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In a landmark judgment, the Company Law Board on July 10, 2006 drew an adverse inference on the financial dealings of the minority shareholders led by Ajai Agarwal in their bid to buy out the 64.67 per cent of equity stake held by the majority shareholders, led by Atul Maheshwari, Managing Director, Amar Ujala, in Amar Ujala Publications.

exchange4media Staff Jul 12, 2006 4:12 PM

Meritus Analytics, the global analytic partner company of GroupM, a member of the WPP Group, has forayed into China from July 12, 2006. The move brings advanced data analytics technology to companies in China’s key industries.

exchange4media Staff Jul 12, 2006 12:59 PM

Global retail brands - Louis Vuitton and Lladro - have received the nod from the commerce & industry ministry to set up shop in India.

exchange4media Staff Jul 12, 2006 8:03 AM

Nusli Wadia-managed Britannia Industries has signalled its interest in food retailing. The Rs 1,800-crore biscuit major is acquiring Cafe Coffee Day's 50% stake in Daily Bread, a Bangalore-based high-end food retailer.

exchange4media Staff Jul 12, 2006 8:02 AM

While it might not exactly be in line with the famous ‘milk moustache’ campaign, Tetra Pak’s new ad campaign for 2006, which was unveiled recently, emphasises on ‘Value for Money’ and marks the second phase of the ‘Good Milk’ campaign.

exchange4media Staff Jul 12, 2006 8:01 AM

Jaya TV’s popular game show ‘Jackpot’ recently completed 200 episodes. The game show has been running non-stop for four years. Speaking on the occasion, K P Sunil of Tellyzoom, producer of ‘Arokya Milk Jackpot’, spelt out the success mantra of the programme as “four years, 200 episodes, one producer, one sponsor and one anchor, coupled with unstinted cooperation by the crew”.

exchange4media Chennai Bureau Jul 12, 2006 8:00 AM

Rediffusion DY&R has been awarded the ‘Certificate of Merit in Strategy’ at the WPP Atticus Awards. The annual Atticus Awards honours original published thinking on subjects of relevance to communications services companies and their clients and is open exclusively to professionals working in WPP companies.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Jul 12, 2006 7:59 AM

Mumbai Mirror, the compact from BCCL, has launched an afternoon edition from July 11, 2006. The first day has seen almost 40,000 copies printed. Mumbai Mirror Editor, Meenal Baghel, is overseeing this edition as well.

Noor Fathima Warsia Jul 12, 2006 7:58 AM

Think technology and the most pervasive device is the mobile phone. The Promax|BDA India 2006 conference delved into the new roles that technology plays in delivering content. Digital technology is changing the face of entertainment. Mobile users in India crossed the 100-million mark in June 2006 and with mobile phones devouring every device, consuming content is no longer what it used to be.

exchange4media Staff Jul 12, 2006 7:57 AM

Promax|BDA India 2006 concentrates on the virtues that promotions and advertising can bring on the table and one of the key areas that saw deliberation on the first day of the awards on July 11, 2006 was marketing. Filmmaker Rakeysh Mehra, STAR India’s Ajay Vidyasagar and BCCL’s Bhaskar Das threw light on how marketing can change some equations.

exchange4media Staff Jul 12, 2006 7:55 AM

The Promax|BDA India 2006 got underway in Mumbai on July 11. An interesting session of the day involved a panel discussion on the best creative works done in the Indian market. The panel discussion, facilitated by exchange4media’s Anurag Batra, and which had members like Anuja Chauhan, Executive Director and VP, JWT, Delhi; Saints and Warriors’ Pushpinder Singh; and ad expert Pranav Dewan, put Indian advertising under the scanner.

exchange4media Staff Jul 12, 2006 7:49 AM

STAR Entertainment CEO, Sameer Nair, will be the voice of India and the Asian market for the Promax|BDA Awards worldwide. Nair has been elected to the international executive committee of the Awards. Promax|BDA’s President and CEO, Jim Chabin, announced this at the Promax|BDA Awards held on July 11, 2006 in Mumbai.

Noor Fathima Warsia Jul 12, 2006 7:48 AM

Media conglomerate IPG is taking some serious steps to fight the battle for share in the Media pie. In India the move is seen in the form of the merger of two entities – Lodestar and Universal McCann. The merged entity would be called Lodestar Universal and will officially launch on August 3, 2006. Shashi Sinha, President, Lodestar Media, has been elected to head the entity as CEO.

Noor Fathima Warsia Jul 12, 2006 7:47 AM

“Reuters considers India as a high-growth market. India is the only other country, apart from China, for which Reuters has a growth strategy,” Samir Shah, the newly appointed MD of Reuters India tells exchange4media in an exclusive chat.

exchange4media Staff Jul 12, 2006 7:46 AM

The Indian Media Group on Tuesday met the I&B Ministry officials and raised several issues regarding the proposed Broadcast Bill. The I&B Secretary assured the Group that the Ministry would now formally consult the industry about the Bill and seek its feedback on the same.

exchange4media Staff Jul 12, 2006 7:45 AM