Investors have begun fretting over digital media investments

I am guessing today’s Things Change couldn’t be more true to the objective of starting this newsletter. Most of you are clued-in readers, so I am sure you know that the government of India has been tinkering with foreign direct investment limits in digital media for some time now. Disguised as levelling the playing field between print, television and digital, most of the government’s notifications on the subject should be understood as wolf in sheep’s clothing. As things stand today, and things are only still moving around and can change anytime, all homegrown media companies in India can accept foreign …

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Ashish K. Mishra

Ashish is the editor-in-chief of The Morning Context. One of the best-known business feature writers in India, he was selected for Germany’s Robert Bosch Stiftung Fellowship in 2012 and received the Mumbai Press Club RedInk certificate of recognition in 2015 for his story “Inside the Network 18 takeover”. Before joining The Morning Context, Ashish co-founded The Ken, where he was managing editor. His previous writing stints include Mint, Forbes India and The Economic Times.

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