MediaNama
| Private | |
| Industry | News, Digital media |
| Founded | 27 June 2008[1] |
| Headquarters | Delhi, India |
Area served | India, Global |
Key people | Nikhil Pahwa (founder) |
| Products | News |
| Website | http://www.medianama.com |
MediaNama is a web based portal for news and analysis of digital media in India owned by MixedBag Media Pvt Ltd. Established in 2008 by Nikhil Pahwa,[2] MediaNama covers news and provides analysis on product launches, mergers & acquisitions of digital companies, venture capital funding, industry research, joint ventures and other business developments related to Internet and Mobile communities, and content including music, gaming and video.[3]
History
As reported in Tech Crunch, Pahwa, an Indian blogger who was working at contentSutra (now PaidContent.org) quit in 2008 and moved on to start MediaNama, a rival in the same domain.[1][4] He continues to be the editor of MediaNama.[5] Apart from covering news on commercial enterprises, MediaNama also has a history of reporting on media trends and government policies in India pertaining to censorship and digital expression. The portal reported a story on Times Private Treaties, which was cited in the Press Council of India's report on "paid news".[6] They also made submissions to the Standing Committee on Information Technology in 2013 regarding the issue of paid news.[7]
#NAMA
In 2012, MediaNama organized its first conference, #NAMA around digital media businesses in Gurgaon.[8] The second #NAMA conference was scheduled to be held in Mumbai in June, 2013 but was cancelled due to bad weather.[9]
References
- 1 2 "Bad karma at contentSutra after being bought by Guardian". Tech Crunch.
- ↑ Jagadeesh, Namitha (22 July 2008). "During lean times, look at other revenue streams". Mint. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ↑ "MediaNama/About us". About us. MediaNama. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ↑ "Interview with Nikhil Pahwa". Blogadda. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ↑ "Indians of Tomorrow: Dreamers and Doers". India Today. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ↑ "Press Council sub-committee report on Paid News in India" (PDF). Press Council of India. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ↑ "Standing Committee on Information Technology" (PDF). Government of India. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ↑ "CRIS introduces Rail Radar at #NAMA". EFY Times. 10 October 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ↑ "Update2: #NAMA2 postponed". MediaNama. Retrieved 3 January 2014.