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An active medium, print has thrived and restored advertisers' confidence even amid the digital boom. Industry players share what scripted print's success

The industry expects measures that will ease their financial burden, help reduce costs and continue delivering reliable news to the public

Unlike TV, most of the advertisers on radio and print are small-scale marketers, for whom filing SDCs will be more cumbersome

However, circulation revenue has seen better days, say publishers, who are hopeful of finding potential avenues

Industry experts share govt advertising took a hit due to the long voting schedule and brands too didn’t want to fight for eyeballs but players...

FIPP’s Interim Managing Director Alastair Lewis discusses what alternate revenue streams can be explored by the print players to remain relevant

Industry watchers say some print players are wary of ‘real’ circulation figures impacting ad rates, not keen on paying for the survey; advertisers & agencies...

At IMC 2024, industry experts weighed in on how magazines can remain relevant in a rapidly evolving media landscape

In a chat with exchange4media, Rakesh Sharma, President of the Indian Newspaper Society shared that the biggest challenge in the print industry today is the...

B Srinivasan, MD of Vikatan Group, believes that most publishers don't yet know the full potential of utilising their content on other platforms

Manoj Sharma, Chief Executive Officer, India Today, talks about magazines as the most conducive and credible platform for brand content ahead of the Indian Magazine...

The Quarterly Preview (Q4FY24), by Karan Taurani, states that there will be relief for print and radio sectors due to elections

Sonia Kapoor joins Condé Nast India from Zee Media's Innovation Studio where she served as the Head of Branded Content

As per the TAM AdEx report, more than 185K brands were present on Print during 2023

According to the EY-FICCI M&E report, Print can grow to Rs 288 billion by 2026 with advertising at 4.7 per cent CAGR, driven by access...

The Bombay HC is hearing the case about Kewal Kiran Clothing’s allegation that the makers of ‘Killer Soup’ have infringed the trademark 'Killer'

Industry observers note that print ad rates are still 20 per cent below the pre-Covid levels; a shift to digital and lack of data are...

The IPO’s price band was fixed at Rs 270 to Rs 288 per equity share

In a chat with e4m, INS President Rakesh Sharma said changes in audience classification systems carry significant weight for publishers and advertisers, and that he...

Digital AdEx is expected to close at Rs 46,565 cr during the year, contributed majorly by video and e-commerce

Indian print media made up 19% of the total AdEx pie in the country when compared to a global AdEx average of only 4% for...

The sector’s AdEx share is expected to stand at Rs 1,047 crore by the end of the year

According to the dentsu-e4m digital advertising report 2024, category-wise the government sector has been the leading advertiser on Print with Retail, M&E and Education following...

Reacting to Free Press Journal hinting at alleged manipulation of circulation figures, industry players said audits, surveys and personal research best ways to finalise publications...

There is no requirement of furnishing any declaration before the local authority or its authentication by the local authority

In an exclusive interview with exchange4media, Rakesh Sharma, president of the Indian Newspaper Society, deliberates on the provisions of the Press and Registration of Periodicals...

I&B minister Anurag Thakur has informed the Lok Sabha that 1,48,363 periodicals were registered with the Registrar of Newspapers for India in in 2023

I&B minister Anurag Thakur has informed the Lok Sabha that 1,48,363 periodicals were registered with the Registrar of Newspapers for India in in 2023

Blinkit too finds a mention in the print ad

Rapid technological advancements, improvement in economic conditions of buyers, decline in newsprint prices and crucial elections in four states were some of the factors that...

The company said that the total revenue for the quarter declined Y-o-Y due to the shift of the festive season to Q3

During the Q2 earnings calls, Agarwal stated that traditional categories, such as education, real estate, government, jewellery and health, have continued to choose print as...

The merger is in line with the companies’ endeavours to restructure their streaming, broadcasting and distribution business

Top Disney executives Tom Staggs and Kevin Mayer reportedly played a key role in setting up the talks

Jaipuria was Viacom18's Head of Hindi Mass Entertainment & Kids TV Network

TV sector is set to grow at the CAGR of 3.9 percent by 2025. At 14.7 percent, digital has the highest projected growth rate across...

Mishra joined the organisation in June from CNN TV18 where he was the Uttar Pradesh Bureau Chief

Rajeev Beotra and Anupriya Acharya appointed to the Board of Governors

The authority has sought written comments from stakeholders by October 23, 2023, and counter comments by November 6, 2023

He replaces Bhargav Dasgupta who resigned on September 21

In his last stint, Anil was Head of South Entertainment at Wavemaker

PAT margin decreased to 13.6% in FY 2022-23

This is Mohan's second stint with BYJU'S

The group’s total revenue has increased by 21%; circulation revenue by 1.5%

This collaboration is expected to yield a variety of content across mediums, including films, web series and documentaries

Mathan joins after a 15-year stint with Mirchi

The account will be handled by WPP OpenMind

Welde will help the company in international expansion and further forays into digital services

Arsiwalla was with the company for four years

The authority said that the last date for submission of counter comments on the OTT consultation paper is now September 29

Mint’s current Editor Sruthijit KK will join The Economic Times

India’s top digital news publishers gear up to safeguard their intellectual property

Sinha will be reporting directly to FCB Global CEO Tyler Turnbull

Malhotra was earlier with Unacademy

With Q3 of 2023-24 just around the corner, advertisers are waiting to go all out with their festive deals and discounts. Here's what the print...

Gupta has over two decades of leadership experience

Rathi has stepped down as SVP, Revenue and Growth

Last month, he stepped down as Head - Marketing Communications & Brand at Panasonic

She has over 19 years of leadership experience across Digital, Tech, E-commerce, Retail and Consumer Goods

With the agreement, Coca-Cola now joins the ranks of Hindustan Unilever and Mahindra Auto as key sponsors for tournaments on Disney Star

Shivshankar will contribute across platforms

The award recognises and celebrates excellence in the advertising, media and marketing ecosystem

Francis joins MRF Tyres from GROHE where he was the CMO

Gandhi recently stepped down as Reckitt's Regional Marketing Director, Health & Nutrition, South Asia

Pradhan was Head-Integrated Media & Agency Relations at Mahindra Rise

The brand was previously associated with DDB Mudra

According to the annual report, revenue from operations increased by 1.21% to Rs 201 lakh

The Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary shared the numbers while responding to a query on the sporting body's income, expenditure and tax details

Pawar has decided to move away from advertising; Havas Worldwide to be led by Anupama Ramaswamy

Vohra headed Meta India’s SMB portfolio

The Guild is concerned about the expansion of Press Registrar's powers

The committee is headed by Jasnoor Sibia, Brand Director, Media Operations, Proctor & Gamble

Joshee joins the agency from Wunderman Thompson

The new Hindi Daily will be printed from Delhi NCR, Lucknow, Varanasi, Dehradun and Gorakhpur

Since 2020, he has been leading campaigns for brands like Cadbury Dairy Milk Silk, Cadbury Bournville and Marico's Set Wet

Rana was earlier with Sun Pharma Consumer Healthcare for 6 years as Head Marketing & eCommerce

Mukherjee is moving on from his current role as the Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer at Emami Agrotech; at Bata, he will report to Rajeev...

Chandok was previously with Amazon Web Services (AWS) as the head of India and South Asia

With Q1 2024 results of most major newspapers showing a silver lining, we find out if the print media industry has inched closer to its...

She was with Diageo India for 3 years prior to this

With this bill, the Centre has done away with the requirement to renew a film's licence every 10 years, making it valid for a lifetime

The partnership will help DistroTV users worldwide to stream TV9 Network’s news coverage

Singh was earlier PHD India’s Strategy Lead

Singh moved on from NDTV in February

As per HT Media Chairperson and Editorial Director Shobhana Bhartia, circulation and advertising has grown YoY for Print

The changes have been sought in the SAT order asking for a change of Whole Time Member in the case

Mitra will be reporting to the Head of Network, Ajit Varghese, as per reports

Astus Group- a global media trading company on Tuesday announced the official launch of its independent office in India which will be spearheaded by Sparsh...

Chinnappa was with the tech major for 13 years

Based out of Gurugram, he will oversee integrated buying in North and East, along with assuming additional responsibilities for trading

Dhanwani will be leading the D2C business at ShemarooMe

Prior to this, Varun Gupta was SVP - Head of Growth (Online) of Bombay Shaving Company & Bombae, VLPCPL

As per sources, Desai will be launching his own venture

She has held important roles in companies like General Motors, CK Birla Group, Ingersoll Rand India and The Bajaj Group

The French entertainment company earlier had a 51% stake in Endemol Shine India and has acquired the remaining 49% from CA Media

The dentsu-owned agency will take charge from January 2024

A news report citing the company’s AGM notice said that it will also appoint its food business chief executive Hemant Malik as a whole-time director...

CRISIL Ratings says that the print media sector may grow on the back of higher corporate and government ad spend

Shah succeeds Gaurav Anand who moves on after close to two years with the company

The podcasting platform has produced more than 10,000 hours of original content in Hindi, English, Bengali, Assamese and Bhojpuri

Sayed joins as Chief Content & Strategy Officer at Moneycontrol

According to the TAM Print advertising report, Maruti Suzuki India has emerged as the biggest advertiser in the category

The media veteran is among the few executives from the industry who has closely witnessed the evolution of the Indian broadcasting sector

Fernandes will report to Avinash Pandey, CEO, ABP Network

Prior to joining Visa, Rishi has held leadership positions at Fiserv, PayPal and JP Morgan

IndusInd Bank had approached NCLT, asking to initiate insolvency proceedings against Zee

With Deccan Herald completing 75 years in circulation, Editor of the publication & CEO of The Printers Mysore Sitaraman Shankar speaks to e4m about the...

The network in its notice to bourses said it won't be bidding for RBNL

In an email to his employees, the CEO & Co-founder of Byju's has said that the layoffs were the last resort

Gopakumar, who recently quit Optimal Media Solution, will now handle non-news business of Times Network

In an emotional note shared on LinkedIn a day after his tenure as the CEO & MD ended, Sanjiv Mehta said HUL is an emotion...

She would be responsible for driving business partnerships to enhance the company’s offerings and expand its market presence

Donohue has earlier worked with PayPal, Square, Leanplum and Optimizely

The absence of readership data has been a great impediment but that has not affected their trust in the medium, say marketers

He was earlier Head-Marketing Communication at Tata Projects

The network has paid Rs 7 lakh as settlement fee to the market regulator for an alleged violation of securities law, media networks have reported

Prior to joining TPV Technology, Hrishitaa was associated with vivo India

Sony Pictures Entertainment has said they take the SEBI interim order against Subhash Chandra and Punit Goenka 'very seriously'

Shivshankar had been associated with the channel since 2016

Additionally, he will take up the role of Executive Director of BCCL, after receipt of necessary regulatory approvals

Mohit Jain is COO (Publishing) and Executive Director

Prior to joining Zenith, he was heading the national media-buying and partnerships at Dentsu

PubLive addresses the pressing pain points faced by publishers and equipping them with the cutting-edge tools

Balakrishna, Chief Revenue Officer, The Hindu, spoke to us about print circulation making a comeback, the group expanding in the digital market and more

The incumbent agency is Havas Media, which has been handling the brand's integrated media duties account since 2020

In her post, Malini Parthasarathy said that the scope for her editorial views were shrinking in the group

Wavemaker’s Delhi office will continue to service the media mandate

According to sources, Nilesh Patil, Abhinav and Kartic Raghav have put down their papers

Prior to this, Bhattacharya served as the National Head for Communications Planning at Motivator, a GroupM agency

Evrenos joined Wavemaker in September 2021

Besides, Vinay Dhanani has been elevated to President - Supply Chain and Category, and Viral Jhaveri will be taking over as Chief Growth Officer

Prior to this he was Head Marketing and PR at Jeep Stellantis India

Darda, Chairman, Lokmat Media Group, spoke about the changing nature of journalism in a discussion with veteran journalist Rajdeep Sardesai

The account, estimated to be worth Rs 1600 crore, was earlier with dentsu

The group’s advertisement revenues saw an increase of 13%, circulation revenues up 6%

During the Q4 earnings call, Group CFO Gupta stated that the company has not yet gone back to its pre-covid prices in Delhi and Bombay;...

The OOH creative emphasizes how the Godrej Properties’ project addresses the parking space shortage issue in Matunga

Pant, Director-Marketing, was with the company for over 3 years

During the Q4FY23 earnings call, DB Corp non-executive director Girish Agarwal shared that there has been a constant decline in newsprint cost & this will...

Chutani stepped down as CEO of Dabur International Ltd after 26 years in Jan 2023

Anandan, Managing Director - Sequoia Capital & Surge, was speaking at a knowledge seminar at Goafest 2023

Leo Burnett India wins Grand Prix & Digital Specialist Agency of The Year honour; FCB Group India wins Direct Specialist Agency of The Year and...

The group won Gold for the entry titled 'Centenary Campaign'

Previously, she held the position of Head of Marketing and Corp Comm at Bharti AXA Life Insurance

On Day 1 of Goafest 2023, industry experts discussed the future of advertising and how technology can really help to enable great ideas

On Day 1 of Goafest 2023, a panel of industry heads deliberated on how marketing concepts are evolving with the changing consumer choices

EssenceMediacom also wins Grand Prix and four gold. Madison bags four gold, ABP one gold

The agency, promoted by Gour Gupta, buys 100% stake from DDB Mudra

According to JioCinema, this is the highest ever, with the previous record being 2.4 crore, registered during the CSK versus RCB match on April 17

Dobhal is currently the COO of the company

Industry experts believe it is the reduced global demand for the paper that has led to the reduction in price

Sunil Bharti Mittal of Airtel and Gaurav Dalmia of Dalmia Holdings, it is believed, have helped the complex negotiations between Samir Jain and Vineet Jain...

CNN has also made additional key changes to CNNIC’s executive leadership team

Rai has had an eventful 30 years with the Indian advertising industry

Jha stepped down as the Managing Director of Nielsen India in April

The group has released a statement internally to its key management saying speculations about the split in the business are incorrect

Two BCCL officials and a top biz leader played a critical role in the settlement and were present when the MoU was signed

Ad revenue from the company’s print business grew 8% at Rs 269 cr

Roopali Sharma, Harbir Singh, Saurabh Jain, Manish Sharma, Sanchita Roy and Rohan Chincholi have been given elevated roles as part of the agency's expansion plans

Menon's portfolio will be handled by a new set of leaders to provide specific focus, said CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy in a note to employees

He has been with the company for 4.5 years

Gupta was previously the SVP & CEO of lending business at Paytm

Jain will be reporting to Deepak Iyer, EVP and President - APAC, Middle East and AMEA

Smita Jatia has been appointed Vice Chairperson

Das was previously the General Manager of Prestige at Pernod Ricard India

Karthik has been with PUMA since 2006

Arnold Su elevated Vice President for Consumer and Gaming PCs; Dinesh Sharma to be Vice President for Commercial PCs and Smartphones

Sources say he might start a sports start-up

Priyadarshi, the brand’s Communications and Sustainability Officer, has earlier worked with companies like Tetra Pak, PepsiCo India and Pfizer

She was Sr. CD at Cheil India previously

Abhinav Kumar will be taking over Kapany’s role apart from continuing as the company’s Vice President for Product Marketing Jaskaran Singh Kapany, head of marketing...

Gambhir will be closely working with co-founders Aman Gupta and Sameer Mehta to drive the company's vision and accelerate the overall growth Consumer tech products...

South African player Chris Morris was picked up by Rajasthan Royals for a record price of Rs 16.2 cr; Mumbai Indians won bid for Sachin...

 Saini has earlier worked in Dentsu Webchutney and Social Kinnect Digital advertising agency FoxyMoron, has appointed Punkaj Saini as Business Head-West. In this...

BYJU’S will work closely with the ICC to deepen engagement with fans The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced BYJU’S, India’s largest EdTech company as their...

Prior to this, Bhalla has spearheaded the Indian market as Managing Director for three years The Hershey Company announced the elevation of Herjit Bhalla to...

The senior journalist made the announcement on Twitter on Wednesday India Today journalist Shiv Aroor has announced on Twitter that he will be taking over...

Kalra will now be responsible for overall SVOD and AVOD business, developing the platform and content marketing strategy ZEE5 India has elevated Manish Kalra to...

Arora will be responsible for all marketing efforts for the brand, firmly establishing Soch in the women’s wear segment in India Bangalore headquartered ethnic wear...

The new service will help connected brands grow by unifying client strategies around commerce to drive both brand equity and customer conversion VMLY&R and Geometry...

Mohan will continue to serve as the chairman of the Vivendi Committee Vishnu Mohan, Chairman and CEO at Havas Group Southeast Asia, India and North...

As per data, jacket-full page was the preferred ad position in the print medium during 2020 Though print advertising suffered a massive setback during Covid-19...

Namboodiri has previously been associated with brands like Britannia, Tata Consumer, Coca Cola and Unilever in his rich experience of over 2 decades ZEE Entertainment...

The company has posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 9 crore HT Media, the publisher of Hindustan Times, Mint and Hindustan, has returned to...

Media outlets speculate that the building could fetch the company around $2.9 billion Japanese advertising group Dentsu is reportedly considering selling its Tokyo headquarters, which...

The company's new visual identity is its first one in 30 years and builds on its previous branding Global public relations and communications company MediaCom...

In a career spanning over two decades, Rajan worked with several companies, including Freecharge and Airtel Govind Rajan, former CEO of Freecharge and Airtel Payments...

Dhir was previously Group President at Yes Bank India CEO Ramesh Nair is leaving JLL to pursue opportunities outside the firm. He is succeeded by...

Tyagi has over 17 years of experience in the Sales & Marketing function at Hindustan Unilever Ltd Urban Company (formerly UrbanClap) today announced the appointment...

The event invites creative minds to build impactful print campaigns that can make a difference Times Power of Print (POP) enters its 4th year. A...

Bhatia has earlier served in leadership roles at Samsung India Electronics, IBM, Motorola and ITC Ltd Matrimony.com announced another addition to their leadership team, with...

According to a report in Hindustan Times, the statute will define a framework for their self-regulation and address the issues of sensitive content and fake...

Campon took on his role at Dentsu in 2018, where he was working as APAC Client President Wavemaker announced the appointment of Jose Campon as...

Newsprint cost has jumped 20 per cent in the past three months due to the Covid-19 pandemic, publishers have reportedly claimed in a representation given...

As the theatres reopened in Oct 2019, multiplexes soon recalibrated their approach to woo customers, but not with much success Like every other business, multiplexes...

In this new role, Arunima will drive health digital & technology vision and strategy for Havas Life Sorento Havas Life Sorento has further strengthened its...

Prior to this, events industry veteran Singh has worked with Wizcraft and Jagran Solutions and has managed some of the globally acclaimed IPs and properties...

The two have previously partnered for Star India Lupa Systems CEO James Murdoch and Uday Shankar, the former Chairman and CEO of Star India and...

Pradhan will now oversee all editions of the publication Kunal Pradhan has been promoted as the Managing Editor of Hindustan Times. In his new role,...

e4m spoke to brand industry experts to understand how the Bollywood star's brand affinity will increase during the promotions leading to the film On the...

Jaya will lead the marketing strategy for India across business segments Castrol India Limited, India’s leading automotive lubricants company, announced the appointment of Jaya Jamrani...

In her new role, Jamrani will lead the marketing strategy for India across business segments, including forging strategic partnerships for growth Castrol India Limited, India’s...

Gaur will be taking over from Utpal Das who ends his stint at Viacom18 on March 31, 2021 Viacom18 today announced the appointment of Kunal...

Puri will lead the group’s digital market platform initiatives in B2B & B2C segments across multiple product categories Pioneering Ventures, a Swiss-Indian food and technology...

In his previous role, Gandevia was working as President, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East with Fox Networks Group Asia for 14 years upGrad-...

In the past few months, Indian language newspapers have taken the lead with growth in circulation, readership and advertising revenues Like most other industries, print...

Maheshwari’s last stint was with Bajaj Allianz Life Digital healthcare platform MediBuddy has onboarded Amol Maheshwari as their Country Head for Sales and Account Management....

In his new role, Kapoor will drive Airtel’s overall Engineering strategy and be a key player in helping realize the company’s digital vision Bharti Airtel...

A source said that BCCI is miffed by IMG's 'poor leadership' in the UK. Another stated that the board has cost-cutting in mind The recent...

HUL responded with a newspaper advertisement of its own, which claimed Dove is the No.1 dermatologist-recommended brand Personal care brand Sebamed in its recent advertisement...

An EPIC ON premium subscription can be bought on PhonePe for just INR 299 and an annual subscription at just INR 499 EPIC ON, a...

Karnik, CCO at Dentsu Impact, Dentsu India, and mcgarrybowen India, announced his departure through a Facebook post on Friday Soumitra Karnik has stepped down from...

Looking back at the year when the ministry initiated changes like bringing OTT under its ambit, capping FDI at 26%, amending CTN ACT of 1995,...

Based in Bengaluru, Dubey and Saini will report to the company’s COO, Arvind Singhal Vedantu has announced two senior appointments in its marketing team with...

Prior to this, Das has held various roles in commercial, operations and general management in her 14 years of experience Moët Hennessy India, a part...

Thomas joins the company from Harley-Davidson where he was the Marketing Lead for the Indian market Two-wheeler giant Hero MotoCorp has appointed Vijay Thomas as...

Mohan, Managing Partner North & West, will now be President, North & West and Venkatasubramanian, National Head Buying will now be President & National Head...

Mirum will be responsible for brand communication, digital strategy and execution apart from performance-focused media campaigns Mirum India, a premier full-service digital agency from the...

Arora had quit from his post as Co-CEO of Kinetic India in September last year Charanjeet Singh Arora, who was formerly the Co-CEO of Kinetic...

Of its Rs 4,017.11 crore income, the board reportedly made more than half (Rs 2,407.4 crore) through the 2018 Indian Premier League The Board of...

The group's special mega editions have garnered good response from advertisers across sectors, underscoring economic revial in tier I and tier II cities, according to...

Commenting on his new job, Ahuja, said, I am very excited to be a part of this journey and to work with such proficient and...

As the extraordinary year draws to a close, we look back and bring to you all the big stories about the industry As the extraordinary...

These mega issues help in furthering the trust of advertisers in print media On the momentous occasion of 24 years in Sikar, the Dainik Bhaskar...

Latest data points to ad volumes for ‘Honey’ category dropping by 37% between December 2 and 12...

The fact-based campaign talks about 6 realities which make the inclusion of Mathrubhumi daily a must in...

The Group maintained that the publications will continue to have a strong digital presence Times Group has announced that it will be shutting down production...

About 70% of the respondents said they trust advertisements which are endorsed by celebrities A study commissioned by the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI)...

Print media players say circulation is back to 90% of pre-Covid levels and ad volumes close to 80%. However with deep discounts still being offered...

The independent digital news publishers opine that the government's move to cap FDI in digital news to 26% is regressive and detrimental to their future...

As per the latest TAM AdEx data, the average ad volume per day saw a sharp increase of 5.7 times in August 2020 against the...

Industry players say with brands trying to make the most of the pent-up consumer demand, Print has attracted a fair share of the advertisers’ money...

1. Please tell our readers about key Digital trends that are reshaping the media industry. • Video First world • Bots – Consumers now want...