| All drawings by Bilash Rai |
Rupert Murdoch just keeps expanding his already outsized empire. In the latest development, his News Corporation is set to invest USD 100 million to start six regional-language television channels in India. Star Group, which News Corp already owns, will launch the new broadcasts. Murdoch has also said that he plans to get involved in movies, as well as in the digital and mobile sectors. And his ambitions for the Indian market do not stop there. A stock index called the Dow Jones India Titans, which will report on the larger Indian companies such as Reliance and Infosys, is already in the works. When even the mammoth Indian media houses cannot resist the onslaught, Chhetria Patrakar shudders to imagine the day when the Murdochisation of Southasia is complete.
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