Sahara One has beefed up its senior management even as it loses a key senior member. Nilanjana Purkayastha and Anita Noronha have come on board as Business Head and Marketing Head, respectively. Meanwhile, Programming Head Kalyan Sundaram has put in his papers.  more...

DNA has promoted R Jagganathan to the post of Executive Editor for all its editions, including Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Surat and Jaipur. With this move, resident editors of all editions would report to Jagganathan directly. In addition to this, he would also function as Managing Editor of Bhaskar Group’s soon-to-be-launched business daily.  more...

Gitanjali Murari has joined Real Global Broadcasting, a Turner-Alva Brothers joint venture, as Head of Content for its soon to-be-launched Hindi general entertainment channel. In the new role, Murari would be responsible for developing and producing content for the channel through third party partners and associates.  more...

Forbes has appointed Naazneen Karmali as India Editor of Forbes Asia and Mumbai Bureau Manager for Forbes magazine. In her new role, Karmali will continue to cover India’s growing industries and companies, and the wealth of India’s richest individuals through the compilation of the annual Forbes India Rich List & Billionaire list.  more...

Kaushik Tiwari, Publicis Ambience’s Head of Southern operations, has moved on to float a full-fledged agency called Fresh Lime Communications. Chennai-based Fresh Lime commenced its operations on April 14, with a roster of clients.  more...

Radio Mirchi swept the 33rd RAPA Awards with 12 awards. This year, over 87 winners were announced across all categories, which includes the RAPA Special Awards Trophy. This year’s RAPA Awards saw increase participation of radio stations from all over the country cutting across language barriers.  more...

Maxus has added more business from the Essar Group to its kitty. As is known, Essar was a Maxus client for the erstwhile Essar SpaceTel business, and in 2006, Starcom Worldwide won the Essar Retail Telecom. Essar now is in aggressive mode again, and is looking at releasing communication for its corporate business. Maxus has won this bid. The account size is estimated at around Rs 35 crore.  more...

Innocean has bagged the business of KEI Wires & Cables. The win comes close on the heels of Aureole Inspecs and Devasthali wins. The media budget of KEI Wires & Cables is pegged at Rs 7-8 crore. Dentsu Communications is the incumbent agency.  more...

Shankar B is joining E18, one of Network18’s latest ventures, as National Sales Head. He moves from Hello FM, where he had a two-year stint as VP-Sales. He takes charge from May 16 and will be based in Mumbai.  more...

Noshe Oceanic has brought on board well-known photographer Akash Das as Vice-President, Creative. Akashda, as he is known in the industry, is expected to give a new edge to Noshe Oceanic’s aggressive expansion into new segments of the industry.  more...

Yahoo! India has launched a new search marketing platform that is expected to enable advertisers to do more with their campaigns and gain a higher return on their investments by targeting relevant customers.  more...

In the last two years, Bangalore has witnessed a plethora of changes – be it the journey from Bangalore to Bengaluru, start of the Metro project and, most importantly, the revival of Sandalwood music. Capturing this spirit of change and the international face of Bengaluru, Radio Mirchi will hit the airwaves with a new, refreshing and addictive sound as part of its second anniversary.  more...

Contract publisher Spenta Multimedia has been appointed by the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council to publish its bi-monthly magazine, ‘Solitaire International’ from June 2008. The magazine is priced at Rs 150. With this, the number of publications in Spenta Multimedia’s portfolio has gone up to 21.  more...