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  • The Summit started with a one-on-one that Editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami had with Ajit Mohan, Vice President and Managing Director, Facebook India

    Republic conducts social media summit

    By Our Staff

     

    Republic Media Network has conducted its first ‘Social Media Summit’ to discuss issues around social media regulation, tech developments and promotional possibilities. Interestingly, the Summit also had a session on fake news.

     

    The Summit started with a one-on-one that Editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami had with Ajit Mohan, Vice President and Managing Director, Facebook India.

     

    Said  Goswami on the summit: “Over the last six months to a year there has been an incredible amount of conversation about social media, its regulations & responsibility. These conversations are not in isolation but linked to the fact that internet penetration, usage, accessibility has grown dramatically over the last decade. When things change, it garners interest across corporate, social and political platforms. When we conceived the idea of Social Media Summit, it was to ensure that we take two steps back away from our roles as stakeholders and users, and look at it as something in which the future of the country is vested in”.

     

    The fake news session was moderated by Suhel Seth, Managing Partner, Counselage India Pvt. Ltd, the panel featured Dr Ratan Sharda, Author, Mohandas Pai, Chairman, Aarin Capital Partners, Harish Bijoor, Brand-Guru, and Gaurav Pachnanda, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India. There were other sessions featuring Anand Ranganathan, Scientist & Author, N.S. Nappinai, Supreme Court Advocate & Founder, Cyber Saathi, Lizzie O’Shea, Digital Rights Activist, Human Rights Lawyer & Writer and Kanchan Gupta, Senior Advisor, Ministry of I&B, Government of India. Another session had Rujuta Diwekar, Nutritionist for celebrities and one more was  moderated by Karthikeya Tanna, U.S. Immigration Attorney and Political Commentator where the panel featured Dr Siddhant Bhargava, Co-Founder, Food Darzee, Anshoo Sharma, Co-Founder & CEO, magicpin, Garima Khandelwal, Chief Creative Officer, Mullen Lintas and A S Rajgopal, Founder & CEO, MYn. There were other panels with Smita Prakash, Editor, ANI, Madhoo, Indian Actor, Sinan Aral, Actor- David Austin Professor, MIT/ Director, MIT IDE/ Founding Partner, Manifest Capital, Author- The Hype Machine, Shefali Vaidya, Author, Speaker, Fellow-Ananta Leadership Program, Major Gaurav Arya, Consulting Editor, Defence and Strategic Analyst, Aprameya Radhakrishna, Co-Founder & CEO, Koo, Niranjan Narayanaswamy, Executive Editor-News, Republic Media Network, Pulkit Agarwal, CEO & Co-Founder, Trell, Ashish Bhasin, CEO APAC & Chariman India, Dentsu, Umang Bedi, Co-Founder, Verse Innovation (Josh & Dailyhunt) and Dr. Pawan Duggal, Advocate – Supreme Court of India.

     

    The Summit will air on Republic TV over the weekend and can be accessed on the RepublicWorld website.

     

  • Will include digitised versions of original historic creatives

    HT launches NFTs on historic events

    By Our Staff

     

    With the advent of technology and the constant-evolving digital space, Hindustan Times is foraying into web 3.0 by launching NFTs (Non-fungible tokens) that will include digitised versions of original historic creatives which were published in Hindustan Times through the decades under the banner of ‘HT Timeless Tokens’.

     

    To begin with, HT has launched NFTs that celebrate India’s Republic Day on January 26, 2022, which are available on Beyond Life, an NFT marketplace and platform that facilitates the creation, sale, and purchase of ownership rights to digital works of art via NFTs.

     

    Said Kamesh Elangovan, COO & Co-Founder, GuardianLink.io: “With industries like tech, finance, lifestyle, music and media advertising companies moving into the crypto/NFT ecosystem, new opportunities are set to be unlocked in the space of Web3. The secondary marketplace for NFTs at GuardianLink.io will see more and more collectors investing with knowledge on the future monetization of their NFTs. The partnership with Hindustan Times, opens yet another avenue to explore the world of NFTs in the media and marketing industry.”

     

  • Top politicians share their voter agenda on the eve of state election

    TV9 Bharatvarsh hosts second edition of its summit series

    By Our Staff

     

    TV9 Bharatvarsh, the Hindi news channel from TV9 Network, held the second edition of its political summit series ‘Satta Sammelan – Uttar Pradesh’ in Lucknow.

     

    Addressing and deliberating upon a range of topics in the political space, the leaders expressed their opinions on issues deciding the political future of the state. The Summit saw politician’s field questions from the invited audience on key challenges for the state.

     

    Sharing his opinion on the second edition of this summit, Barun Das, CEO, TV9 Network said: “The ‘Satta Sammelan’ proposition has grown from strength to strength drawing on valuable insights of top leaders who have chosen this platform to air their vision for voters. The second edition lived up to its promise with most influential political voices in the state making a profound statement about their vision for voters. The platform has thus come about to be recognized as a means for voters to be able to exercise an informed decision during the election time.”

     

  • The Viacom18 CEO is first woman executive from media occupying the positio Jyoti Deshpande, Co-Chair of FICCI Media & Entertainment Board

    Jyoti Deshpande is Co-Chair FICCI M&E committee

    By Our Staff

     

    The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) has announces the appointment of Jyoti Deshpande, CEO, Viacom 18 Media Pvt. Ltd. as Co-Chair of FICCI Media & Entertainment Board. This reportedly is the first time that a woman executive from media industry has been appointed as one of the office bearers of this very important vertical.

     

    Commenting on the appointment, Arun Chawla, Director General, FICCI said:“FICCI has always been at the forefront of collaborating with various stakeholders across Indian commerce and the government to effect meaningful policy discussions and adoption. Given the very dynamic nature of the Media and Entertainment industry this engagement is crucial for the development of the sector and the allied ecosystems. Jyoti’s experience across the value chain of this industry makes her an apt choice to lead the Committee’s holistic advisory agenda. I look forward to working with her.”

     

    Elaborating on her vision for the industry, Deshpande added: “I feel truly fortunate to be part of an industry that is at the cusp of phenomenal growth, straddling traditional theatres to metaverse and everything in between like television and OTT. I look forward to working with industry captains, custodians of brands that fuel consumption in our economy and the government as we look to leverage the confluence of technology, content and distribution to move the needle rapidly towards the $100 billion industry that we have been aspiring to be for a number of years now. The M&E industry can very much be a true embodiment of the ‘Make in India and Show the World’ mantra and I thank Mr. Sanjiv Mehta and FICCI for offering me this platform to meaningfully collaborate on shaping the future of an industry that I have invested my whole life in and am very passionate about.”

     

  • To discuss India's 75-year journey and the way ahead

    ABP Network to host first-ever summit

    By Our Staff

     

    ABP Network  is hosting its first-ever summit ‘Ideas of India’, bringing together the brightest brains from diverse sectors to discuss India’s 75-year journey, its present status, and the way ahead. The two-day event will take place at the Grand Hyatt, Mumbai, today and tomorrow (March 25-)26.

     

    The speakers include Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, Shiv Sena leader and Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Aaditya Thackeray, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar among others.

     

    Said Avinash Pandey, ABP Network CEO: “The inaugural edition of ABP Network’s Ideas of India is going to be a momentous event. This is not merely an event of importance for our network but will be the most elaborate and diverse platform to discuss India’s journey of 75 years as an independent nation, our present challenges, and future opportunities as we grow as a nation in the changing world order. I am personally eager to know the ideas of the brightest and most successful Indians of our age across sectors. This is another path-finding initiative in a series of steps where we have revolutionised the coverage of news and current affairs to capture the thoughts and imagination of our beloved viewers. This forum will be developed into a significant annual event where we will explore India’s ideas and what it means to be an Indian in various aspects of life.”

     

     

  • With its debut film Karkhanisanchi Waari

    ABP Studios shines at Marathi film awards

    By Our Staff

     

    The ABP Studios co-produced Marathi film, Karkhanisanchi Waari (Ashes on a Road Trip), has won the Marathi Filmfare Award for Best Picture. Mangesh Joshi received the Best Director Award, and Geetanjali Kulkarni received the Best Supporting Actor Female Award for the film.

     

    Commenting on the film’s success, Avinash Pandey, CEO, ABP Network, said: “This is no doubt a huge accomplishment, but I also believe this is just the beginning for our ABP Studios’ team. That this achievement is a precursor of bigger things to come is borne out by the growth and scale that ABP Studios has been able to achieve in such a short span of time.  With Karkhanisanchi Waari they have achieved the goal of effectively capturing the audiences’ imagination by sticking to their primary objective of providing stories from the heart of India. The collective nominations across 9 different categories is a huge testament to this achievement. I am extremely proud of the team and hope that they continue to raise the bar with our upcoming projects.”

     

  • The Nagpur-headquartered daily organised a 12-hour non-stop dance marathon called Nachenga Nagpur Non-stop

    Orange City dances to NavaBharat tune

    By Our Correspondent

     

    Did you know it was International Dance Day on April 29? Well, we didn’t, but not the folks at leading Hindi Daily NavaBharat. And got the city to dance to its tune, well, idea.

     

    The Nagpur-headquartered daily organised a 12-hour non-stop dance marathon called Nachenga Nagpur Non-stop.

     

    The brand has associated with the Top 12 Dance academies/ choreographers of Nagpur, 12 business partners, 12 corporate houses, 12 eminent personalities, and 12 schools and colleges to create a buzz in the Market.

     

    Said Sandeip Vishnoi, Vice President, NavaBharat: “Ina country like India, people celebrate every small happiness with dance, but after the lockdown people are still in a phase of fear so as to bring people out in this new normal and to get engaged with the youth, we thought it would be a good idea to celebrate International Dance Day.”

     

  • Best Covid-19 related photography

    Dainik Bhaskar wins Gold at WAN IFRA Asian Media Awards

    By Our Staff

     

    DB Corp Limited has bagged Gold at the WAN-IFRA Asian Media Awards 2022 for its Bhopal edition  in the Best Covid-19 related photography category.

     

    Commenting on the recognition, Avnish Jain, State Editor, Madhya Pradesh said: “At Dainik Bhaskar, our editorial philosophy is ‘Kendra Mein Pathak’, and we believe the very reason for our existence is our reader’s trust in us. During the second wave of Covid, it was our bounden duty to investigate and report an apparent disconnect in the government’s data and the reality on the ground. Given the extant circumstances, this was undoubtedly fraught with risk – especially to the health of our staff. Our reporters visited and gathered data from local crematoriums and burial grounds, and in one such incident in Madhya Pradesh, the government had reported only 4 deaths, but 112 funerals were done as per Covid protocol and our photographer captured this heart wrenching picture at one of the crematoriums.”

     

    Added Sanjeev Gupta, the photographer who took the picture (“Burning Pyres are not lying”: “It was a truly gut-wrenching sight when I visited the Bhadbhada Vishram Ghat crematorium ground at Bhopal on April 15, 2021. I still get goosebumps remembering the day. It was a surreal feeling to see more than 40 pyres burning on the cremation ground. But perhaps the most distressing feeling was looking at the fact that while some of the departed had their dear ones close by, albeit it in PPE Kits, a lot of the departed had absolutely no one as they took their final journey.”

     

  • Called TGIF, short for Thank God It's Festival

    Times of India launches festive campaign

    By Our Staff

     

    The Times of India is calling its festive period TGIF (Thank God It’s Festival) this year. Notes a communique: “The newspaper will celebrate the joys, hopes and dreams of the people of India during the long festive period from Raksha Bandhan to Diwali, under its umbrella theme, ‘Thank God It’s Festival’ in a multitude of ways, every day.”

     

    Other than various activities through this period, the ‘Leaders of Change’ issue last year on Independence Day will be out this year as well with a “bumper issue” on India’s 75th Independence Day.

     

    Adds the communique: “An economy which will see full colour celebrations after a long spell is an unmissable opportunity to grow one’s brand, and there isn’t a more reliable platform than The Times Group to showcase it. The Times of India with its unmatched reach of 54 editions and 1200+ towns is truly the only daily with a national footprint. It is the most trusted news brand in the country, as per the 2022 survey conducted by Reuters Institute and the most trusted English news brand when ranked out of 52 brands across media, as per Trust Index for English News Brands in India, Nielsen Media Report, March’22.”

     

  • The Annual General Meeting of the Association of Indian Magazines (AIM), for the financial year 2021-22, took place on October 14

    AIM elects officebearers for 2022-24

    By Our Staff

     

    The Association for Indian Magazines has unanimously extended the term of the incumbent president, B Srinivasan, MD of Ananda Vikatan, for another term. Anant Nath, Executive Publisher of Delhi Press, has been elected as Vice President, Manoj Sharma, CEO of Living Media, has been elected General Secretary, and Dhaval Gupta of Cyber Media has been elected as Treasurer.

     

    The previous office bearers of the association were: B Srinivasan- President, Indranil Roy- Vice President, Anant Nath- General Secretary, and Manoj Sharma- Treasurer. Indranil Roy of Outlook Publishing decided to opt out of the office bearers because of personal commitments.

     

    At the meeting, the officebearers shared highlights of the work done by the association over the past two years:

    :: Launch of a tailor-made service called ‘Magazine Post’ by India Post, to ensure speedy and assured delivery of magazines to subscribers, along with facility of live tracking and SMS alerts

    :: Launch of content marketing studio called Dastaan Hub, to offer to marketers, branded content solutions across print and digital assets of member publishers

    :: Updates on vendor subscription booking app, to leverage the vast network of morning centre newspaper vendors, for magazines sales and delivery

    :: The roll out of the distribution agency accreditation system to strengthen the magazine delivery network

    :: Presentation by AIM at the FIPP World Media Congress 2022 in Lisbon, on collaborative approaches taken by Indian magazine publishers Initiation of work on Indian Magazine Congress 2023, to be held after a gap of four years

     

  • List captures the best in film, OTT and sports

    Forbes India unveils the first-ever Showstoppers edition

    By Our Staff

     

    Forbes India magazine unveils the first-ever Showstoppers edition in January, featuring 50 personalities from entertainment and sports whose achievements made them outperformers in their respective fields in 2022. The list of 50 – 20 from films, 15 from OTT and 15 from sports-is unranked and is curated by a jury of experts. The latest issue will be available on stands this week.

     

    The Showstoppers list is part of a six-cover special edition. There’s actor Alia Bhatt, in one of her first conversations with the media after the birth of her daughter Raha. And actors Manoj Bajpayee and Shefali Shah, have finally got their due, thanks to OTT. The edition also tracks the rise of actor Deepika Padukone as a powerful fashion ambassador. It explores how Smriti Mandhana, the opening batter for the Indian women’s cricket team, is just getting started after notching up quite a few milestones early on in her career. There’s also a profile on how, after thirty years of multiple National Awards, two Oscars and Grammys, AR Rahman continues to push boundaries: As a musician, producer, writer and filmmaker.

     

    Said Brian Carvalho, editor, Forbes India: “This year we deviate from the familiar script. Sure, we have the celebrities, but along with them, there are up-and-comers from the OTT and non-Bollywood brigade, and sportspersons (not just cricketers), who blazed a trial on track, field, in the boxing ring and over 64 squares.”

     

    Added Preeti Sahni – COO, Forbes India: “The Celebrity issue is all about mapping milestones and achieving new landmarks of success. This year, we have curated a list of celebrities who are breaking barriers in their fields. Whether it be sports or entertainment, Forbes India has covered them.”

     

  • The theme for this year's PDF is Nxt 25

    Pune Design Festival ready to roll out 17th edition

    By Our Staff

     

    The 17th edition of the Pune Design Festival (PDF), organized by Pune chapter of Association of Designers of India (ADI) will be held at Hotel Hyatt Regency on the Pune-Ahmednagar Road on February 3 and 4, 2023. The Festival will be held from 9 AM to 7 PM on both the days.  The 17th edition of PDF, which is a national-level annual convention of professionals, educators, and business houses related to the field of design, returns to be held in physical form, after it was held online for two years due to COVID-19 pandemic.

     

    Said ADI Pune Chapter President Rugwed Deshpande: “The theme for this year’s PDF is ‘Nxt 25’, where there will be discussions and deliberations on subjects related to changing paradigms of designs in terms of use of technology, approach of young designers in the next 25 years. The focus of the festival is on understanding how to engage with emerging or new technologies in the field of design. The theme will bring forth discussions, debate, case studies and workshops that showcase the future forward design.”

     

    There will be three keynote sessions by Samar Singh Jodha, who is the Founder and Executive Director of Red Balloon (on Creativity versus Inner Voice), Meeta Malhotra, Editor in Chief of ‘The Hard Copy’ Magazine, (on Pune: For Design, By Design) and Bharat Bala, who is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Bharat Bala Products (on History of the Future).

     

    The two-day event will also see special felicitation of some individuals, personalities who have made outstanding contributions to the field of design. Veteran design educator Kirti Trivedi will be felicitated for contribution in design education, while Pradeep Sinha, product designer and educator, and Mala Sinha, textile designer and founder, Bodhi, will be feted for pioneering efforts in design entrepreneurship.

     

    Other speakers for the Festival include Bharatbala, a distinguished film-maker, Nikki Gonnissen, an experienced designer at Thoknik in Amsterdam, Kenneth Segal, an expert in large-scale public transportation projects from Israel, Aniket Das of Ultraviolette Automotive and Rupali Bhave, a noted theatre professional.  The topics of discussions range from ‘Drama in Design’ to Challenges in the Design Business.

     

    Moreover, an initiative titled ‘Battle of Projects’ initiative will be held.  Under the initiative, students of design submit their final year projects and best awards/recognition is given to the best 30 projects across 11 different categories.

     

    Another initiative ‘Open House Workshops’ is also being held alongside, where those interested in design and design students, will be able to visit open studios and they can attend free workshops on subjects related to design.