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Leo Burnett has restructured its Mumbai operations by creating three independent units that will handle advertising for different clients under the Leo Burnett banner. Nitesh Tiwari, Sukumar Menon and Sriram Iyer are the three ECDs assigned to head one unit each. The agency has also named Roopam Borah, ECD, as head of a new retail initiative.

exchange4media Staff May 4, 2007 4:20 PM

Parag Dutta, COO of Global Franchise Architects (GFA) India, operator and franchiser of Pizza Corner, has quit to join Moods Hospitality as COO. He has an experience of over 17 years in the hospitality business. He joined Pizza Corner as General Manager - Bangalore in October 2000, and then went on to become GM - South, before becoming COO. He revolutionized grassroot marketing at the store level with remarkable results. Before Pizza Corner, he worked with Quality Inns India, Capitol - Bangalore, Oriana - Bangalore and the Raheja Group of Companies.

exchange4media Staff May 4, 2007 2:32 PM

Vidyut Patra has joined UTV Broadcasting as Assistant Manager-Marketing. His last assignment was with Channel [V] in Mumbai as Senior Executive, Marketing and Strategic Planning where he was responsible for tie-ups and partnerships, event planning and execution, brand planning and management, media planning, media buying, sponsor integration, client servicing, merchandise planning and distribution, PR planning and management, ground activation, show conceptualisation, youth and college activation, and distributor activation. He has earlier worked with Radio Mirchi, Pune, Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd., Brtico Foods (Coca-Cola Co.), and Mobile World Magazine, Pune.

exchange4media Staff May 4, 2007 2:28 PM

Ganesh Bhagwat has joined Live Media as Associate VP. He will be responsible for Sales in the Western region. Prior to this, he was with Walt Disney as Western Head, Sales, Hungama. Bhagwat has an overall experience of 10 years. He started off his career with Mid-Day and later moved to the digital medium to work with Rediff.com for three and a half years. Bhagwat has also been with Radio City for two years.

exchange4media Staff May 4, 2007 2:26 PM

Since the launch of the MSN Control Room feature on MSN in October 2006, 30 concerts have already been aired live on the site. The trend of music and entertainment has thus brought the online music community closer.

exchange4media Staff May 4, 2007 9:08 AM

Microsoft Digital Advertising Solutions has announced the launch of Windows Live Messenger Personal Expressions. The new service, to be launched in 60 countries globally, will allow advertisers to be present on the Windows Live Messenger windows of the users.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau May 4, 2007 9:04 AM

Zee News is launching its programme ‘Don’, based on true stories from the underworld. It will showcase crimelords and the modus operandi of the parallel economy flourishing out of Mumbai. The show, which premieres today at 9.30 pm, will be aired every Friday.

exchange4media Staff May 4, 2007 9:03 AM

Nokia has announced the launch of the Nokia Express train, which will flag off on May 4 at 10.30 pm. The company has also reinforced its pre-eminent position in emerging markets with the launch of seven new products that provide functions and features specifically designed for consumers in these markets.

exchange4media Staff May 4, 2007 9:02 AM

Sony Ericsson has launched a campaign for its handset W200i. Saatchi & Saatchi is the creative agency and brand ambassador Hrithik Roshan is seen capturing the fast-paced youth music and dancing to ‘The Thump’.

Tasneem Limbdiwala May 4, 2007 9:00 AM

Manish Bhatt and Raghu Bhat, Senior Creative Directors at McCann Erickson Mumbai, have put in their papers. The creative duo is on its way to Contract. Another loss that the agency recently faced was that of Vistasp Hodiwala (Vispi), who has left to join JWT.

Tasneem Limbdiwala May 4, 2007 8:59 AM

INX News Private Limited has appointed Nick Pollard as a Consultant. Pollard will act as an advisor and consultant on all aspects of the news channel to Indrani Mukerjea and Vir Sanghvi. Richard Platt has been appointed as an Advisor by INX Media Private Limited. He will work closely with the Creative Head Dilip Ghosh in all aspects of content and programming of the general Hindi entertainment channel 9X.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau May 4, 2007 8:57 AM

MediaCom Delhi has appointed Vinish Joshi as General Manager. He replaces Tarun Nigam who recently joined Starcom Worldwide. Joshi moves in from Spice Jet after a two-year tenure as Sr. Manager-Brand Communication.

exchange4media Staff May 4, 2007 8:56 AM

The exchange4media Group is releasing a ‘Ready Reckoner’ on the Indian magazine industry, which would be distributed with the May 2007 issue of the group’s monthly magazine ‘Pitch’. The reckoner, prepared in association with TAM AdEx and Conversant Info Solutions, provides comprehensive details about Indian magazines.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau May 4, 2007 8:55 AM

Central Square, an integrated business district in the heart of Delhi, is an existing account with the Rediffusion DY&R Delhi office, and has now awarded the agency with three more accounts — Park Square, an international residential project in Central Delhi; Givo, a premium Italian suiting brand; and Cheq, a designer club wear from Japanese designer Kaku. The combined size of the accounts is Rs 4 crore.

exchange4media Staff May 4, 2007 8:54 AM

Kidstuff Promos and Events, Mudra’s promotional marketing unit, has been re-branded. The group has renamed it to give it a new corporate identity. The unit will now be called Kidstuff Promotional Marketing.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau May 4, 2007 8:52 AM

Nominated finalists for the International Food and Beverages (FAB) Awards 2007 have been announced. Only two Indian agencies have made it to the finalist round -- Leo Burnett and McCann Erickson. In fact, McCann, with five entries, has the second highest number of nominations.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau May 4, 2007 8:51 AM

Agnello Dias, recently elevated to National Creative Director at JWT, has got more on his plate, with additional charge given to him for the Unilever Radiant business as its Global Creative Director. With this, all creative teams worldwide on the Unilever brand will report to Dias.

Noor Fathima Warsia May 4, 2007 8:49 AM

"As a group, we are completely committed to make Prabhat Khabar grow from a 14-lakh readership, which has taken 18 years to achieve, to probably double that in the next three years by developing the existing editions and growing naturally into the neighbouring states. Of course, these will be governed by the economic viability of such ventures, but we are seriously looking into expanding the Prabhat Khabar brand."

exchange4media Staff May 4, 2007 12:00 AM