major announcement on the eve of the print, processing charges and other factors which go expansion of Republic Media Network, the network into the computation of advertisement rates. has announced the induction of Bhaskar Das as group The press note also said that the decision would president and the elevation of Vikas Khanchandani benefit especially the medium and small newspapers, as group CEO, Republic Media Network. including a large number of such papers in regional Khanchandani will now assume overall responsibility and vernacular languages. of all the three network brands — Republic Television, Republic World Digital, and the upcoming Hindi (Courtesy: exchange4media.com) News channel Republic Bharat. Bhaskar Das was president of The Times of India Avinash Pandey elevated as CEO, Group and Group CEO at Zee Media Network. He was also executive president at Dainik Bhaskar ABP News Network Group. Avinash Pandey has been elevated as the chief executive officer of ABP News Network (ANN) (Courtesy: exchange4mdia.com) effective January 2 this year. Pandey was at the helm of the organisation as the COO of ABP News Network Ramnath Goenka Award for and has been instrumental in growth of the network over the past five years. He has been with ANN since The Hindu journalist 2005, guiding the growth of advertising revenue and playing a key role in the expansion of the network's S. Vijay Kumar, senior deputy editor with The Hindu reach over the past decade. in Chennai was recently presented the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award for Investigative Reporting (Print). (Courtesy: exchange4media.com) Instituted by the Ramnath Goenka Memorial Foundation, the award was presented by Union Home Vinay Maheshwari is executive Minister Rajnath Singh at a ceremony in New Delhi. The award for Investigative Reporting in the director & CEO, Sakshi Media broadcast category was won by Anand Kumar Patel Sakshi Media Group appoints Vinay Maheshwari of India Today TV. The awards for Political Reporting as executive director and CEO. He was previously went to Brajesh Rajput of ABP News Network and working as senior vice-president at DB Corp. Sushant Kumar Singh of the Indian Express. Sakshi Media Group has its presence in print, M. Gunasekaran with News18 Tamil Nadu (broadcast) TV and digital media across the states of Andhra and Nishant Dattaram Sarwankar and Sandeep Ashok Pradesh and Telangana and is celebrating its 10th Acharya both with Loksatta (Print), bagged the awards anniversary this year. Sakshi from inception has in the Regional Languages category. created new records in the print industry in India in The award in the Environmental Reporting many areas ranging from being the first newspaper in category were presented to Sushil Chandra Bahuguna the country to launch 23 editions simultaneously to of NDTV and Sandhya Ravishankar of the online its recent distinction when Sakshi’s 22 printing press magazine, The Wire. were admitted to the prestigious WAN-IFRA Color Awards were presented to 29 journalists across India Quality Club. in various categories.

(Courtesy: exchange4mdia.com) (Courtesy: The Hindu)

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