After Daewoo and K-Electric, why is AsiaPak interested in Bol News?
There is only one reason to buy a television channel in this day and age: influence. But could Bol’s baggage be too much to handle?
Real estate entity Al Rehman Developers buys Public News
Acquisition of channel announced on social media
Inside the digital media newsrooms of Pakistan
With more than half of the population’s access to the internet, the digital landscape is fertile soil not just for information and narrative-building, but also for business
The war for scraps
Already punch-drunk from censorship and changing times, a large crack has appeared within the print media industry over the most important issue there is — money
Jabbar Thaikaydar, the man who introduced money making in Pakistani media
In the early 1980s, as he carried banners of the Lakson Tobacco Company on his motorbike through the dusty roads of Lahore,...
What in the world happened with the PSL media rights bid?Â
On the 23rd of December, Geo and ARY found themselves sitting across a table with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in the...
Everything standing between the PCB and a women’s PSL
With the deck already stacked against them, advertisers and marketers cannot seem to look beyond a lack of players - something that would be fixed by such a tournament
As Samaa drowns in losses, Aleem Khan offers to buy the channel
The story of Samaa will eventually be the story of every news channel in Pakistan
Media Times, the Taseer-owned media conglomerate, is still struggling
The company says that it plans to reinvent itself. Will the Taseers walk the talk?
French socially distanced cinema concept eyes PakistanÂ
Conceived pre-pandemic, the concept can be used to bring groups of cinema-goers together in a socially distanced manner
Hum Network’s EOGM ends with share registrar unchanged
KARACHI: Hum Network Limited (HUMNL) on Saturday held an extraordinary general meeting (EOGM) primarily for the election of directors and to vote...
JSCL denies involvement in alleged attempt to take over HUMNL
KARACHI: Jahangir Siddiqui & Co Limited (JSCL) on Monday wrote a letter to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) denying its involvement in...
Sultana Siddiqui asks SECP to inquire alleged attempt to takeover Hum Network
KARACHI: President Hum Network Limited (HUMNL) Sultana Siddiqui on Thursday asked the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) to inquire about...
Hum Network public notice confirms likelihood of a takeover
KARACHI: Hum Network Limited (HUMNL) on Tuesday issued a public notice on the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) regarding a story published in...
How a 30 year old became a media tycoon
Deep into the winding, messy streets of a Lahore township, on one end of a broken road stands a building five stories...