Great news for media students, journalists, and newspaper readers in Bangalore:

On August 15, Indian Express launched National Standard in Bangalore:

Read all about it on sans serif, the blog published by Outlook editor Krishna Prasad: "A new paper in India’s most crowded market".

• “The new paper will be a quality paper for quality young audience, and Bangalore is that kind of a market, evident from our online market. Our largest base for online readers is in Bangalore.”
  
  ~ Shekhar Gupta on why Bangalore was chosen as the National Standard's launch-pad in the South (read Gupta's interview in Business Standard here)

• Also read: "Bravo, Shekhar Gupta!" and "Bravo, Viveck Goenka!"