[icernet] More liberty for print media

[Arul Selvan]

The Centre further liberalised the print media sector, allowing papers to
publish foreign content in newspapers provided the percentage of Indian
content remains about 92.5 per cent.

In the past, the Centre had allowed publication of photos, cartoons,
crossword puzzles, articles and features from foreign papers, but now, a
formal arrangement is possible with certain conditions involved. The
approval will be “automatic”.

All Indian newspapers can now enter into such agreements but they cannot do
certain things. For instance, a newspaper cannot have the entire editorial
page or the entire front page of the foreign newspaper concerned. Nor can
the masthead of the foreign newspaper be used and all content has to be
credited.
The material used would have to have been published in the foreign
newspaper. Why such a move has been undertaken now is not clear as many
newspapers already have such arrangements. 

Source:
http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=2&theme=&usrsess=1&id=15219