06-14-2006, 07:12 PM
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The coffee-drinkers of Mambalam, the rest of Tamilnadu (and some parts
of Bharatam) should introspect and wonder: how come someone is trying
to stop an ABC certification to a rival newspaper? What is the fear?
Is it the fear of losing monopoly for distribution of PTI news, laced
with news from commie politburos? Even after paying for syndication
rights to ex-colonial media like The Guardian or acting as the
mouthpiece of Xinhua News Agency? Or, even after Mt. Road Mahavishnu
gets branded as English Murasoli?
Maybe, one cannot be a commie and a capitalist at the same time <!--emo&
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[url=http://www.televisionpoint.com/news2006/newsfullstory.php?id=1146813442
]Bombay HC rejects Hindu plea for Deccan Chronicle[/url]
Friday - May 05, 2006
Televisionpoint.com Correspondent
The Bombay High Court has rejected the plea by The Hindu to restrain
the Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC) from issuing an \"ABC
Certificate\" for the circulation of the Chennai edition of the Deccan
Chronicle for the period JulyDecember 2005. The plea was made by Ms
Kasturi and Sons, publishers of The Hindu, and was rejected by an
order dated April 25, 2006, signed by Justice (Ms) Nishita Mhatre.
In a revealing comment, the publishers of The Hindu admitted in their
plea that such a certificate issued to the Deccan Chronicle \"would
adversely affect the circulation and advertising revenues of The
Hindu\" and would \"also adversely affect the business interests of
The Hindu, which has a dominant market share in Chennai.\" The
statements implicitly recognised the fact that the Deccan Chronicle,
which started printing in Chennai on March 28, 2005, had effectively
eroded the claimed monopoly of The Hindu in Chennai.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The coffee-drinkers of Mambalam, the rest of Tamilnadu (and some parts
of Bharatam) should introspect and wonder: how come someone is trying
to stop an ABC certification to a rival newspaper? What is the fear?
Is it the fear of losing monopoly for distribution of PTI news, laced
with news from commie politburos? Even after paying for syndication
rights to ex-colonial media like The Guardian or acting as the
mouthpiece of Xinhua News Agency? Or, even after Mt. Road Mahavishnu
gets branded as English Murasoli?
Maybe, one cannot be a commie and a capitalist at the same time <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->--<!--QuoteBegin--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->
[url=http://www.televisionpoint.com/news2006/newsfullstory.php?id=1146813442
]Bombay HC rejects Hindu plea for Deccan Chronicle[/url]
Friday - May 05, 2006
Televisionpoint.com Correspondent
The Bombay High Court has rejected the plea by The Hindu to restrain
the Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC) from issuing an \"ABC
Certificate\" for the circulation of the Chennai edition of the Deccan
Chronicle for the period JulyDecember 2005. The plea was made by Ms
Kasturi and Sons, publishers of The Hindu, and was rejected by an
order dated April 25, 2006, signed by Justice (Ms) Nishita Mhatre.
In a revealing comment, the publishers of The Hindu admitted in their
plea that such a certificate issued to the Deccan Chronicle \"would
adversely affect the circulation and advertising revenues of The
Hindu\" and would \"also adversely affect the business interests of
The Hindu, which has a dominant market share in Chennai.\" The
statements implicitly recognised the fact that the Deccan Chronicle,
which started printing in Chennai on March 28, 2005, had effectively
eroded the claimed monopoly of The Hindu in Chennai.
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