India’s Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, and Textiles Piyush Goyal called for self-regulation within the country’s media and entertainment industry with regard to content, while adding sector-specific rule...
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Meta appoints Sandhya Devanathan to lead India ops
Social media giant Meta has appointed Sandhya Devanathan as the Vice President of Meta India, the company said on Thursday. She comes in place of Ajit Mohan who resigned from Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, early this month. "I'm pleased...
TRAI chief red flags media ownership concentration; says paper on OTT soon
The concentration of media ownership poses a potential threat to democracy and telecom and broadcast regulator TRAI is working on recommendations to handle issues related to it, a top official of the regulatory body said on Wednesd...
Disney Star chief Madhavan bats for quick resolution to tariff issue
Disney Star Country Manager and President K Madhavan, who is also Chairman of CII National Committee on Media and Entertainment, on Wednesday said news, print, music and radio continue to be important contributors to the industry and are undergoing massive cha...
Prasar Bharti appoints Gaurav Dwivedi as CEO
Senior IAS officer Gaurav Dwivedi was on Monday appointed the Chief Executive Officer of public broadcaster Prasar Bharati. A 1995-batch officer of Chhattisgarh cadre, Dwivedi will have a five-year tenure from the date he assumes charge. Earlier, Dwivedi...
WBD elevates Marybeth Strobel as EVP, Ad Sales
Warner Bros. Discovery elevated Marybeth Strobel to executive vice president, of advertising sales, managing the national sales bundle that includes Food Network, TLC, OWN, Cooking Channel, TBS Entertainment, Cartoon Network, and WB Syndication. Strobel w...