HuffPost India is history, thanks to new FDI norms

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Post by LordAtlas » Wed, Nov 25, 2020, 8:24 AM UTC

HuffPost India is history, thanks to new FDI norms
newslaundry.com

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Post by bzb6 » Wed, Nov 25, 2020, 9:09 AM UTC

Doesn’t seem so crazy that they don’t want some foreign media mogul to influence their country.

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Post by factorialboy » Wed, Nov 25, 2020, 9:10 AM UTC

Huffpost.in was not at all a popular media outlet. I doubt it had any significant revenue. At some point, fundamentals of the business matter.

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Post by jacquesm » Wed, Nov 25, 2020, 9:11 AM UTC

bzb6 wrote: post #2

Doesn’t seem so crazy that they don’t want some foreign media mogul to influence their country.

Ever heard of Rupert Murdoch?

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Post by kmlx » Wed, Nov 25, 2020, 9:13 AM UTC

jacquesm wrote: post #4

bzb6 wrote: post #2

Doesn’t seem so crazy that they don’t want some foreign media mogul to influence their country.

Ever heard of Rupert Murdoch?

the perennial boogeyman.

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Post by baloney1 » Wed, Nov 25, 2020, 9:17 AM UTC

Let's keep the extreme left-biased media in the holes like Portland where they belong.

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Post by ashleshbiradar » Wed, Nov 25, 2020, 9:18 AM UTC

bzb6 wrote: post #2

Doesn’t seem so crazy that they don’t want some foreign media mogul to influence their country.

a big chunk of the mainstream traditional media in India is pro-establishment and pro-government. Digital news organizations were predominantly anti-establishment, thus the efforts by the government to toe the organizations to its line.

First it introduced the FDI regulations for foreign media as mentioned in the article.

Second they have recently proposed to bring Digital news organizations and streaming platforms under regulation of the central government https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/11/india-to-regul...

They brought FCRA for NGOs and civil societies which is considered a death kneel for civil societies in India. https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/fcra-bill-virtually-m...

and have been harassing Amnesty International India for years now, which recently concluded to AII shutting down India operations https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/29/amnesty-to-hal...

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Post by kwonkicker » Wed, Nov 25, 2020, 9:19 AM UTC

Thats a big loss for all the 7 indians that were occasional huffpsot readers.

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Post by lucian1900 » Wed, Nov 25, 2020, 9:20 AM UTC

baloney1 wrote: post #6

Let's keep the extreme left-biased media in the holes like Portland where they belong.

HuffPost is centre-right at best, what are you on about?

If you want an example of left, look at the https://morningstaronline.co.uk

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Post by threw234342543 » Wed, Nov 25, 2020, 9:22 AM UTC

ashleshbiradar wrote: post #7

bzb6 wrote: post #2

Doesn’t seem so crazy that they don’t want some foreign media mogul to influence their country.

a big chunk of the mainstream traditional media in India is pro-establishment and pro-government. Digital news organizations were predominantly anti-establishment, thus the efforts by the government to toe the organizations to its line. First it introduced the FDI regulations for foreign media as mentioned in the article. Second they have recently proposed to bring Digital news organizations and streaming platforms u…

So Indian govt. bad, foreign unaccountable govt./orgs good ?

Gee... I wonder why India was colonized for close to a millennia.