6:00 p.m.
re: Media Ministry
date: Monday, March 13th, 2023.
I'm hereby appropriating "Sri Lanka Times" brand to the "Sri Lanka Press Holdings" company (state asset, 35% partial monopoly) to Media Ministry of Sri Lanka Government.
For :
Sri Lanka Press Holdings
Create :
Brand : "Sri Lanka Times"
$50,000,000.00 is allocated, which is enough to gain full monopoly size.
Jai Singh to chair, Jim Kerstetter as deputy, Lal Wickrematunge could potentially be MD (speak to Wasantha)
0.35 is the target size of market, unlike Straits Times by Singapore Press Holdings, because while we could go for a monopoly, the issue is our press freedom index will take a hit in rankings.
0.65 is for public
32,500,000.00 up for grabs
5,000 employees
15 local partners
25 foreign partners
100,000,000.00 sales projections (mostly digital)
This is worth drawing claim to. If there's any company with said name, we'll take it from them, with paying no compensation. If they are alerted, please sell off to salvage some cash before you lose it without any compensation.
We're also establishing :
36. Sri Lanka Tele Vision Corp
as "SBC Media"
with $100,000,000.00 to be invested
led by Avishai Abrahami as chair, Salar Kamangar as deputy chair
0.35 market monopoly,
0.65 for sale to public,
$65,000,000.00 is up for investment (65%)
2,500 employees,
5 local partners, and
20 foreign partners
$150,000,000.00 in sales projected (mostly advertising)
We're taking up the appropriate broadcasting frequency and channels. We may use the bandwidth or channels, for new channels on similar range. For multiple languages or for other purposes.
I think there's already Rupavahini or whatever.
We'll rename "Sri Lanka Tele Vision Corporation" owned by Sri Lanka Media Ministry.
att: defense / foreign ministry
p.s. this reminds me, I think that 5 GHz frequency, this is often used now by 802.11ax, we should discuss internally, to see if it messes with signals intel ops. We could do things to avoid problems. It's because high waves, they take precedence over short, so when we communicate, it could be heard. We need to figure this out, to prevent problems.
LEHAN EDIRISINGHE