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Rajesh Sawhney has resigned as COO, Times Internet, to join as President, Reliance Entertainment. Meanwhile, Mahendra Swaroop, CEO, Times Internet, said the COO post is being done away with.

exchange4media Staff Aug 23, 2005 5:15 PM

Following an agreement between the Vivek Goenka-promoted The Indian Express Newspapers (Mumbai) Ltd and Manoj Kumar Sonthalia’s Express Publication Madurai Ltd (New Indian Express), arrived at on August 12, 2005, The Indian Express has decided to launch its IPO by November or early December this year.

exchange4media Staff Aug 23, 2005 3:43 PM

SBI Mutual Fund, one of the leading mutual funds in the country, has launched ‘Magnum Multicap Fund’ to bring the benefits of the entire spectrum of capital market to investors.

exchange4media Staff Aug 23, 2005 8:10 AM

The Health Ministry is planning to make it compulsory for food companies to list out the nutritional value of the product on the pack. This is likely to be part of the labelling requirements for food products.

exchange4media Staff Aug 23, 2005 8:10 AM

Sahara India Mass Communication Ltd has acquired the worldwide satellite and pay TV broadcast rights of the entire library of film producer Mr Boney Kapoor's films

exchange4media Staff Aug 23, 2005 8:08 AM

Fevicol, the flagship product of Pidilite, is all set to make noise in international markets, which will be similar to the Indian way. Fevicol is already being exported to over 15 countries. The craft of building the brand abroad will remain the same – go the funny way.

exchange4media Staff Aug 23, 2005 8:08 AM

Come September 1 and Toon Disney, which till now was available in Tamil, Telugu and English, will be also be available in Hindi. This is a part of Disney’s effort towards boosting the regional language feed, which is integral to the company’s localization commitment.

exchange4media Staff Aug 23, 2005 8:07 AM

Everest Brand Solutions has beefed-up its team with some key additions to its account planning and account management functions. The agency’s President, Mahesh Chauhan, said that the changes were made to handle the recent spree of account wins for Everest.

exchange4media Staff Aug 23, 2005 8:06 AM

After putting its creative agency in place, Red FM has now signed on MPG as its media partner. The ad spend is around Rs 10-12 crore. The radio channel’s creative business recently moved to Euro RSCG, the advertising arm of MPG.

exchange4media Staff Aug 23, 2005 8:04 AM

The third news channel from the TV Today platform – Tez – was launched on Monday by Information and Broadcasting Minister Jaipal Reddy. With the tagline ‘Khabrein Fatafat,’ the new channel aims at delivering news to the viewers who do not have time or interest for detail and long news.

exchange4media Staff Aug 23, 2005 8:03 AM

LIC, which is gearing up to celebrate its 50th anniversary in September 2005, has decided to make reasonable noise around the brand. In the process, the financial major has called for a pitch to handle the activities around the anniversary celebrations.

exchange4media Staff Aug 23, 2005 8:02 AM