The reverb from Kevin Delaney’s departure from the Wall Street Journal for Atlantic Media Group just hit DC: WSJ alum Raju Narisetti is headed back to the Journal, swapping his role as managing editor of the Washington Post responsible for digital for managing editor of The Wall Street Journal (NSDQ:…

Times Of India’s online division is getting mobile and internet highlights of English soccer’s Premier League, after cutting a deal with online sports rights operator and broadcaster Perform Group.

Smartphone maker Research In Motion (RIM) is facing a user revolt after tens of millions of users in Europe, the Middle East and Africa suffered a second day without services such as BlackBerry Messenger (BBM), as the company struggled with problems at its hub in Slough, Berkshire.

Move over, Kindle Fire - the world has a new cheapest tablet computer. India’s government has announced a new Android-powered tablet called Aakash priced at between $35 and $60 that could set a light under the booming country’s digital content market.

And you thought the $199 Kindle Fire was cheap? The Indian government last week promised a rumoured $35 tablet is due to be unveiled this week.

There’s no question that apps have become a global phenomenon in the mobile world—and who doesn’t want to catapult a cute red bird onto some logs to kill a pig? But not all apps are as wildly successful as Angry Birds. So just as importantly, when it comes to what…

Google India head Rajan Anandan yesterday announced in a press conference that it has joined hands with the Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan to promote its new social network, Google+. He also added that the actor who is often referred to as the “The King of Bollywood,” will be one of…

It looks like YouTube Box Office is working pretty well for Google India.

With newspaper revenues in a downward spiral in the U.S., it’s easy to forget that there’s one area where daily tabloids and broadsheets are still thriving: India. While the NYTimes.com’s new India Ink blog is an online only, it does suggest that western publishers may look to the large Indian…

Finally, closure on the long-running question of what would happen to the BBC‘s magazine business, the biggest publisher of subscription magazines in the UK: commercial division BBC Worldwide has agreed on a multi-faceted sale of its assets, covering 34 magazine titles, to the private equity group Exponent. BBCWW has also…

Google’s now infamous Street View camera cars only set to work on the streets of Bangalore last month, but already Indian authorities have ordered Google (NSDQ: GOOG) to suspend taking images because it has not secured the necessary security clearance.

The mobile is already the computer in many markets, it seems. In some of the countries where cricket is most popular, the recent ICC Cricket World Cup was consumed more on mobile than on PC internet.

Last week, AOL (NYSE: AOL) CEO Tim Armstrong told the crowd at paidContent 2011 that layoffs—aka “job changes”—were coming following the $315 million deal to acquire the Huffington Post. The layoffs started Thursday in India, where AOL’s operations are being dramatically downsized: 400 jobs lost, 300 outsourced, roughly 200 remaining,…

Forget iPads and smartphone apps - in India, the real “new media” are basic feature phones. Media companies aren’t letting the market’s relative technological immaturity stand in their way - they’re embracing new opportunities using old media

Following two fairly big acquisitions designed to expand its regional presence, Indian ad network Komli is preparing to do some deals. The Mumbai-based company, formerly the parent of supply side platform PubMatic, has raised a $15 million round led by Norwest Venture Partners (NVP). Previous backers, Nexus Venture Partners and…

Hyderabad-based digital marketer Ybrant Digital took a break from its international shopping spree last year, but it says its looking to buy again. The company has raised $48 million in debt and equity to help further its international presence. In addition to acquisitions, Ybrant wants to use the proceeds to…

Blyk, the mobile ad company that started as a “free” MVNO for 16-24 year-olds, may have found its original business model hard to execute in Europe, but it didn’t give up on it altogether: it has now launched services in India, partnering with local operator Aircel. And once again, it…

Indian online advertising network Komli is buying Indoor Media, a UK-based firm helping clients market to ethnic minorities, in its latest international expansion (announcement).

Instamedia, which is best known for its Instablogs citizen journalism platform, has raised $4 million in a first round of funding from Times of India-owner Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. The Instablogs site lets anybody submit an original article a la NowPublic or link to an existing news story anywhere…