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Ritesh Malik and Satvinder Kaur have joined Creative Thinks Media as Partners. Prior to this, Malik was with RED FM as Regional Head (North & East) responsible for various revenue verticals, namely, Corporate, Retail and Activations for Delhi and local business revenue from the North and East stations. Kaur was with Red FM as Head for the Real Estate and PSU verticals for Delhi region. She was also responsible for part of the corporate portfolio in Delhi.

exchange4media Staff Aug 8, 2008 9:10 AM

Consim Info Pvt Ltd, promoters of BharatMatrimony.com and ClickJobs.com, has appointed Subramanyam Parameshwar as Chief Finance Officer. Parameshwar brings two decades of experience in strategic management, finance, M&A, IPO, public accounting, audit and taxation. At Consim, he would drive operational excellence, strategic business development, strategy implementation, risk assessment, corporate governance and building shareholder value. A Certified Public Accountant (USA), CA & ICWA (India), Parameshwar has worked in North America, Middle East and India with KPMG in public accounting.

exchange4media Staff Aug 8, 2008 9:09 AM

Shaheen Jehani, Head of Events & Business Development at Music Today, the music division of India Today Group, has put in her papers. Jehani has decided to move on and start an independent company, SSquare Events. She began her career in 2002 with music sales, covering corporate sales and key accounts, including Rhythm House and the Planet M chain of stores.

exchange4media Staff Aug 8, 2008 9:08 AM

Reliance Capital Ltd has appointed Sanjay Jain as Chief Marketing Officer. Jain moves from Bajaj Allianz, where he was instrumental in creating a strong visible identity for brands Bajaj Allianz and Allianz amongst the masses in India. In his earlier stints, Jain has worked in diverse sectors and companies like The Times of India Group, Ogilvy and the Coca-Cola Co.

exchange4media Staff Aug 8, 2008 9:08 AM

Anil Sethi has been appointed to the newly-created position of President & Region Head of Sony Ericsson India. He joins Sony Ericsson after almost eight years with Sony Canada, where his most recent position was Senior VP of Broadcast & Business Solutions and Systems Integration. Prior to this, Sethi held a number of high profile international assignments within the Sony Group including senior business and commercial roles in Europe, India, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. He had established and managed Sony’s first production facility in India and was closely involved in setting up the Sony Gulf regional operations, and the Sony India organization.

exchange4media Staff Aug 8, 2008 9:07 AM

While speaking on the outdoor, ambient, retail medium at the 5th Ad Club Annual Media Review, Vikram Sakuja, COO, GroupM South Asia, downplayed the idea of associating sponsorship with television.

exchange4media Staff Aug 8, 2008 8:27 AM

Indian Readership Survey (IRS) and National Readership Survey (NRS), the two tools to measure readership have been in use for two decades, whereas the print industry has seen a paradigm change in the way it operates today. This point was raiased by Sanjay Behl, Head – Brand and Marketing, Reliance Communication at the Ad Club’s Media Review 2008.

exchange4media Staff Aug 8, 2008 8:26 AM

Sharing his views on digital, Ravi Kiran, CEO-South Asia, Starcom Media Vest, stated that digital was not just a medium but a part of life. He addressed the gathering at the Ad Club’s Media Review 2008 on the need to unlearn what they knew about the medium.

exchange4media Staff Aug 8, 2008 8:25 AM

Music Broadcast Pvt Ltd-owned Radio City has plunged into the online digital platform with the launch of its music portal PlanetRadiocity.com. Providing resources to everything related to music, PlanetRadiocity.com is an all-inclusive music portal that claims to offers its users a comprehensive, diverse and unique array of features.

exchange4media Mumbai Bureau Aug 8, 2008 8:20 AM

Patrika Group has relaunched Rajasthan Patrika’s news portal, Patrika.com, with a new look and in a bilingual avatar in Hindi and English. In a worldwide virtual inauguration, Patrika.com was unveiled simultaneously in various cities of India and NRI associations across the UAE and the US.

exchange4media Staff Aug 8, 2008 8:19 AM

VGN Enterprises, a Chennai-based layout and residential property developer, has appointed TBWA Chennai to handle its creative duties. The account size is pegged at Rs 6 crore. Tribal DDB India is handling the various offline activities for VGN Enterprises.

exchange4media Staff Aug 8, 2008 8:18 AM

DDB Mudra has strengthened its senior management team with the appointment of Seema Trivedi as Executive Vice President for its Mumbai office. She will be responsible for the Reliance ADAG account and will be reporting to Mani, President & Head, DDB Mudra.

exchange4media Staff Aug 8, 2008 8:17 AM

Shashi Sinha, CEO, Lodestar Universal, in his presentation on the print industry urged fellow media owners to tap the 370 million literate Indians living in the micro cities across India and reinvent formats to cater to the TG in the regional belts. He also raised concern over the decrease of ads from the telecom sector.

exchange4media Staff Aug 8, 2008 8:16 AM

Speaking at the Ad Club’s 5th Annual Media Review, Lynn de Souza, Chairperson & CEO, Lintas Media Group, addressed the audience on the downfall of TV deliveries in 2007 and the continuous growth of radio as a medium.

exchange4media Staff Aug 8, 2008 8:15 AM

Ad Club-organised Media Review in Mumbai on August 6 saw five media stalwarts – Lynn de Souza, Vikram Sakuja, Shashi Sinha, Ravi Kiran and Sam Balsara – discussing a myriad of issues concerning the media and advertising industry in India today. Ad veteran Balsara suggested proactive measure on issues like late payment, insufficient profits, and the need to get commercial processes digitised.

exchange4media Staff Aug 8, 2008 8:13 AM

Bates 141 has published the first ever ‘A-Z Dictionary of Change’, a handbook targeted at brand owners, businesses and marketers. Planned as an annual publication the ‘Dictionary of Change’ is a new perspective on change with an emphasis on action, words and concepts that capture irreversible shifts in the marketplace.

exchange4media Bangalore Bureau Aug 8, 2008 8:12 AM