Prasar Bharti appoints former I&B secretary Sunil Arora as advisor
A 1980-batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre, Arora was the I&B secretary before he retired earlier this year.
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Satyaki Ghosh to move to L'Oreal Paris
Satyaki Ghosh, Director, Consumer Products Division, L’Oréal India will soon don a new role at L’Oreal Paris
Outlook, The Indian Express and Scroll apologize for inconsistent reporting
The Indian Express, Outlook and Scroll have apologized for committing certain mistakes in reporting. Outlook magazine lead the pack with an apology published on the website’s landing page. The magazine had incorrectly displayed the map of Jammu & Kashmir in one of its recent editions.
WPP Q2 profits up by 10% to 769 million pounds
WPP has reported headline profits up by 10% to £769m and global revenues of £6.5bn in the first six months.
Reliance Jio Test SIM Does an Apple; Long queues prove appetite for #DigitalIndia
Over the past 24 hours, hundreds have been queuing up at their neighbouring Reliance Digital store as early as 2am
Fakt Marathi viewership zooms 38% on 'Slambook' premiere; Filmfare Awards South 2016 takes slot up 54%
The world television premiere of ‘Miruthan’ helped Sun TV’s viewership grow 20 percent. The telecast of ‘63rd Filmfare Awards South 2016’ on Star Vijay took the slot up by 54 percent. Meanwhile, the first episode of Nat Geo Wild’s ‘Elephant Week’ improved the channel’s viewership by 72 percent
Mindshare India leads ICMA shortlist
In all, 87 entries made it to the final shortlist of exchange4media’s inaugural Indian Content Marketing Awards that honour the best work in content marketing
#Rio2016 records 187 million views, 75 billion impressions on Twitter
Twitter released statistics for activities on the social media platform for the Rio Olympic games
Facebook announces new features for 'Slideshow Ads'
The Slideshow technology has two primary objectives: to make it easier and cheaper to create “video” ad units (typically photo montages) and make them accessible in markets with slow data connections
Myntra's in-house brand Anouk gets bolder with new ad film
The latest film conceptualised by Hectic Content is in tune with the brand’s previous films which questioned the stereotypes ingrained in our society
GroupM's 5th Global Brand Essence enters India
It is to be noted that GroupM acquired Essence, in November 2015. Maxus will support Essence in its APAC Expansion