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N Madhavan, Senior Editor with Financial Express, has put in his papers. He will be joining Hindustan Times as Associate Editor from August 1 and will look after the business section of the newspaper. Madhavan brings with him over 20 years’ experience in business journalism. He started his career with The Economic Times and moved to Business Standard after six years. Thereafter, Madhavan spent around 12 years with Reuters before moving to Express.

exchange4media Staff Jul 29, 2006 10:31 AM

Suresh Amarnani, who till recently was Group Business Director with Mudra, has joined MIRC Electronics as Marketing Head. MIRC owns the popular Onida brand. Amarnani’s mandate at MIRC will be to strengthen the brand, which is an ongoing process. He will report to Vivek Sharma, VP, Sales & Marketing. Amarnani has worked with agencies such as Contract, O&M, Lowe & Partners/Monsoon (Singapore). In between, he also did a short stint with Quadrant. He was with Mudra for the last five years.

exchange4media Staff Jul 29, 2006 10:29 AM

Honda Siel Cars India has appointed Jnaneswar Sen as Senior General Manager, Marketing. Sen’s responsibilities at HSCI will include National Sales & Marketing operations. He has moved to HSCI after a 15-year stint with Maruti Udyog, where he was Commercial Business Head, South Zone. Sen has also had a stint with BHEL.

exchange4media Staff Jul 29, 2006 10:28 AM

After making its way to your hearts through your stomachs, fastfood major McDonald's is now planning another strategy to build its brand across India. The company will soon have a national footprint for its McDelivery format.

exchange4media Staff Jul 29, 2006 8:26 AM

Have you noticed that financial services are not being pushed in your face of late? In the last few months advertisements for mutual funds, home loans, insurance and specifically IPOs have taken a drubbing.

exchange4media Staff Jul 29, 2006 8:25 AM

With colleges reopening and the freshers just about settling down, JAM magazine, in association with Clinic All Clear has launched its special initiative Back 2 College.

exchange4media Staff Jul 29, 2006 8:24 AM

Communication consultancy Blue Lotus Communication has been on an account winning spree of late, bagging 25 new clients, 10 of which were won in July itself.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jul 29, 2006 8:23 AM

Magic Search combines the simplicity of the best in class search product and the accuracy that is demanded by the recruitment professionals. The new product is in line with Monster India’s strategy of pushing the product frontiers in e-recruitment.

exchange4media Staff Jul 29, 2006 8:22 AM

Brand Portrait Digital, an associate company of Brand Portrait, has announced the appointment of Vikram Prabhu as Head-Digital Content. Prabhu will play an integral role in shaping the company’s mobile and digital content portfolio.

exchange4media Chennai Bureau Jul 29, 2006 8:21 AM

The POGO Amazing Kids Awards is back, and in its third year, the channel is planning it on a grander scale by not just making the awards interactive but also presenting it in a series format. The awards would mark the finale of the 19 episode journey, which would be telecast from November 4, 2006.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jul 29, 2006 8:19 AM

Suparna Mucadum has been roped in as Business Head for Grey Worldwide, Kolkata. She will be taking charge from the second week of August 2006. Prior to this, Mucadum was Manager, Sales for Power and Aamar FM.

exchange4media Staff Jul 29, 2006 8:18 AM

Rohit Seth has put in his papers as Assistant Vice-President at 360 degree South. He will be joining Percept D’Mark from August 1, 2006 as Business Head. He will be reporting to CEO Preeta Singh and COO Devraj Sanyal. Seth will be looking after the South India operations, which are commencing from August 1, 2006.

exchange4media Staff Jul 29, 2006 8:16 AM

Battlelines are drawn as Hindi dailies gear up to fight for a larger share of the market. Dainik Jagran, which currently has two editions from Punjab – Ludhiana and Jalandhar – has reduced its price from Rs 2 to Re 1. The new pricing strategy is effective from July 24, 2006.

exchange4media Staff Jul 29, 2006 8:14 AM

The first ever NDTV Profit Leadership Awards, were held in the Capital on July 28, 2006. Mukesh Ambani was given the Global Indian Leader Award, while Ratan Tata was declared the Business Leader. The Awards salute the men and women who fuel India’s journey to the forefront of the World Economy.

exchange4media Staff Jul 29, 2006 8:13 AM

“The damn disease is spreading, it’s a movie virus out there,” sighs Gitanjali Murari, Programming Head, PIX. August is going to be a movie lover’s delight in the line-up of various English movie and general entertainment channels are anything to go by.

exchange4media Staff Jul 29, 2006 8:12 AM

<p align=justify>Noise can be heard only when you make it. People are talking about awards won at Cannes - for ads that no one has seen! I haven't seen the ads in the media. We don't want to make this kind of noise.… We expect Dentsu to be among the top three media agencies in the country in the next 18 months. As the next few months unfold, expect some very large media initiatives from Dentsu.

exchange4media Staff Jul 29, 2006 12:00 AM