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The first results of the war that occupied most of media space in Mumbai last year is out. Print was never seen as a hotter segment and a media battle of the kind wasn't seen in ages. Following the efforts, strategies and moves of media giants like Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd (BCCL), Hindustan Times and Diligent Media (the Zee-Bhaskar combine) to lure the Mumbai reader, Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2006

e4m Desk Apr 22, 2006 7:07 PM

With the Sensex hitting an all time high of over 12000, the business sector in India is looking a lot more busier than ever. Perhaps to some extent this justifies the interest that many media players are showing in the genre. The latest offering for the business content consumer in the English readership space - Outlook Business further vindicates that. If any further proof was at all required, there are more business newspapers and magazines waiting in the pipeline

e4m Desk Apr 22, 2006 7:05 PM

Zahid Javali, Chief of Bureau with Explocity Bangalore till end-2005, has joined the editorial team at Mid Day Multimedia Ltd in Bangalore. Javali was with Explocity since 1996, and had handled the group’s publications, including the erstwhile City Reporter, Bangalore City Info, Café Beat, and Investalk (the in-house journal of the Dubai Investment Group). Sources indicated that he would don the mantle of City Editor for the group’s forthcoming Bangalore edition, reporting into Anil Thakraney. When contacted, Javali refused comment.

e4m Desk Apr 22, 2006 2:34 PM

V Shivakumar has moved to Mid Day Multimedia Ltd as Manager, Sales, from April 20, 2006, based in Bangalore. Prior to joining Mid Day, he was with Indian Express Newspapers Mumbai Ltd, where he was handling all verticals in Karnataka as Deputy Manager, Space Marketing. Shivakumar was with Indian Express for two years, during which time he was instrumental in Indian Express Newspapers Mumbai registering a 215 per cent growth. He has also worked with The Times of India, Bangalore.

e4m Desk Apr 22, 2006 2:32 PM

Swadesh Mishra has joined Madison, Delhi as Associate Media Director. He will be handling the General Motors, ABN-AMRO, Dainik Jagran, Channel 7 (IBN7) and the Air Hostess Academy accounts. Prior to joining Madison, Mishra was with Zenith Optimedia, Delhi as Group Head for a short while, where he mainly worked on the HP account. Mishra had earlier worked with TBWA\India as a Media Consultant for five years on accounts including Yamaha, Pedigree, Standard Chartered Bank, Hughes, etc. He also worked with Rediffusion DYR as a consultant on Canon and Airtel; Interact Vision, Delhi as a media planner. Mishra began his career with Sista Saatchi & Saatchi Mumbai as management trainee.

e4m Desk Apr 22, 2006 2:31 PM

Sanjeev Verma is joining NIIT as Head of Corporate Communications in place of Kataria. Verma moves from Genesis Public Relations where he was responsible for Max New York Life. Verma has over 20 years experience in various media, including Business India.

e4m Desk Apr 22, 2006 2:30 PM

Sanjiv Kataria, NIIT’s Group Executive Vice-president (Corporate Communications), is stepping down later this month to work as an independent strategic communications and PR counsel. He was a key member of NIIT's top team for 18 years.

e4m Desk Apr 22, 2006 2:28 PM

Soumit Deb of Mediacom, Sri Lanka, has joined as Media Director at Mindshare, Sri Lanka. He was heading the Reckitt Benckiser as well Procter & Gamble business for Mediacom's Sri Lankan operations until the move. Deb comes to Mindshare with a good experience of the Lankan market, and several years of handling FMCG brands in India.

e4m Desk Apr 22, 2006 2:26 PM

Arunava Sinha has joined India Today as Executive Editor. Sinha had resigned from Indiatimes as Head of Content sometime back. He had joined Times Internet as Editor, ET Online, in 2002, and was later promoted as Head of Indiatimes content.

e4m Desk Apr 22, 2006 2:17 PM

Sanjay Pandey is back with Zee News as Output Editor. Four months back, he had left Zee News to join Star News as Output Editor. Ravikant Mittal, who was Output Editor, has now been made Input Editor.

e4m Desk Apr 22, 2006 9:24 AM

FritoLay India has launched its new `Wafer Style' potato chips in the market. The launch is supported by a marketing campaign through television, outdoors and trial generation activities.

e4m Desk Apr 22, 2006 7:59 AM

Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Retail may be the local partner Giorgio Armani is looking for in India. The iconic fashion brand - which clothes half of Hollywood - has been scouting for a franchisee, after it publicly announced plans of setting up shops in India.

e4m Desk Apr 22, 2006 7:58 AM

Sify Ltd posted a net profit of Rs 5.67 crore in Q4 FY06 under India GAAP as compared to a net loss of Rs 12.6 crore for the Q4 in the previous financial year. Revenues from sales and services touched Rs 126.8 crore in Q4, 24 per cent higher than in the same quarter ended March 31, 2005.

e4m Desk Apr 22, 2006 7:57 AM

Game development company Paradox has announced its alliance with Baichung Bhutia and Total Sports and Entertainment India Pvt Ltd, the agency representing the football captain. Paradox has signed a two-year exclusive worldwide contract to create mobile game titles based on the Indian football star.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Apr 22, 2006 7:56 AM

TRAI has released a consultation paper on issues relating to commercial tariff for broadcasting and cable television services. Previously, TRAI had freezed the tariffs for commercial cable users.

e4m Desk Apr 22, 2006 7:55 AM

Ahmedabad based Sambhaav Group of Publications has won the bid for advertisement on bus shelters from Ahmedabad Municipal Transport Service for the next three years. The contract was earlier handled by Ahmedabad based Krishna Communications.

e4m Desk Apr 22, 2006 7:54 AM

In what could create a totally new mode of outdoor advertising in the country, the railways are planning to allow advertising on bogies and goods wagons.

e4m Desk Apr 22, 2006 7:49 AM

Media Transasia has acquired the licence from American Express Publishing to launch their magazine, ‘Travel + Leisure’, in India by the second half of this year. Payal Kohli, former ‘Cosmopolitan’ Editor, has been appointed Editor of the new magazine.

e4m Desk Apr 22, 2006 7:46 AM

In order to focus on investment opportunities to develop Punjab as a media entertainment and film industry hub in the northern India the Punjab government, in association with International Punjabi Chamber for Service Industry, is organising an international conference on media and entertainment on April 22, 2006 in Mumbai.

Vinod Behl Apr 22, 2006 7:42 AM

With globalisation here to stay, the Indian Society of Advertisers (ISA) has decided to look at the issue closely and from a different angle as well. With the intention to bring the point that global brands can be created from the Indian market as well, ISA has organised a two-day seminar, themed ‘Building Global Brands out of India’, on April 21-22, 2006.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Apr 22, 2006 7:40 AM

There is quite a buzz in Lintas offices with Lintas Media Group announcing changes in the profiles of its senior management, including Raj Gupta, Sudha Natrajan, and Kartik Iyer, among others.

Noor Fathima Warsia Apr 22, 2006 7:31 AM

The Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Enterprise owned Adlabs on Friday formally made it public that it would hive off its FM radio business from the present parent company, Adlabs Films Ltd, and “consider the proposal for the reorganisation of the company and demerger of its FM radio business.”

e4m Desk Apr 22, 2006 7:29 AM

<p align=justify>“The Asia Pacific region -- where we launched our Asia edition in 2003 -- over the last three years has become very important and it is growing very rapidly. And that’s really where India fits in, because clearly there is no barrier as far as language is concerned and we believe there is a huge amount of potential not only in terms of circulation numbers and readership, but following on from that, in terms of advertising sales.”

e4m Desk Apr 22, 2006 12:00 AM