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Wall Street Journal Launches "India Real Time" Blog
MUMBAI, India, April 13, 2010 – The Wall Street
Journal today launched an "India Real Time" blog (http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime)
– a destination for readers in India and around the world who
want a smart perspective on the country's latest developments.
India Real Time provides continually updated analysis into
Indian business, finance, politics, culture and sports during
the Indian day.
Regular posts from Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires
reporters around the country will provide a unique take on the
main stories in the news, shed light on what else mattered and
give global readers a snapshot of what Indians are talking
about.
"India Real Time expands our offering of The Wall Street
Journal and Dow Jones' real time analysis of Asia's most
important markets and follows in the footsteps of the highly
successful China Real Time Report, which has a strong following
in China and around the world," said Almar Latour,
editor-in-chief, Asia, The Wall Street Journal.
Paul Beckett, the Journal's South Asia bureau chief,
said, "India Real Time will provide readers globally with quick
and interesting insights into the most important and most
interesting news on any given day in the world's largest
democracy. It will be unique in its analysis, combining the
editorial heft of The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones
Newswires in India with a sharp and entertaining presentation
befitting the format. We hope readers with an interest in India
worldwide will find it a valuable resource and will join the
conversation it will spark."
"India Real Time" is the latest in a series of Dow Jones online
initiatives in India since the doubling in size of the company's
India news bureau; the launch of a dedicated homepage for India
(http://india.WSJ.com); a Web
page about rural India operated jointly with India
Knowledge@Wharton (http://online.WSJ.com/public/page/rural-india.html);
The India Chief Mentor blog; and an India management page (http://india.WSJ.com/management).
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