"Electronic paper is Japan’s answer to rising raw material costs, depleted resources and booming demand for printed matter from emerging markets such as China and India."

"As newspaper readership stagnates in the US and Europe, India’s newspapers are enjoying the kind of golden age the US saw at the end of the 19th century. These prospects are luring in international groups."

"British media organisations are besieging the Indian market, seeking growth that is hard to find at home."

"Mail Today, a joint venture between Daily Mail and General Trust and the family run India Today Group, goes on sale in Delhi on Friday with an initial print run of 120,000, aimed at the nine million English-speakers in the capital and regions near by."

‘A television journalist [in India] was charged yesterday with abetting suicide after he allegedly persuaded a depressed businessman to kill himself and his family live on camera."

Advertising trade mag Campaign, is one of four magazines planned for launch in India by Haymarket Media Group.

"The Musalman is possibly the last handwritten newspaper in the world. Four professional calligraphers spend three hours on each page every single day to put out this daily paper."

Newsweek’s Andrew Murr interviews the California publisher who is outsourcing local reporting to India.

Rupert Murdoch has plans to launch The Sun in India.

Local news site pasadenanow.com is advertising for a reporter based in India. Publisher James Macpherson: "Whether you’re at a desk in Pasadena or a desk in Mumbai, you’re still just a phone call or e-mail away from the interview."

"For the first time in a decade, newspaper readership in India has declined. Even the seemingly booming TV news industry may be suffering from overcapacity. Are these early signs of the Indian media bubble burst?"