Industry Moves

Web18 Reorganization: Khiani Appointed COO For Content, Thomas COO For Financial Properties
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 01 May 2008 06:48 AM PST

Web18, the Internet and Mobile company from the Network18 group has reorganization its operations into two separate groups: Financial and Content verticals, contentSutra has learned from sources. Rishi Khiani, who…

Id8 Labs Appoints Vivek Saurabh As CEO; Reshuffles Key Management - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Wed 30 Apr 2008 10:55 PM PST

Digital marketing agency Id8 Labs has appointed Vivek Saurabh as its Chief Executive Officer. Saurabh was earlier the head of GENPACT’s Centre of Excellence, and prior to that, was Marketing…

Gurmeet Singh Quits Music Today To Join Rajshri Media As CEO - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 29 Apr 2008 07:03 AM PST

Gurmeet Singh, formerly the MD of Music Today, will be joining Rajshri Media as CEO in June 2008, reports Radioandmusic.com. Singh has confirmed his move to the publication, and we…

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Google India’s Head Of Content To Join Mobile Co Aryty - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 31 Mar 2008 08:52 PM PST

ContentSutra had learned that Harbinder Narula, formerly the Head of Content for Google (NSDQ: GOOG) India has put in his papers, and will be joining Aryty, to set up their…

MySpace India Ropes In Director Of Sales From Google - 11 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 13 Mar 2008 07:30 PM PST

After appointing Tarun Tripathi from Yash Raj Films as Director of Marketing and Content, MySpace India has roped in Deep Malhotra of Google (NSDQ: GOOG) as Director of Sales, ContentSutra…

Channel [V] Head Resigns To Start Internet Venture - 2 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 10 Mar 2008 12:55 AM PST

Well, it’s a sign of the times that another top media honcho is turning entrepreneur: Amar K Deb, head of Channel [V] has put in his papers, and is looking…

Mohit Anand, Country Manager For MS’ Entertainment & Devices Division Resigns - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 10 Mar 2008 12:27 AM PST

After 8 years at Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT), where he as Country Manager for the Entertainment And Devices Division, and was instrumental in bringing the xBox 360 to India, Mohit Anand…

CVL Srinivas Joins BCCL’s Private Treaties - 2 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 05 Mar 2008 05:54 AM PST

CVL Srinivas, formerly the CEO of media convergence co SureWaves has joined BCCL’s Times Private Treaties as Director, reports Exchange4media. Prior to joining SureWaves, Srinivas was the CEO for Asia…

Industry Moves Roundup: Tata Teleservices MD; Vir Sanghvi-INX; India TV CEO; TIL; MSN - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 29 Jan 2008 01:25 AM PST

[by Cerius Shah] -- Charles Anthony, MD of Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) has put in his papers. Mukund Rajan has been appointed MD in his place. More at Business Standard. --…

Industry Moves Roundup: BT, GroupM, NDTV Convergence, Digital Today, DGM, MMT - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Fri 04 Jan 2008 12:23 AM PST

-- British Telecommunications has appointed Sudhir Narang as the MD of the company’s India ops; he’ll report to BT (NYSE: BT) Asiapac President Allen Ma. More at IndianTelevision -- Arvind…

Airtel VAS Head Harish Gandhi To Join Canaan Partners - 3 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 24 Dec 2007 01:35 AM PST

You’re reading it here first: Harish Gandhi, Vice-President (Value Added Services and New Product Development) for Bharti Airtel, India’s largest mobile operator, is set to join VC firm Canaan Partners.…

Buongiorno Appoints COO For India - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 06 Dec 2007 04:11 AM PST

Buongiorno (BIT: BNG) (Hong Kong) which provides mobile value added services in India has announced the appointment of Satish Kejriwal as Chief Operating Officer for India. Kejriwal joins from Air2Web…

Industry Moves: Snapfish, Bharatmatrimony, Microsoft, AskLaila - 2 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Sat 24 Nov 2007 12:46 AM PST

-- Michael M. Bala has been appointed Country Manager of HPs online printing service Snapfish. Bala joins from the Bharatmatrimony group, where he was Business Head of Clickjobs.com. He has…

TN Prabhu Quits Disney To Join UTV As COO Of United New Media Ventures - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 12 Nov 2007 11:24 PM PST

Our mails to TN Prabhu and calls to Disney (NYSE: DIS) on this had not yielded anything, but a release just in from UTV now confirms it: TN Prabhu, Director…

Star India Promotes Uday Shankar To CEO Post - 1 Comment
Posted By Anupama Chandrasekaran - Thu 25 Oct 2007 07:58 AM PST

Star today promoted its chief operating officer Uday Shankar to the post of CEO and moved up its senior vice president Jadgish Kumar to fill in Shankar’s vacancy. [via Indiantelevision.com]…

Mahesh Samat Appointed MD Of Disney India - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 25 Oct 2007 02:01 AM PST

Mahesh Samat has been named the Managing Director of the Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) Company (India). Samat over twenty years of experience across India, Asia-Pacific and Europe, and joins from…

Preneet Malhotra Appointed CEO of UTV Interactive - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 22 Oct 2007 11:11 PM PST

UTV Software Communications has appointed Preneet Malhotra as CEO of UTV Interactive, the business vertical that houses their animation division UTV Toons, and UK based gaming company Ignition Entertainment. Prior…

Vijay Kumar Named Sify’s CFO, Reliance ADAG Appoints Suku Murti To A Group Role - 1 Comment
Posted By Anupama Chandrasekaran - Sun 21 Oct 2007 07:40 PM PST

Sify Technologies Ltd.: Internet service provider Sify Technologies Ltd. named Vijay Kumar as its chief financial officer. [via AP] Kumar’s previous posts include serving as the assistant general manager of…

Industry Moves: Madan, Ghosh Join Buongiorno; Tushar Shah Quits Disney For Mobile2Win - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 04 Oct 2007 01:31 AM PST

Buongiorno (BIT: BNG) (Hong Kong) Limited today announced the appointment of Kavi Madan as VP for New Business Initiatives and Subhash R. Ghosh as VP Business Operations for India. Madan…

Tushar Vyas, National Director Interaction For GroupM Puts In His Papers - 12 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 26 Sep 2007 08:37 PM PST

ContentSutra has learned from reliable sources that Tushar Vyas, National Director (Interaction) for WPP’s media buying arm GroupM has put in his papers. Vyas, a digital media specialist, was heading…

Reuters Names HT Media’s Khosla As Mobile Head - 0 Comments
Posted By Anupama Chandrasekaran - Tue 18 Sep 2007 06:18 PM PST

Reuters (NSDQ: RTRSY): Reuters India named Manav Khosla, former head of mobile at HT Media, as Mobile Lead for their Consumer Media business. Reuters recently launched an ad-supported site for…

Piyush Shah Resigns As HT Media’s Head Of Internet, Mobile Strategy And Tech - 7 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Sun 09 Sep 2007 07:47 PM PST

HT Media’s head of Internet, mobile strategy and technology, Piyush Shah has put in his papers, reports exchange4media. As per sources, he might either start his own online venture, or…

Industry Moves: HT Media’s New Initiative VP Sandip Ghose Quits - 1 Comment
Posted By Anupama Chandrasekaran - Tue 04 Sep 2007 11:13 PM PST

Vice president of HT Media’s new initiatives unit Sandip Ghose has quit after just two and half years in the company, according to agencyfaqs.com. Ghose, who joined HT Media in…

Industry Moves: Shishir Joshi Takes Over As Mid Day Multimedia Group Editorial Director - 1 Comment
Posted By Anupama Chandrasekaran - Tue 28 Aug 2007 06:09 PM PST

Former TV Today executive editor and Mumbai bureau chief Shishir Joshi took over as Mid Day Multimedia’s group editorial director. [via Indiantelevision.com] Joshi will oversee the digital content of Mid…

BIG Music & Home Entertainment Appoints COO And New Media AVP
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 27 Aug 2007 10:30 PM PST

Two senior level appointments at BIG Music and Home Entertainment, a Reliance ADAG group company: -- Shweta Agnihotri has been appointed COO of the company, reports Business of Cinema. Prior…