Ananda Bazar Patrika has appointed Prosenjit Datta as the Editor of Businessworld. The position was left vacant following the exit of Jehangir Pocha. Datta currently heads the editorial function of ABP web and telecom digital. He assumes the new role with immediate effect.
Lintas Media Group (LMG) has announced senior management changes. NP Sathyamurthy has been promoted to President and COO, and would be in charge of the Group’s Western Region operations and the Digital Collaborative. Sudha Natarajan takes over as President and COO, in charge of the Group’s Northern operations in addition to its Southern operations. She will be relocating to Delhi. Amit Ray will join the Group as President with specific charge of the ITC Collective and the Kolkata Collective.
Marathi daily Pudhari, which already has 10 editions, is all set to add two more to its portfolio – in Mumbai and Aurangabad. While the Mumbai edition would be launched around mid-February, the Aurangabad will follow around mid-March 2009. Nasik and Nagpur are next on the list for further expansion.
If 2007 was a year of growth for the Indian radio industry, then 2008 was a year of consolidation. The year the completion of the Phase II rollout, in fact, the Government has decided to merge the leftover Phase II along with Phase III. While the industry awaits Government announcement on the FM Phase III policy, exchange4media takes a look at the major developments during the year. <br> Guest articles: <br> <a href=http://www.exchange4media.com/Annual/2008/Guest_Apurva.asp target= _blank >AROI looks to continue making waves with radio: Apurva Purohit </a> <br> <a href=http://www.exchange4media.com/Annual/2008/Radio_Reckon.asp target= _blank >Radio – A force to reckon with: Harrish M Bhatia </a>
Though at an emerging stage, franchising in India has been clocking in a growth rate of 25-30 per cent, making it the second fastest growing industry. This has paved the way for new franchise publications to take root here, besides opening new arenas of growth for the already existing publications in the industry.
Panasonic Corporation is reviewing the creative business of its entire portfolio. The electronics major has been in discussions with agencies over the last couple of weeks, and is expected to take a call soon. Industry sources informed that the business was estimated to be in the vicinity of Rs 15 crore to Rs 20 crore.
The global financial crisis has hit the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) and the World Editors Forum (WEF), with the annual congress and forum slated to be held in Hyderabad from March 22-25, 2009, now standing postponed.
The IPTV market in the country came into focus with Airtel announcing the launch of its IPTV service – Airtel Digital TV Interactive – on January 19. Reliance ADAG is another group that is expected to launch its IPTV service soon. But is the Indian market ready for this service? What are the opportunities and roadblocks? exchange4media finds out.
BCCL’s Times Global Broadcasting has unveiled the name of its forthcoming business news channel – ‘ET Now’. The intention is clear – the channel will leverage the brand name and the content strength of The Economic Times. A convergence model has been put together to enable the same leadership across ET, ET Online and ET Now. While media experts are clear that ET Now is a worthy competition to the genre leader, CNBC-TV18, they also state that the convergence model could either be a gamble that could pay off for ET Now, or not.
The media today is very dynamic and we need to continuously delight the reader to grab and retain his or her attention. There is just too much stimuli out there. So, the biggest challenge will be to keep the reader interested month after month. But keeping the reader interested is also an opportunity for us to keep innovating. Creatively, we have lots to explore.