‘Times of India’ for sale
The top story for the August 1 edition of the ToI, the one beginning with ‘Traffic expected to come to a halt,’ was actually a bought-and-paid-for advertisement. The only nod to the crassness of selling the lead slot on the front page is a small ‘ADVT.’ And not at the beginning — at the end, in the bottom right-hand corner.
on Wednesday, August 9th, 2006, 2:32 pm in Bombay, Media, Photos › 
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I’m surprised they put that “advt”. Normally they don’t.
Does this surprise anymore?
I remembering seeing this edition.
They have the most obscene ad-content ratio that I know of: something like 70: 30.
And ever since the whole H.K.Dua incident, they’ve clearly been more management-run than editor-run.