Newslaundry is an Indian media watchdog[1][2][3][4] that provides media critique, reportage and

satirical commentary.[5] It was founded in 2012 by Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan and Prashant
Sareen, all of whom earlier worked in print or television journalism.[6] It was India's first subscription-
driven website when launched, and since then other platforms have followed a similar model, like The
Wire.[7] In contrast to news websites such as The Quint, ThePrint or Scroll.in, Newslaundry solely relies
on public subscriptions, instead of advertisements, for revenue.[8]

In 2015, executive editor Manisha Pande and Sandeep Pai reported on how the politicians misuse the
public sector undertakings in India.[9] Their work won the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism
Award for investigative reporting.[10] The platform also hosts podcasts dedicated to politics, culture and
entertainment.[11][12]

Newslaundry office in Sarvodaya Enclave Delhi

Contents

1 Products

1.1 Website

2 Reception

2.1 BCCL defamation lawsuit

3 References

4 External links

Products

Website

Newslaundry does not rely on advertisement for its revenue, and claims to be solely reliant on
subscriptions for their income. Their website offers two kinds of subscriptions, Disruptor and Game
Changer. The subscriptions allows users access to all stories and podcasts, such as NL Hafta and Let’s Talk
About, interactions with the Newslaundry team and subscriber only events and discord server. They also
allow the option for users to gift subscriptions.[13]
Reception

BCCL defamation lawsuit

On the 19th of January, 2021, the Bennett, Coleman, and Company Limited (BCCL), also commonly
known as The Times Group, filed a ₹100 crore civil defamation suit against Newslaundry in the Bombay
High Court. The suit alleged that Newslaundry had defamed the director of the BCCL Vineet Jain, as well
as Rahul Shivshankar and Navika Kumar, who are the editors of their news channel Times Now. It claimed
that an episode of Newslaundry's TV Newsance uploaded on October 10, 2020,[14] which criticised the
news channel for its coverage of the arrest of actress Rhea Chakraborty, was “beyond the realm of satire,
parody or spoof” and “false, baseless and highly defamatory”. It further also claimed that the video
uploaded on their channel on 27 November 2020 titled Explained: How to rig TRP[15] defamed and
maligned the images of Shivashankar and Kumar.

Newslaundry responded to this suit by claiming that the legal notices was an attempt to silence
criticism[16][17][18] and also said that "no one including media should be above scrutiny".[19]

References

Sachdev, Alisha (9 April 2018). "How Fake News Spreads in India". The Diplomat.

"Study finds SC and ST journalists missing from Indian media". Telegraph India. 4 August 2019.

"English newspapers are worse than Hindi on representing Dalit, Adivasi writers: Oxfam India report".
The Caravan (magazine). 3 August 2019.

Buncombe, Andrew (7 November 2013). "The family feud which is gripping India's media: Editor of 'The
Hindu' newspaper resigns". The Independent.

Upadhyay, Venkatesh (21 July 2013). "The third wave of digital news". Livemint.

"Can the digital revolution save Indian journalism?". Columbia Journalism Review.

Harlow, Summer; Chadha, Monica (26 April 2019). "Indian Entrepreneurial Journalism". Journalism
Studies. 20 (6): 891–910. doi:10.1080/1461670X.2018.1463170. S2CID 150110223.

Bansal, Shuchi (27 October 2016). "The big digital paywall question". mint.

"RNG Awards: Winners in Print, Television and Digital media". 6 November 2016.

"Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards 2015: Full list of winners". 3 November 2016.

Bansal, Shuchi (27 October 2016). "The big digital paywall question". Livemint.
Venkataramakrishnan, Rohan. "Why the Indian podcasting industry needs more 'high-quality crap' in
2019". Scroll.in.

"Welcome to Newslaundry. Sabki dhulai. You watch. We're watching". Newslaundry. Retrieved 4 June
2021.[non-primary source needed]

Toadies Banega Tu? | TV Newsance Episode: 107, retrieved 17 March 2021

EXPLAINED: BARC's TV audience measurement system is rotten | NL Cheatsheet, retrieved 17 March

2021

Scroll Staff. "Times Group files Rs 100-crore defamation case against 'Newslaundry' for videos on TV
anchors". Scroll.in. Retrieved 17 March 2021.

"Times of India parent company sues media watchdog Newslaundry for $13.7 million". Committee to
Protect Journalists. 29 January 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2021.

"Times Group sends notice to Newslaundry for Rs 100 crore, unfazed NL does a takedown of notice".
The News Minute. 21 December 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2021.

Hakim, Sharmeen (9 February 2021). "'No One Including Media Should Be Above Scrutiny':Newslaundry
Responds to Times Group's Rs 100 Cr Defamation Suit". www.livelaw.in. Retrieved 5 June 2021.

External links

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