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The Times of India Group has firmed up its plans to launch ‘Delhi Mirror’, the Delhi version of its tabloid ‘Mumbai Mirror’ in Mumbai. It has hired Kamlesh Singh, currently Senior Editor with news channel CNN-IBN, as Editor for the new product. The Times Group is learnt to be targeting an August launch.

exchange4media Staff Jun 22, 2006 5:58 PM

If you thought Cannes was a forum to just showcase award winning advertising and inspire all of us then what are advertising and media agencies doing by so aggressively and proactively promoting themselves? <b>exchange4media, Editor-in-Chief, Anurag Batra</b> brings you the ringside views from the French Riviera of how agencies are marketing themselves at Cannes and to whom.

exchange4media Staff Jun 22, 2006 8:02 AM

K S Ramesh, Executive Director and CEO, CavinKare, has left the company. Ramesh had revealed much earlier that he intended to retire from a working assignment in the corporate world and pursue a career in teaching in management schools and consulting in the areas of marketing and business strategy.

exchange4media Chennai Bureau Jun 22, 2006 7:56 AM

Santosh ‘Saggy’ Gnanakan has returned to Radio City as Creative Director for Bangalore. He returns after a year as Commercial Production Manager with the Maharaja Broadcasting Company, Sri Lanka.

exchange4media Chennai Bureau Jun 22, 2006 7:55 AM

Animation channel Animax has gone in for a revamp in a bid to respond to a discerning and growing audience. The process entails a new look, style and attitude for the channel. It has also launched ‘Imagine-Nation’, a short-form programme series aimed at motivating the youth.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jun 22, 2006 7:49 AM

RIL is set to make its retail foray on August 1, sources said. RIL may announce its retail plans at its AGM on June 29. It has publicly said that it will invest $750m in the retail business. But the actual investments may be in the $5-6bn range, sources said.

exchange4media Staff Jun 22, 2006 7:48 AM

Dunlop India, the Kolkata-headquartered tyre major, which has been out of the media for quite sometime, has chosen Situations as its advertising partner. The account will be handled by the Kolkata and Mumbai offices of Situations.

exchange4media Staff Jun 22, 2006 7:47 AM

Following C F Moses joining Shri Adhikari Brothers as President, Sales, it is reliably learnt that another nine people from the Sales team of India TV have joined SAB Group.

exchange4media Staff Jun 22, 2006 7:46 AM

After a very brief stint, Prasun Kumar has quit General Motors and joined Levi’s as Senior Brand Manager. He will be looking after the overall Levi’s brand. At GM, too, he was Senior Brand Manager, looking after the media function and the GM brand as a whole.

exchange4media Staff Jun 22, 2006 7:45 AM

NDTV India has decided not to continue with its crime-related programmes. The channel has taken off air its daily crime show ‘Dial 100’, while its weekly crime show ‘FIR’ will be also taken off from this week.

exchange4media Staff Jun 22, 2006 7:44 AM

Anand Bazar Patrika Group promoted annual ICT conference and exposition, Infocom 2006, has formed a strategic alliance with CeBIT, the world’s largest trade fair. CeBIT will be an exclusive partner of Infocom 2006, marking the entry of the world-renowned fair into India.

exchange4media Staff Jun 22, 2006 7:43 AM

Bhaskar Group is planning to launch three editions of its Hindi daily Dainik Bhaskar in Punjab – Amritsar, Jalandhar and Ludhiana. These new editions will be launched in September 2006 and complete the Punjab loop following Dainik Bhaskar’s foray into Chandigarh and Haryana in 2000.

exchange4media Staff Jun 22, 2006 7:42 AM

One of the most popular seminars on Dar Four at Cannes Lions, ‘From the Makers of Pop Culture’, saw JWT’s Worldwide Chief Creative Officer, Craig Davis, interact with the likes of Martin Sheen; Michael Patrick King, Executive Producer ‘Sex And The City’, and Arianna Huffington, Co-Founder and Editor of Huffingtonpost.com. Under the scanner was what made successful content and how it could be used for brands.

Noor Fathima Warsia Jun 22, 2006 7:38 AM

Four Days over and only two more categories to go, of which only one is key to India – Films. The other category, Titanium Lions, really doesn’t appear to hold much promise. But all is not over yet for India at the Cannes Lions. In all, India has bagged 12 metals so far, with the best performances seen in Outdoor and Press categories.

Noor Fathima Warsia Jun 22, 2006 7:37 AM

Digital medium and exploring it to no ends have been the buzzword at Cannes Lions 2006. However in a session organised by Leo Burnett and Contagious Magazine on ‘Wildfire - Ideas That Spread (And Sell)’, Mark Tutssel, Chief Creative Officer, Leo Burnett Worldwide, drew a clear scene with the other panelists that the way forward was Titanium.

Noor Fathima Warsia Jun 22, 2006 7:36 AM