After a fruitful 20-year-long stint at Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI), Rohit Gupta steps down from his role as the Advisor to the Management and the Board of the organization. An industry veteran, Rohit was responsible for advising the senior management on major industry trends and developments and providing his expertise and support at ...
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Snap rolls out parental control; plans to lay off people
Snap Inc, owner of the popular messaging app Snapchat, rolled out its first parental control tools on Tuesday, which will allow parents to see who their teens are talking to, but not the substance of their conversations.
The new feature called Family Center is launching at a time whe...
Amazon appoints Vineet Nair as head of media
Amazon announced roping in Vineet Nair from Mindshare as head of media. Nair shared about this move on his LinkedIn profile and wrote, “Excited to share that I have joined Amazon India as Media Head. It's been a week now and everyone has been so welcoming. As I return to this organization, I am looking forward to continuing working with an am...
Instagram to soon test ultra-tall photos
Photo and video sharing platform Instagram will begin testing ultra-tall 9:16 photos "in a week or two." CEO Adam Mosseri confirmed the news, he said, "You can have tall videos, but you cannot have tall photos on Instagram. So we thought maybe we should make sure that we treat both equally.” Currently, Instagram tops out around 4:5 when di...
Govt aware of news publishers’ concerns vis-à-vis Big Tech: IT minister
Though the Indian government didn’t commit in parliament on a law mandating news publishers to be paid by big tech companies that earn ad revenues riding their content, it did, however, admit that regular meetings with stakeholders are held to explore whether existing rules need amendments.
Director duo Raj & DK sign multi-year deal with Netflix
Director duo Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK have joined hands with Netflix for a multi-year creative partnership, the streamer announced Thursday.
Under their D2R Films banner, ‘The Family Man’ directors will develop and produce their upcoming projects for the streaming giant.<...