Open (Indian magazine)
{{short description|Indian magazine in English language featuring current affairs}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox magazine
| title = Open
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| editor = S. Prasannarajan
| editor_title = Editor
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| frequency = Weekly
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| category = Current affairs and features magazine
| company = Open Media Network Pvt Ltd
| publisher = Raas Taneja
| firstdate = April 2009
| country = India
| based = New Delhi
| language = English
| website = [http://www.openthemagazine.com www.openthemagazine.com]
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Open is an Indian English-language weekly magazine. It was launched on 2 April 2009 by the Open Media Network, the media venture of RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group.[http://www.openthemagazine.com/page/about-us Open- About us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117100317/http://www.openthemagazine.com/page/about-us|date=17 January 2013}} openthemagazine.com. Retrieved 14 March 2013{{Cite news |date=16 May 2017 |title=HT’s Ashok Bindra moves to Open Media Network as CEO and Publisher |work=Exchange4Media |url=https://www.exchange4media.com/media-print-news/hts-ashok-bindra-moves-to-open-media-network-as-ceo-and-publisher-68825.html}} The current managing editor is P. R. Ramesh and the editor-in-chief is S. Prasannarajan. Previous editors were Sandipan Deb and Manu Joseph.{{Cite news |last=Tiwari |first=Ayush |date=24 July 2019 |title=An OPEN obsession with Narendra Modi |work=Newslaundry |url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2019/07/24/open-magazine-and-narendra-modi}}
History
The Open Magazine was conceptualised by Sandipan Deb, who joined Open Media Network after having worked for several years at Outlook and Financial Express. He left in August 2010, reportedly to pursue personal interests.[http://www.paniit2012.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=133&Itemid=116 Sandipan Deb], Paniit Global Conference 2012. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017052234/http://www.paniit2012.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=133&Itemid=116|date=17 October 2013}},[http://www.iitstories.com/2011/09/08/sandipan-deb/ Sandipan Deb : From Management to Journalism] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317153653/http://www.iitstories.com/2011/09/08/sandipan-deb/|date=17 March 2013}} iitstories.com.Retrieved 14 March 2013
After Deb left, Manu Joseph took over as the Managing Editor.{{Cite news |date=6 January 2014 |title=Manu Joseph quits Open magazine as Editor-in-Chief |work=Exchange4Media |url=https://www.exchange4media.com/media-print-news/manu-joseph-quits-open-magazine-as-editor-in-chief-54089.html}} Hartosh Singh Bal was appointed as the political editor and Rahul Pandita was an associate editor.{{Cite news |date=19 February 2013 |title=A Conversation With: Journalist and Author Rahul Pandita |work=India Ink, The New York Times |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/india.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/19/a-conversation-with-journalist-and-author-rahul-pandita/}}
In November 2013, Hartosh Singh Bal was sacked.{{cite web|title=New York Times conversation with Bal|url=http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/14/a-conversation-with-former-political-editor-of-open-magazine-hartosh-singh-bal/?smid=tw-nytindia&seid=auto&_r=1&|access-date=11 June 2015|archive-date=9 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209044634/https://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/14/a-conversation-with-former-political-editor-of-open-magazine-hartosh-singh-bal/?smid=tw-nytindia&seid=auto&_r=1&|url-status=live}} According Manu Joseph, the magazine's proprietor, Sanjiv Goenka, felt that Bal's writings and appearances on television were resulting in him "making a lot of ... political enemies."{{cite web|title=Bal fired from Open magazine|url=http://scroll.in/article/655950/why-cnn-ibns-sagarika-ghose-can-no-longer-criticise-modi|access-date=11 June 2015|archive-date=10 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610085834/http://scroll.in/article/655950/why-cnn-ibns-sagarika-ghose-can-no-longer-criticise-modi|url-status=live}} Joseph himself resigned soon afterwads, and P. R. Ramesh became managing editor.{{cite web|title=Perils of Editorial Freedom|url=http://www.firstpost.com/living/manu-josephs-resignation-the-perils-of-editorial-surrender-1326223.html|access-date=11 June 2015|archive-date=11 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150611183244/http://www.firstpost.com/living/manu-josephs-resignation-the-perils-of-editorial-surrender-1326223.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Bal, Open, and the perils of political journalism|url=http://www.thehoot.org/web/Bal---i-Open--i--and-the-perils-of-political-journalism/7146-1-1-6-true.html|access-date=11 June 2015|archive-date=19 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419055314/http://www.thehoot.org/web/Bal---i-Open--i--and-the-perils-of-political-journalism/7146-1-1-6-true.html|url-status=live}}
Citing several instances of "press censorship", including the controversial firing of Hartosh Singh Bal, a July 2014 editorial in the New York Times commented that:{{Blockquote|Press censorship seems to be back with a vengeance in India, this time imposed not by direct government fiat but by powerful private owners and politicians.{{cite web|title=India's Press Under Siege|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/28/opinion/Indias-Press-Under-Siege.html?_r=0|access-date=15 June 2015|archive-date=7 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907170755/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/28/opinion/Indias-Press-Under-Siege.html?_r=0|url-status=live}}}}
{{As of|2014||df=}}, the editor-in-chief is S. Prasannarajan.{{cite web|url=https://www.exchange4media.com/people-movement-news/india-today's-s-prasannarajan-to-join-open-as-editor-on-february-6-54228.html|title=India Today's S Prasannarajan to join Open as Editor on February 6|access-date=14 March 2013}} Rajmohan Radhakrishnan was its publisher until 2014 and was succeeded by Mohit Hira.{{Cite web|url=https://www.afaqs.com/news/advertising/42192_jwts-mohit-hira-joins-open-magazine-as-ceo|title=JWT's Mohit Hira joins Open Magazine as CEO|website=afaqs!|access-date=2020-03-05|archive-date=31 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331033753/https://www.afaqs.com/news/advertising/42192_jwts-mohit-hira-joins-open-magazine-as-ceo|url-status=live}} After his exit in 2016, Manas Mohan was appointed in his place but left after nine months and was replaced by Ashok Bindra in 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.exchange4media.com/media-print-news/hts-ashok-bindra-moves-to-open-media-network-as-ceo-and-publisher-68825.html|title=HT’s Ashok Bindra moves to Open Media Network as CEO and Publisher - Exchange4media|website=Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – exchange4media|language=en|access-date=2020-03-05}}
Neeraja Chawla joined as the CEO of Open Media Network in 2018.
Controversies
A report in The Indian Express in April 2012 concerning government apprehension about army movements{{cite web |title=the night raisina hill was spooked |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/the-january-night-raisina-hill-was-spooked-two-key-army-units-moved-towards-delhi-without-notifying-govt |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613145220/http://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/the-january-night-raisina-hill-was-spooked-two-key-army-units-moved-towards-delhi-without-notifying-govt/ |archive-date=13 June 2015 |access-date=11 June 2015}} was criticised in OPEN by the then editorial chairman of Outlook, Vinod Mehta, in an interview with Hartosh Singh Bal. Mehta called the story a mistake and a "plant". In May 2012, the Express sent a legal notice to Open asking for an apology, for the contentious story to be removed from the online edition, for OPEN to pay {{INR}} 500 crores to the Express, and for the journalists who wrote the contentious Express story.{{cite web |title=Mother of all embarrassments |url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/indian-express-asks-for-the-mother-of-all-embarrassments-311393.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615055509/http://www.firstpost.com/india/indian-express-asks-for-the-mother-of-all-embarrassments-311393.html |archive-date=15 June 2015 |access-date=11 June 2015}}{{cite web |title=What they are saying about Express sue report |url=https://wearethebest.wordpress.com/2012/05/16/what-theyre-saying-about-express-sue-report/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150616025035/https://wearethebest.wordpress.com/2012/05/16/what-theyre-saying-about-express-sue-report/ |archive-date=16 June 2015 |access-date=11 June 2015}}
In 2014, after Bal, Joseph, and Rahul Pandita had left, the magazine issued a clarification and expressed regret for the Mehta column. Mehta, Bal and Joseph then complained that the new editorial team of OPEN had violated journalistic norms because they had not been contacted before the issue of the clarification and that there was no way for OPEN to make the claims it was making in its clarification.{{cite web |title=Vindication? |url=http://www.thehoot.org/web/Vindication-/7401-1-1-32-true.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613154827/http://www.thehoot.org/web/Vindication-/7401-1-1-32-true.html |archive-date=13 June 2015 |access-date=11 June 2015}}{{cite web |title=OPEN and Shut Up Case |url=http://www.newslaundry.com/2014/04/03/open-and-shut-up-case/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319192552/http://www.newslaundry.com/2014/04/03/open-and-shut-up-case/ |archive-date=19 March 2015 |access-date=15 June 2015}}
During the premiership of Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party, OPEN has been accused among others by the Indian media watchdog Newslaundry of biased and uncritical promotion of Modi and his Hindu nationalist political causes.{{cite web |title=An OPEN obsession with Narendra Modi |url=
https://www.newslaundry.com/2019/07/24/open-magazine-and-narendra-modi |access-date=30 August 2024}}
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.openthemagazine.com/}}
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