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  • He has been Network 18's Group Consulting Editor for the past year

    Nalin Mehta appointed Managing Editor of Moneycontrol

    By Our Staff

     

    Nalin Mehta has been appointed the Managing Editor of Moneycontrol. He has been Network 18’s Group Consulting Editor for the past year.

     

    He has previously held leadership roles like Executive Editor at The Times of India-Online; Managing Editor, India Today (English TV channel); and Consulting Editor, The Times of India.

     

    Prior to Moneycontrol, Mehta was Dean and Professor, School of Modern Media, UPES University, where he had conceptualised and conducted courses on digital journalism. He has also worked with the UN and international financing institutions like the Global Fund in Geneva, Switzerland; taught and held research positions at various universities and institutions in Australia, Singapore, Switzerland, and India.

     

    A DFID-Commonwealth scholar, Mehta has done his PhD in Politics from La Trobe University, Melbourne; M.A. International Relations, University of East Anglia, UK, and B.A. Journalism (Honours) from University of Delhi.

     

  • Moneycontrol enters the podcasting space with an exciting line-up of content on business and finance in a storytelling format

    Moneycontrol announces foray into podcasting

    By A Correspondent

     

    Moneycontrol has announced its foray into podcasting. With five podcasts published daily covering markets, personal finance and business news updates in a storytelling format, moneycontrol notes it has delivered over 75,000 listens in a month of publishing.

     

    Commenting on the new development Gautam Shelar, Business Head of moneycontrol said: “We are continuously exploring new ways to reach our audiences and podcasting is our latest innovation. Given its nature and passive consumption behavior, we believe podcasting is a valuable content format with significant potential to garner audiences and scale. Audiences looking for easy-to-consume information and news in a convenient format will be hooked to our new means of storytelling. Today, there is a massive community of podcasters who regularly tune in to listen to their preferred content. At the same time, the move will also help us achieve our motto to share quality financial knowledge with listeners worldwide.”

     

    With the help of audioBoom, the platform’s distribution partner, the podcasts are now available on Apple Podcasts, Cashbox, Deezer, Saavn, Spotify, TuneIn and Google Play Podcasts as well as other audio-based platforms. The podcasts are also available to audiences through moneycontrol as well on the desktop, mobile and the app.

     

    Speaking on the announcement, Avinash Mudaliar, Chief Product Officer at Network18 Digital added: “We hope to lead the way in the podcasting space overall in India in terms of direction and consumption. It is an easily accessible format for time starved users, consumed anywhere from travelling in a train to running in the gym. Moneycontrol’s podcasts is another innovative and fearless exploration of new content formats that brings content that our users love in a way they love to consume.”

     

    Said Sitaraman Shankar, Managing Editor (Special Projects) at Network18 Digital: “There is a consistent rise in demand for informative podcasts, and with moneycontrol’s in-house expertise and capabilities for breakthrough journalism and storytelling, audiences can expect the delivery of high-quality content in a captivating format. With new podcasts every single day, the platform aims to provide an in-depth understanding of the financial domain, along with quality storytelling and news updates that will serve valuable content to users.”

     

     

  • The mandate covers digital creative services and content development

    Moneycontrol appoints Quasar as its digital agency

    By A Correspondent

     

    Moneycontrol has handed over its digital mandate to Quasar. The pitch process saw participation from other leading digital media agencies in the industry. The mandate covers digital creative services and content development.

     

    Speaking on the new appointment, Gautam Shelar, Business Head, Moneycontrol said: “We are delighted to partner with Quasar. They have demonstrated a clear understanding of our vision and aligned the same with their capabilities. This year, we intend to supersede our standing as the leading financial platform in the country. Quasar has a strong grip on brand’s expectations and a well-defined path of how it can contribute towards assisting Moneycontrol to not only achieve but also exceed its goals as a digital-first brand.”

     

    Added Saugata Bagchi, Business Head – Quasar: “We are excited to partner with Moneycontrol to manage the brand’s digital mandate. The platform’s existing grasp of the pulse of its audience gives us a great head-start as we begin this association with them. It will be a great experience to be working along with cross-functional teams at Moneycontrol to do justice to their communications objectives.”

     

     

  • 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.”

     

     

  • Shankar will also serve as Group Training Editor and manage the content quality by fostering learning culture in the newsrooms

    Network18 appoints Sitaraman Shankar as Managing Editor- Special Projects

    By A Correspondent

     

    Sitaraman Shankar

    Network18 has appointed Sitaraman Shankar as Managing Editor- Special Projects. Shankar will work across all digital and TV news properties. In the new assignment, Shankar will work closely with Network18’s television news editors in multiple areas, and drive the scaling up of the flagship digital brand moneycontrol, thereby expanding it to newer areas.

     

    Shankar will also serve as Group Training Editor and manage the content quality by fostering learning culture in the newsrooms.

     

    A chemical technologist-turned-journalist, Shankar has 22 years of experience in journalism, most of which was with Reuters where he reported, edited and ran newsrooms in Frankfurt, London and Dubai. His last assignment was with Hindustan Times where he played a variety of roles including that of Deputy Managing Editor and Editor (Views).

     

  • Firstbiz will be a standalone business and news website from Network18's Firstpost

    Firstpost.com launches new business portal, Firstbiz

    By A Correspondent

     

    A little less than three years after the highly visible launch of Firstpost.com, the online news destination from the Network18 group, has launched www.firstbiz.com, a standalone business news and views site. Network18 already has moneycontrol and the Forbes India websites amongst its business-y web news offerings.

     

    While Firstpost has in the past covered business, economy, investing and brands as a part of its general news coverage, this standalone approach comes at a time when India gears up for its giant, general election where economic and business agendas are set as much as the political, notes a communiqué. Said R Jagannathan, Editor-in-chief: “With Firstpost, we walked right into the middle of a rising tide of public anger against poor governance and corruption. By reflecting a diverse range of public opinion that mainstream media was slow to respond to, Firstpost made a space for itself. Durga Raghunath, CEO Firstpost added: “We are also thrilled to take Biztech, that was previously a standalone property into our fold. Enterprise technology is a phenomenally important space that we will build a multitude of experiences around. We will focus on great depth in this area, both online and offline.”

     

    We are not sure whether we would agree with Mr Jagannathan’s comment on mainstream media has been slow. On the contrary – one of the charges against the television media specifically and even the newspapers in recent years – is that they’ve been exceedingly belligerent. The group’s subsidiary runs CNN-IBN, IBN7 and IBN-Lokmat, and one can be sure that editor-in-chief Rajdeep Sardesai has a different view on the slow responsiveness. The news media genre has in fact grown in the last two years. But, of course, the internet access numbers have increased too which is why web destinations like Firstpost.com and MxMIndia have benefitted.