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NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Last week, we learned that consumer confidence has hit a low, that employers last month cut jobs for the first time in more than four years, that retailers just suffered the worst January on record, that wage growth has slowed and that the Fed's inflation fears were growing. In the media sector, we absorbed depressing financial results from newspaper companies and learned that revenue was essentially flat again last year at Time Inc., the country's best-known magazine publisher.

e4m Desk Feb 11, 2008 7:15 AM

Raymond Ltd, the Rs 2,500 crore integrated textiles and apparel firm, is planning to double its retail presence in Karnataka by opening 50 stores over the next two years.

e4m Desk Feb 11, 2008 7:14 AM

Planman Consultant India topped the chart of exclusive advertisers’ list in print during 2007. Among all the genres in print, ‘Media & Advertising’ recorded maximum growth of 41 per cent followed 'City Centric' and 'Fashion & Lifestyle' with 35 per cent and 25 per cent share, respectively, in 2007 compared to 2006.

e4m Desk Feb 11, 2008 7:13 AM

myGamma, a mobile social networking site, stresses that it has markets beyond the metros in smaller towns. The wap portal, launched in 2005, already claims to have its largest market in the country with over 6 lakh registered users in India.

e4m Desk Feb 11, 2008 7:12 AM

The GSM Association’s four-day Mobile World Congress commences in Barcelona from February 11, 2008. Despite India’s growing strength in the mobile space, the country does not have much of a presence at the yearly global event. Hungama Mobile’s Neeraj Roy will deliver a key note address on Digital Content at the Congress.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Feb 11, 2008 7:11 AM

Nat Geo, which had launched the ‘Nat Geo Junior Hunt’ in July 2007, has culminated with the announcement of the winner – Neha Jain of Birla High School, Kolkata. The ‘Nat Geo Junior Hunt’ was seeking India’s ‘superkid’, who was curious, adventurous and smart. The winner will host Nat Geo Junior shows on the channel for three months.

e4m Desk Feb 11, 2008 7:10 AM

With the Budget Session approaching fast, channels are gearing up to create programmes around the annual stocktaking of the country’s economy. The Cell, the communications specialist group of TV18, has recently come up with a campaign to promote the Group’s Budget 2008 programming with the tagline ‘Unfinished Agenda’.

e4m Desk Feb 11, 2008 7:09 AM

Dilip Cherian, Co-founder of Perfect Relations, has been elected as the India representative to the International Public Relations Association (IPRA). Cherian would be the India representative for two years. His uncontested appointment as the Indian Council member is a significant step forward in IPRA’s efforts at promoting PR in developing countries, especially in resurgent India.

e4m Desk Feb 11, 2008 7:09 AM

Arpita Menon has joined 9.9 Media as Vice-President. Menon had put in her papers at ABP in August 2007, where she was National Head of the Strategic Unit and Business Intelligence.

e4m Desk Feb 11, 2008 7:07 AM

Though only two weeks of ratings for NDTV Imagine are here, the channel has lived up to industry expectations – and caution – of retaining and growing its ratings. This week, the channel has clocked 87 GRPs, and with this, it is the clear No. 3 channel in the Hindi general entertainment genre, at least for the latest TAM week.

Noor Fathima Warsia Feb 11, 2008 7:07 AM

Aegis Media has seen senior level changes in India and South Asia, and on the face of it, it would appear that the agency needs immediate attention for India. Patrick Stahle, CEO, Aegis Media, Asia Pacific, however, asserts that India operations are on track and that under the new management, headed by P V Narayanamoorthy, the organisation has marked 2008 as the deadline to re-launch Posterscope and launch Isobar in this market, and to work towards doubling Carat India revenues.

Noor Fathima Warsia Feb 11, 2008 7:06 AM