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  • In his new role, he will report into Apurva Purohit, who was recently elevated to become President of the Jagran Group

    Abraham Thomas joins Radio City 91.1 FM as CEO

    By A Correspondent

     

    Abraham Thomas

    Abraham Thomas is slated to join as CEO Radio City 91.1 FM from this coming Monday. Abe is an experienced leader with a proven track record of running large media businesses, having demonstrated the ability to work with high performance teams to build & scale businesses within a competitive environment. He has deep knowledge across various media platforms such as print, broadcasting (TV & Radio), online & mobile, backed with over 20 years of hands-on leadership experience across organizations such as Red FM, MTV,  Sony and Indian Express.

     

    Apurva Purohit

    In his new role, he will report into Apurva Purohit, who was recently elevated to become President of the Jagran Group post its acquisition of Radio City earlier in the year.

     

    “We couldn’t have got a better person than Abe to run Radio City. He is not only a highly experienced business manager but also extremely passionate about radio’s various facets- content, marketing and new distribution platforms like digital. Over the last decade we have built Radio City into a market leader in the FM industry, as well as a Great Place to Work across industries. Abe brings with him maturity and an outstanding ability to work with high quality teams which will only help take the culture of Radio City to greater heights,” announced ApurvaPurohit.

     

    Commenting further, Abe Thomas added, “I am very excited to be part of Radio City – India’s leading radio brand and most preferred media employer, at this critical juncture as the organization expands its footprint to become the leading radio network in the country. With Radio City, Radio Mantra and the recently acquired new licenses, the group is strategically poised to become the leading radio player of the future.”

     

  • PING Network and ONE Entertainment combine resources to offer interesting digital formats

    Ping Digital, One Network ink alliance

    By A Correspondent

     

    PING Digital Network has announced a strategic alliance with One Network Entertainment. As part of this alliance, PING Network & ONE are launching the first of its kind ‘The Creators Collective’ to provide creators everything to become successful publishers.

     

    ‘The Creators Collective’, is an initiative designed for creators to produce content, collaborate with other creators and more importantly learn the art to becoming a publisher. With regular workshops by experts, sessions by and for brands/advertisers and creators, this will become a vibrant content creation hub.ONE and PING now boast of about 10,000 sq ft of studio cum office space in the heart of Mumbai’s media district of Lower Parel with top-notch creative teams, state of the art equipment with live broadcast facilities, production facilities and edit suites along with all the resources that creators require to showcase their talent. Inpsired by the You Tube Spaces, The Creators Collective will enable Talent to hone their skils & collaborate with other talent to create break through content.

     

    Rajeshree Naik, Co-Founder & Director, PING Network, says “We are delighted to partner with ONE Network Entertainment to further strengthen our proposition of being a one-stop shop for the best digital video creators in India. This alliance is also a testimony of our own DNA as creators making us the preferred platform for the creator community. Through this partnership we also add the much sought after genre of comedy to our exisiting content making it more attractive for brands & advertisers. We now become a network of over 550 channels with close to 85million views a month bringing huge scale to the both creators & advertisers.”

     

    Abe Thomas, Co-Founder One Network, says “ONE Network with over 70 mn views and a distribution network across 20+ global video platforms, is very enthused with the synergies that we can jointly exploit with an MCN like PING Network. We believe that through this partnership we will be able to collaborate with brands/advertisers and provide them with opportunities to interact, collaborate with a wider range of creators.” Adds Suresh Menon, Co-founder One Network, “ We are a Talent First media company and believe that we will discover the new stars of tomorrow through ‘ The Creators Collective’.