Re: [Goanet] TOI in Goa/ at a 'price' ...

2008-02-19 Thread Patrice Riemens
> Another English Daily from Goa - Times of India > Which also means our monthly newspaper bill will increase by another say > Rs.115 to about Rs.410 assuming TOI is sold at Rs.3. My, lucky Goans! Rs 410 would buy you about just _one week_ of _one_ newspaper in our parts, probably excluding the w

Re: [Goanet] TOI in Goa/ at a 'price' ...

2008-02-19 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोंया
Hi Patrice, Regards to Dnooos! The issue isn't just about price. As I see it, it's more about what such low newspaper prices (Indian newspapers are already among the lowest-priced in the world, at 2 or 4 or 6 US cents for a 24 pager broadsheet!) do to the media market and journalism here. Fi

Re: [Goanet] TOI in Goa/ at a 'price' ...

2008-02-19 Thread anand virgincar
Dear Frederick-bab, I feel that is an excellent analysis of the way goan newsmedia is controlled by financial interests. The comment that readers are being " paid " to " buy " these newspapers in particular is very well constucted indeed. I genuinely sympathise with the reporte

Re: [Goanet] TOI in Goa/ at a 'price' ...

2008-02-19 Thread Miguel Braganza
Miguel Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:19:44 +0530 From: " Frederick [FN] Noronha * ??? " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Goanet] TOI in Goa/ at a 'price' ... Hi Patrice, The issue isn't just about price. As I see it, it's more about w

Re: [Goanet] TOI in Goa/ at a 'price' ...

2008-02-22 Thread Frederick [FN] Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोंया
DR ANAND VIRGINCAR WROTE: I am almost certainly being silly from here on and inviting a barrage of justified ridicule. I am not aware of the finances required and the figures are purely for illustration . Is there any possiblity of say Rs 10 /- per household being levied per month(

Re: [Goanet] TOI in Goa/ at a 'price' ...

2008-02-23 Thread anand virgincar
Mr Frederick Noronha said : An idea of building a "people's daily" was actually tried out in Goa. It was called NOVEM GOEM. Anyway, one could mention the experience of the barely-concealed BJP-floated daily Marathi newspaper 'Gova Doot'. While it did reward some pro