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  • Manish Maheshwari, ex-CEO of Network18 Digital, joins Twitter India as Managing Director

    Manish Maheshwari is new Twitter India boss

    By A Correspondent

     

    Even as Twitter rises in popularity in India, its leadership continues to see changes. Former Network18 Digital CEO Manish Maheshwari will take charge of Managing Director from next week.

     

    Reporting to Maya Hari, Twitter’s Vice President and Managing Director of Asia Pacific, Maheshwari will be responsible for driving an integrated business strategy to accelerate Twitter’s audience and revenue growth in the country, overseeing Twitter India’s teams in Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru.

     

    Said Hari: “India is one of our fastest growing audience markets for Twitter in the world and our purpose is to serve the public conversation in India. We are thrilled to have Manish join us at this important time to take our Indian business to the next level. He has a successful track record of building strong digital businesses and leading teams in India, extensive experience working at the intersection of media and technology sectors, and a deep understanding of Indian consumer trends over the past 20 years. Under his leadership, we will continue to invest in India to empower all elements of Indian society to have a public voice to be heard through Twitter.”

     

    Added Maheshwari: “The future of India is digital-first and full of possibilities with the world’s largest youth population and soon, the world’s largest workforce. I’ve been a Twitter user for more than 10 years now and I’m excited to lead Twitter India now to greater heights in the country. With premium Indian content on the rise in multiple regions across the country, I believe we are scratching the surface of what’s possible with Twitter in India. With our amazing teams across India, I’m bullish about the overall impact that Twitter India can create in the country and the influence of India on our global platform.”

     

     

  • News18 app will present digital, TV and media live for their digital empowered audience

    News18 launches news app in 11 languages

    By A Correspondent

     

    News18 has launched its flagship news app in 11 different languages. The News18 app will provide news and live TV in English, Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Punjabi and Urdu.

     

    Said Network18’s Chief Product Officer Avinash Mudaliar: “Personalisation of consumption is one of the most powerful tools in advancing audience relationships. To that effect, the News18 app allows effortless switching between text and video formats and between languages of one’s choice.  With increasing data speeds driving video consumption across social and regional strata, it is designed for on-the-go audience with features such as Live TV and offline reading, to provide readers a chance to bookmark an article and go back to it later at their convenience. It includes other such features which will make the news-viewing experience more engaging and compelling for the audience.”

     

    Added Manish Maheshwari, CEO, Network18 Digital:“We are seeing an unprecedented rise in smartphone penetration among Indic language audience across the country. This app allows users to personalize news consumption to their native language and also watch live TV simultaneously. This is a first-ever Digital service in India providing the option to choose from any of the 11 major Indian languages and 16 live TV channels to consume credible content from trusted brand in journalism on a device of one’s choice.”

     

     

  • PWAs are much lighter than other apps, they load much faster, and consume much less data

    News18 launches progressive apps in Hindi and Bengali

    By A Correspondent

     

    News18 has worked with the Google team in India to launch Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) in Hindi and Bengali.

     

    Said Mitul Sangani, Business Head, News18 Languages: “With the exponential growth that the Indian market has seen in content consumption and engagement on mobile, it is important that our products deliver our experiences to every relevant user. Given the accessibility that our multi-lingual coverage offers, our technology is now aligned to the same vision of democratising access to news,”.

     

    Added Manish Maheshwari, Network18 Digital CEO: “Progressive web applications have shown a lot of potential in improving access to quality content in the Indian market. Network18 Digital is one of the largest digital publishers in India, with over two dozen properties across formats in all major Indian languages. Given the success of the News18 Hindi PWA, we rolled out another one in Bengali and will be rolling out more of our other properties in the months to come.”

     

     

  • In his new role, Azim Lalani will head business of News18.com English and in.com, in addition to Firstpost

    Azim Lalani elevated to Business Head at Network18 Digital

    By A Correspondent

     

    Network18 Digital has announced the elevation of Azim Lalani to Business Head of English General News cluster. In addition to Firstpost, he will now oversee the business of news18.com and in.com.

     

    Azim Lalani joined Firstpost as VP Revenue and Strategy, News Cluster (Network18 Digital). He was later elevated to Business Head at Firstpost, and since then has been credited with the brand’s steady growth. Additionally, he has prior experience of heading revenue for all of Network18’s news, sports and entertainment properties during 2014-15 which was also the year of general elections.

     

    Commenting on the announcement, Manish Maheshwari, CEO, Network18 Digital said: “Network18 Digital news properties have garnered high visitor numbers in a short period of time. While Firstpost has been amongst the top five leading Indian media digital publications, news18.com achieved a milestone of 100 million in under two years. In.com attracts 1 million unique users and four million page views every month adding to Network18’s strong foothold in the digital space.  Azim Lalani has been with us for more than five years and has played a key role in our digital growth story. His excellent business acumen has helped build and grow properties like Firstpost from scratch; we are confident that he will successfully deliver as Business Head to all three platforms.”

     

     

  • The awards will recognize the cutting-edge work and rising stars in the web series space

    News18.com announces iReel Awards 2018

    By A Correspondent

     

    News18.com has announced iReel Awards 2018, the first ever web series specific awards in India. It will be held on September 6 in Mumbai. The jury panel will be moderated by film critic Rajeev Masand.

     

    Sharing his thoughts on the announcement, Manish Maheshwari, CEO, Network18 Digital said: “We live in interesting times – in a short duration, web series have become one of the preferred sources of mainstream entertainment. It is only fitting to initiate an awards show that would solely focus on web series. Not only it gives appreciation where duebut it also connects well with our young and millennial audience, who also happen to be consumers of these web series. With iReel Awards, we’re looking forward to celebrating a revolution called web series”

     

    Co-powered by Madame the iReel Awards have Xoxoday as the Associate Partner. Radio City is on-board as Radio Partner, UFO Digital Cinema is the Multiplex Partner and Jio Digital Life is the Digital Partner respectively.

     

     

  • India’s Road Ahead’ was attended by more than 100 participants from various walks of life

    FPJ organises conference with Nitin Gadkari, others

    By A Correspondent

     

    For a while now, Mumbai-headquartered English daily Free Press Journal has been conducting knowledge seminars on a variety of issues engaging industry persons. Earlier this month, FPJ and Moneycontrol organised ‘India’s Road Ahead’ in Mumbai. This was attended by more than 100 participants from various walks of life. Manish Maheshwari, CEO, Network 18 digital delivered a welcome address which was followed by a presentation by Free Press Journal’s Consulting Editor R N Bhaskar. A keynote address at the event was delivered by Nitin Gadkari, Minister for Road Transport & Highways, Shipping and Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation in the Government of India.

     

     

  • Users will have to tap on the voice button and say the name of the stock and all relevant information will be shared instantly

    Moneycontrol launches app for Apple watch

    By A Correspondent

     

    Moneycontrol has launched its smartwatch application to have voice search for stocks enabled on the Apple watch. To access the app on the watch, users will have to tap on the voice button and say the name of the stock and all relevant information will be shared instantly.

     

    Speaking about the endeavour, Manish Maheshwari, CEO for Network18 Digital: “Markets are quick, fast and on the go and through this foray into smartwatch apps, Moneycontrol is ensuring that’s exactly how it stays for its users.”

     

     

  • Mudaliar has extensive experience of over 16 years across media including digital, print and radio

    Avinash Mudaliar joins Network18 Digital as Chief Product Officer

    By A Correspondent

     

    Avinash Mudaliar

    Network18 Digital (N18D), the digital arm of the Network18 group, has hired Avinash Mudaliar as Chief Product Officer. Mudaliar has extensive experience of over 16 years across media including digital, print and radio and has a plethora of accolades to his name.

     

    Speaking on the announcement, Manish Maheshwari, CEO, Network18 Digital said:“It is a pleasure to have Avinash Mudaliar onboard, who brings an unparalleled understanding of the digital space to the table. His presence will bolster the on-going activities and bring in the momentum to look at a number of clutter-breaking products in the arena. Avinash has often walked the unconventional path and with Network18 Digitals intention to consistently deliver out-of-the box content, he is the perfect addition to the team.

     

    Prior to this Avinash was Vice President – Product, Technology and IT at Saregama whom he joined in 2013 as VP and Head of Internet Products.

     

     

  • NEWS18.com has also joined hands with Music Basti, a well known Delhi based NGO for their ReSound concert

    News18.com initiates campaign for under-privileged kids

    By A Correspondent

     

    NEWS18.com, the digital news media site has ideated a unique one month campaign ‘Music for a Cause’ which has started on February 6 for lesser privileged kids with an inclination towards music. The campaign aims at motivating kids to live their passion for music by gifting them musical instruments. To magnify the impact of the campaign, NEWS18.com is connecting with celebrity musicians and encouraging them to gift their pre owned musical instruments, in addition to urging artists to come forward to lend their support for the noble cause. Acclaimed musicians Ehsaan Noorani, Vishal Dadlani, Mohit Chauhan, Subir Malik (Parikrama band) and The Other People Band have pledged their support by willfully agreeing to donate their musical instruments, taking the first step towards the cause.

     

    Taking it a notch higher, NEWS18.com has also joined hands with Music Basti, a well known Delhi based NGO for their ReSound concert, which is slated to take place on February 26 in Delhi. The concert aims at creating opportunities for kids at the NGO, by providing them a platform to showcase their talent as well as to overcome their fears and fulfill their dreams. Blending well with the concert, NEWS18.com’s ‘Music for a Cause’ campaign will be culminated by giving away the autographed musical instruments to the NGO kids at the end of the concert. The activity is further supported by a crowd-funding platform BitGiving, which will be responsible for raising additional funds for the campaign, adding to the welfare of the kids.

     

    Speaking about the campaign, Manish Maheshwari, CEO, Network18 Digital said, “We are proud to conceptualize a campaign that inspires kids, who are otherwise deprived of opportunities, to take up music as a possible career option if they are really passionate about it. With an aim to amplify the campaign, we are also building content to promote the initiative across various platforms, and would like to sincerely thank the wonderful musicians and artists for their contribution and pledging their support for a noble cause.”

     

    Speaking on lending his support, musician and guitarist Ehsaan Noorani said, “For me, music acts as an empowering tool, as well as a carrier of piece. I believe everyone should give the gift of music to those who cannot afford it. I am giving away two of my guitars to the kids not only to motivate them but to support the ‘music for a cause’ campaign. It does not matter if you are a good musician or bad, you have to have a guitar with you as it has the magic to keep you calm.”

     

    On extending his support, musician Vishal Dadlani said, “I have had fervour for music since childhood but never really got the opportunity to take it up as a main stream subject in school. For the first time I ended up taking up music, when I was 19. This is one of the main reasons I want to support the cause and motivate kids to do what they like. I am donating a guitar which has always proved to be my lucky charm.  My musical career started with a guitar, which was gifted by a very close friend of my father and that was the turning point of my life. I hope this guitar does the same magic for you.”

     

    With a view to promote it further across various social media platforms, the campaign will be supported by videos of kids, trainers, and musicians shot during the course of the entire campaign, as well as on the day of the concert.

     

  • Anushrav Gulati has joined Network18 Digital as Business Head for the Languages portfolio

    Network18 strengthens digital team with new hires

    By A Correspondent

     

    Network18 is reestablishing its leadership position in digital space with Manish Maheshwari as CEO of Network18 Digital. It has announced the appointment of Lakshmi Potluri, former co-founder of Jabong.com and recent hires include Rajiv Singh from Flipkart and Anushrav Gulati from India TV Digital.

     

    Speaking about the appointments, Maheshwari (who is also ex-Flipkart) said, “We are in an exciting phase of time when changes in content consumption are happening at an accelerating rate and it is indispensable to stay relevant to the new consumers that are getting hooked onto digital platforms each day. With web becoming a passé and action moving to Mobile and further to Wearables, Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR), it was necessary to reinvent ourselves and be future-ready. And that explains the power of Network18 Digital or its numeronym N18D. We have brought the finest team together to bring the most innovative offerings for consumers and the recent appointments will bolster our efforts towards the same.”

     

  • Facebook has used Firstpost as the only Indian example in a case study on 8 global publishers who have found great success with Facebook Live

    Facebook lauds Firstpost in a global case study

     

     

    Network18 portal Firstpost.com is the only Indian news portal to find honorable mention in a global case study created by Facebook on publishers who have found great success with FB Live. Through use of technology, Firstpost used FB Live for covering the Indian Assembly Elections, live from five states.

     

    Firstpost used multiple broadcast feeds via the Facebook Live API, anchored by a host in Mumbai with additional inputs and commentary from a panel of experts in its studio. The coverage ran uninterrupted for 4 hours live, and engaged a total of 1 million users. The Facebook case study points out – “On May 19, Indians in five states cast votes to elect leaders to the legislative assembly. During the counting of votes, Firstpost turned its newsroom, production facility and regional bureau into a ‘television studio’, broadcasting on its website and to Facebook Live from Guwahati, the NCR, Chennai, Trivandrum, Kottayam, and New Jersey.”

     

    Commenting on the development, Manish Maheshwari, CEO, Network18 Digital said, “We are delighted to be recognised alongside companies of Bay Area that are known for being at the cutting edge of the interplay of content-tech.The last couple of years have noticed an explosion of online video that is driven by technical innovation, initiatives from platforms like Facebook and investment by media companies like us. We will continue to experiment with new visual storytelling formats and newer ways of reaching out to the audiences.  And we also look forward to being the partner of choice when it comes to digital news and opinions in the country.”