John Lloyd writes on Indias media boom

John Lloyd has written a piece for the Financial Times (October 19) on the rise of the media industry in India, and the challenges it now faces.

'Perhaps the most succinct summary', he writes, 'is offered by TN Ninan, chairman and editorial director of BSL group, publisher of the well-regarded Business Standard newspaper. In a talk last year entitled “Indian Media’s Dickensian Age”, he argued: “We have never had such a vast audience or readership, but our credibility has never been so tested ... the quality of what we offer to our public has never been better but that same public can see that the ethical foundations of our actions have plumbed new depths. It is unquestionably the best of times and it is also, unfortunately, the worst of times.”'

The full article can be read here.