Source: http://www.radioandmusic.com/content/editorial/news/neelesh-misras-gaon-connection-will-have-a-voice-soon
Newspaper in an audio format? Probably an alien concept. Well very soon, the city of Nawabs and Kebabs, Lucknow is to witness to this alien concept. Lucknow-based publication Gaon Connection is planning to launch an audio newspaper after they discovered that enhance them to reach the audiences who are unable to read but are keen to get an update on various happenings around them. Speaking to Radioandmusic.com, Gaon Connection, editor and co-founder said Neelesh Misra, "We are planning to train our reporters and writer in Lucknow to edit and put a layer of music to create the audio files of their stories or features. It will be mostly four-five minutes audio file. The stories that cannot be published due to space constrain in newspaper will also be available." The paper commenced last year in December and operates across Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh. He stressed, "We plan to cater to half of the people in the rural areas through this service." Gaon Connection has tied-up with content aggregator OnMobile to make the services available through all the telecom operators of India at a price that would not go beyond 20-30 Rupees. He said, "We have almost finalised the deal with them." On asked about the integrated adverts with the audio newspaper, he said, "We are open to that also. We are looking at any form of advertisements." Misra mentioned that it was his radio activities that somehow motivated him to take up this audio newspaper concept way too seriously. He is a popular 'story-teller', 'journalist' and 'poet'. He has also founded a content creation company called Content Project which produces content across media verticals. This popular voice on radio also mentioned radio during the conversation, he said, "In the radio space, I would like to innovate with content which will involve something more than my voice," expressed Misra. Regards, Vishnu Information transmitted by this e-mail is proprietary to MphasiS, its associated companies and/ or its customers and is intended for use only by the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient or it appears that this mail has been forwarded to you without proper authority, you are notified that any use or dissemination of this information in any manner is strictly prohibited. In such cases, please notify us immediately at [email protected] and delete this mail from your records. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
