In no particular order, here are MediaNama’s top 10 stories of the week ended 18th December 2016 MediaNama would like to thank its sponsors: Indian Express and E2E for their support. Idea to raise Rs 1,500 Cr through issue of private placement bonds Idea Cellular is planning to raise Rs 1,500 crore by issuing unsecured redeemable bonds on a private placement basis, the company informed stock exchanges on Friday. The company plans to sells non-convertible debentures (NCDs) that offers 7.57% coupon rate (basically interest) for a tenure of 5 years. These will be issued in the National Stock Exchange by December 13th for which the maturity date will be December 13, 2021. Read it here Now Barkha Dutt & Ravish Kumar’s Twitter accounts hacked by ‘Legion’ After Vijay Mallya, NDTV journalists Barkha Dutt and Ravish Kumar’s Twitter accounts have been hacked, with data such as email passwords posted by the hacker group ‘Legion’ through their Twitter account. Read it here I&B Ministry: We are not considering censorship of Hotstar and Netflix In response to an RTI application, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting categorically said that they weren’t looking to censor online content. In the RTI application (filed by me), the ministry was asked if it had the power to carry out censorship of TV shows and films distributed by services such as Hotstar and Netflix; and if not, whether the ministry was considering making rules that would allow them to do so. In their response, the ministry said that…
