| Preface |
| Introduction and Summary |
| The Background |
| How editorial space was compromised by political "paid news" |
| The 'Medianet' and 'Private Treaties' phenomena |
| Suggestions by Securities and Exchange Board of India to Press Council of India |
| The Mint code of journalistic conduct |
| The late Shri Prabhash Joshi's last speech on "paid news" |
| Smt Mrinal Pande's views on "paid news" |
| Examples of "paid news" from the Hindi press |
| Rules and Regulations of the Election Commission of India |
| Dainik Jagran: Allegations and Counter-Allegations |
| Shri P. Sainath's findings on "paid news" |
| Maharashtra Chief Minister Shri Ashok Chavan's defence |
| More Allegations and Counter-Allegations |
| Evidence provided by the Andhra Pradesh Union of Working Journalists |
| The Editors Guild of India on "paid news" |
| "Paid news" at seminars and conferences |
| Views on "paid news" by political leaders, Press Council of India members and others |
| "Paid news" in Parliament |
| Curbing "paid news" using extant legal provisions: Dr Madabhushi Sridhar's suggestions |
| Other Suggestions |
| Conclusions |
| Acknowledgements |