<div>The Fronline magazine of the Hindu group has a re-launched on 20 Sep 2012 by Vice President, Hamid Ansari. In the era of real time news defined by the "breaking news" syndrome, there is still a demand for long form journalism that not only relays information, but also compels the readers to think and question, said Vice- President Hamid Ansari on Thursday, at the re-launch of the news magazine, Frontline.<br /><br />"In today's age, the audio-visual media has emerged as a dominant medium for quenching the thirst of the target audience for real time news on current affairs, culture and entertainment. Despite this, there remains a real and popular demand for serious publications on topical issues which cannot be substituted by the 'breaking news' culture and short-attention span snippets in the domain of the electronic media," he added.<br /><br />N. Ram, former Editor-in-Chief said "Frontline was launched in December 1984 as an all colour fortnightly with plenty of visual content. The trigger for its publication was the acquisition of a colour printer from Japan and the then editor of The Hindu G Kasturi was clear that newspapers in India had to raise the game and no take readers for granted,".</div>
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