1. THE TIMES OF INDIA (BCCL)
&
THE TIMES GROUP
Term Paper Assignment [Summer
Internship]
2. OBJECTIVES
To learn about the TOI and the newspaper business in a
real-world environment.
Receive on-field training for reporting/covering events.
Gain better understanding of the Editorial Department.
3. Introduction
The days at TOI office began with an hour so of
lecture/presentation by the various Dept. Heads (HRD, Business,
TimesNow, etc.) followed by assignments at the various depts.
Working in the Editorial Department, I got the opportunity to
cover several events including RadioMirchi Singing Sensation &
the Protest supporting Irom Sharmila.
In addition to the lecture and on-field experience, several tours
around Radio Mirchi, Times Now & the Printing Press were
organized for our benefit.
4. People met at TOI
Mr. B. R. Chatterjee (Human Resource Dept.)
Ms. Anjali (Incharge – Patna Times)
Mr. Sanjay Sinha (Research & Marketing Dept.)
Mr. Prakash Singh (Times Now)
Mr. Manish Aunachalam (Acc. Manager – Radio Mirchi)
Mr. Umang Vikram (RJ – Radio Mirchi)
5. THE TIMES GROUP
The Times Group is a combination of the B.C.C.L. and
its various subsidiaries as shown above.
6. BENNETT, COLEMAN & CO. LTD.
The Times Group is the largest media conglomerate in India.
The company has:
11 publishing centres
15 printing centres
55 sales offices
over 7000 employees
5 dailies (approx 4.3 million copies circulated daily
2 lead magazines, 22 niche magazines reaching 2468 cities and towns
32 Radio Stations, 2 Television News Channels & 1 Television Life Style
Channel.
7. The History
1838 1861 1892
The first edition Editor Robert Knight Thomas Jewell Bennett
is published amalgamates The Bombay becomes the editor and
under the name Times & Standard and enters into a partnership
“The Bombay Bombay Telegraph & with F.M. Coleman to form a
Times & The Courier to form The Times Joint Stock Company –
Journal of of India and gives it a B.C.C.L. – Bennett,
Commerce. national character. Coleman & Co. Ltd.
8. The History
1946 1948 1950
The company The company is sold Delhi Edition is lauched
comes under to Sahu Jain Group. with K. Gopalswami as
the first Indian editor.
Indian ownership
– Ram Kishan Navbharat times
Dalmia. launched.
10. THE TIMES OF INDIA (BCCL)
The Times of India (TOI) is an English daily newspaper of India. It has the
largest circulation among all English-language newspapers in the world, across
all formats (broadsheet, tabloid, compact, Berliner and online). It is owned and
managed by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. which is owned by the Sahu Jain
family.
11. THE DEPARTMENTS
The Business & Commercial Department
The Times of India is published
The Finance Department by the media group Bennett,
Coleman & Co. Ltd.
The Production Department
The Results & Market Development Department
The production of the Times of
India newspaper is the result of
The Response Department the collective effort of the various
departments working together.
The Human Resource Development Department
The Editorial Department
12. THE BUSINESS & COMMERCIAL
DEPT.
It is the department that handles Supply
Management for the BCCL.
"Supply Management" correctly suggests
expertise in identifying, monitoring, and
improving the performance of responsible
and responsive external resources of an
organization and managing materials used by
it efficiently and effectively.
Function is to keep costs lower than
competition without losing quality and supply
reliability is the key to value growth.
It is also responsible for any contracts and
agreements signed on behalf of the company.
13. THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT
The department that handles all the finances
of the company. Any transaction that is
made, any salary that is to be paid, goes
through this department.
The services provided by this department
include:
• Processing/Disbursing of Salary and
Reimbursements. Issuance of Payslip/Tax
Worksheet through email. Salary/ Reimbursements
are disbursed two days before the last working day
of the month.
• Processing/Disbursing of Salary Advances / Loans /
Travel Advances and their settlement.
• Travel Expense Statement processing and
settlement.
14. THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT
• Handling and dispensing of PF (Provident Fund).
• Statutory compliance including payments such
as Income Tax, ESIC, Professional Tax, LIC, Labour
Welfare Board etc.
• Processing of Full & Final Settlements on
Resignation and Retirement.
• Providing assistance with regards to Leased Cars as
per the Scheme.
15. THE PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT
The Production Department handles the actual creation,
composition and production of the newspaper. The
functions of the department are divided into two major
categories vis-à-vis :
Pre-Press
This part handles the functions that are involved in
the creation process of the newspaper. All the
process of designing, writing, arranging of news
articles right upto the point where the final
template reaches the press, is known as pre-press.
Press
As the name states, the actual process of printing
of the newspaper in the press is referred to as the
press part of production.
17. RESULTS & MARKET DEVELOPMENT
DEPT.
The RMD Department, usually known as the
Circulation Department, handles the delivery
of the newspaper and magazines to the
customers via various channels of vendors,
dealers and salesmen.
It achieves this through its network of 200
dealers who handle the 2 editions of the
newspaper –
1. which leaves at 11:00pm for Patna-upcountry
markets
2. which leaves at 3:00am for Patna readers.
18. RESULTS & MARKET DEVELOPMENT
DEPT.
The Circulation Process Flowchart:
19. RESULTS & MARKET DEVELOPMENT
DEPT.
There are basically three types of Sales:
Trade Sales
Line Sale
Cash Sale
Bulk Sales
When a substantial number of copies are being delivered to a
single location/address/destination it is referred to as a bulk sale.
Subscription Sales
When a prepaid subscription of at least 6 months or more is
applied for, it is called a subscription sale.
20. THE RESPONSE DEPARTMENT
“It is our job to make people unhappy with what they have."
The Response department handles the sale of
advertisement spaces on the newspaper. Since
advertising is the most important source of revenue for
the Times of India, the importance of the department
is exponential.
Brands, companies or individuals can apply for
purchase of ad space on the newspaper charged on the
basis of location on newspaper, the size of the space
and the number of prints.
Some of these ads are sold by people known as
inbound telemarketers (or inbound inside salespeople),
who wait for people to call them, such as an individual
who wants to sell his car.
21. HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPT.
The Human Resource Department handles,
maintains, retains, develops, enhances, An expert HR
and manages the resource people have.
should know:
Management is to extract the maximum Sociology
output from the limited supply of the Economics
human resource.
Anthropology
Objectives of HR: Politics
“To develop a culture of perpetual learning Psychology
with respect to human dignity”
Physiology
22. THE EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
The editorial section is the department that
handles the contents of the newspaper.
The editorial department is responsible for
pretty much everything that appears in
your publication that isn't advertising. Its
main goal is to report the news accurately
and in a reader-friendly way.
A collection of reporters, journalists,
writers, sub-editors, editors, graphic
designers & photographer work together to
assemble the newspaper.
23. THE CODE OF ETHICS & WHISTLE BLOWER
POLICY
The purpose of this Code of Conduct & Ethics is to conduct the business in
accordance with the applicable laws, regulations The matters covered in this
Code are of utmost importance to the shareholders and other stakeholders of
the Company., rules and with the highest standard of ethics and values.
24. THE CODE OF ETHICS
“The Times Group’s most valuable assets are its people and its brands. As a
member of the Times family, every employee is expected to play a multi
faceted role, that of a primary contributor to the business, a citizen of BCCL
GROUP and prominently, an ambassador of the brand and the Group.”
25. WHISTLE BLOWER POLICY
“This Whistle Blower Policy (“the policy”) has been formulated with a view to provide a mechanism to
report to the management instances of unethical behavior, actual or suspected, fraud or violation of
the company’s Code of Conduct and Ethics policy”
Objective:
1. To provide a mechanism to report to the management instances of unethical
behavior, actual or suspected, fraud or violation of the company’s code of
conduct and ethics policy.
2. To provide an impartial and fair avenue to raise concerns/ make protected
disclosures and seek their redressal.
Protection:
1. Complete protection to Whistle Blowers against victimization, threat or
intimidation of termination/suspension of service, disciplinary action,
transfer, demotion, refusal of promotion etc.
2. Identity of the person making protected disclosure will be kept confidential.
26. - E D I TO R I A L D E P A RT M E N T -
WORK DONE IN THE EDITORIAL DEPT.
The editorial department handles the compilation of the daily newspapers
including the Times of India and the city centric supplements such as Patna
Times.
27. Work done in Editorial Department
Research Work Articles Written
Radio Mirchi Singing Sensation
Websites offering Cash-on- Rise of Blogging in Patna
delivery options across Patna.
The first English book in India
by one Mohammad from Patna.
Central University
Blogging trends
Slut-walk (India)
28. Article Published in Patna Times
Published : 2nd July, 2011
Coverage of a singing
competition organized
by Radio Mirchi after
selection from across
Patna.
29. Bibliography
Times of India – Wikipedia
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Times_of_India]
Times Group – Wikipedia
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Times_Group]
TimeScape
[Times Group Intranet]
30. Presented By:
SHASHANK KUMAR
Bachelor in Journalism & Mass Communication
Amity University Haryana.
THANK YOU!