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Paid news is the practice of cash payment or its equivalent to journalists and media organizations by individuals and organizations in order to appear in their news articles and to "ensure sustained positive coverage". In India, paid news emerged as a widespread organized activity in India in 1990s through formal contracts and "private treaties". Pioneered by Bennett, Coleman & Company, Ltd. (B.C.C.L.) group through their Times of India publication, and widely adopted by groups such as The Hindustan Times, Outlook and others, the practice was brought to attention by a 2010 buried investigative report of the Press Council of India on paid news financially benefiting "individual journalists and specific media organizations" such as newspapers, magazines and television channels. The scandal implicated major newspapers and brought western media attention.
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