Senior media professional Chandra Mohan, who has spent decades working across leading English and Malayalam newspapers, has received the Arts Icon Puraskaram. The honour was conferred by ARTS Hyderabad, a well-known cultural and literary body representing the Malayalee community in the city. The award was handed over by celebrated author Zachariah, a recipient of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award, at Ravindra Bharathi as part of the Golden Cat Awards function. The ceremony was formally opened by Dr T T Sreekumar, professor at the English and Foreign Languages University. The Arts Icon recognition marks Chandra Mohan’s 55 years of service in English and Malayalam journalism, a profession he continues to be associated with. In addition to his journalistic work, he has held the position of Public Relations Officer under four Chief Ministers of the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh and has also been honoured with a Special Commendation from the President of India. Speakers at the event include

Senior journalist Vijay Rawat has joined NDTV as Executive Editor, where he will head the network’s Hindi website. In his new role, Rawat will report to Santosh Kumar, Senior Managing Editor, NDTV (Hindi Digital), and will focus on strengthening NDTV’s Hindi digital editorial operations, e4m reported. Rawat recently exited the India Today Group after nearly a decade, most recently serving as Executive Editor of aajtak.in. With more than 25 years of experience across print and digital journalism, Rawat has previously worked with Dainik Jagran, Amar Ujala, Haribhoomi, and Network18’s Hindi digital platform.

Senior journalist Palki Sharma is set to exit her role as Managing Editor at Firstpost as she prepares to start an independent venture, according to multiple media reports. The announcement was made during an internal town hall held for Firstpost staff on Thursday evening, people familiar with the matter said. Addressing employees, Network18 Chief Content Officer Santosh Menon said Sharma will continue with the organisation until March despite stepping away from her current position. He also announced that Binoy Prabhakar, who earlier served as Chief Content Officer at Hindustan Times Digital, has been appointed to the same role at Firstpost. Meanwhile, Rakesh Rai, presently Executive Editor at Firstpost, is expected to assume the role of Managing Editor at News18.com, as reported by Newslaundry.

Lodestar UM, an Omnicom Media India agency, has won the integrated media mandate for Amazon Music after a competitive review process, according to social samosa.    The agency will handle full-funnel media activation in India, covering integrated media planning and execution.   The mandate will be delivered using Lodestar UM’s Full Color Media framework, which combines data, technology, and creative planning.  

Stephen Fenech believes TechGuide has become a respected and well-trusted brand for people of all ages and levels of expertise, as he celebrates his masthead’s 15th anniversary. “Ninety-nine per cent of people aren’t tech experts, and that's a bigger audience for me to aim at, and that's exactly what I set out to do”, Fenech told Influencing.  “To this day, I still write my content in plain English and explain every acronym and really spell it out for people, so it can be easily understood what’s going on, and people can understand my reviews, so when they make their own decisions, they can make informed decisions.” TechGuide reached the 15-year milestone last Saturday, and Fenech said that over those years, he’s become pretty happy with how the publication has fared.  It's been quite the journey, he says, adding he has no regrets about starting TechGuide back in January 2011. Fenech added it was his father who

Nine Entertainment Co has announced this morning it is acquiring digital outdoor media platform, QMS Media (QMS), selling its broadcast radio stations to billionaire Arthur Laundy and converting regional television station NBN (Northern NSW) from a wholly-owned business to an affiliate, owned and operated by Nine’s regional partner, WIN Network (WIN). The radio stations being sold are 2GB, 3AW, 4BC, 6PR, 2UE, Magic1278 and 4BH, for what would seem something of a bargain at $56million.  The major moves represent "a step change in Nine’s asset portfolio", said the company which also owns publications The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Australian Financial Review. The print and digital mastheads are not affected by the moves.  Nine said the reshaped portfolio "meaningfully enhances Nine’s offering to advertisers as a unique cross-platform digital media proposition, combining Nine’s premium assets in Streaming and

Welcome to Friday and yes a bit of a political plot twist covered extensively this morning in what some once-upon-a-time used to call 'the serious papers'- Liberal leader Sussan Ley keeps her job...because the rivals cannot agree on who should replace her. As plots go it's maybe short of a sizzle but is yet another gift for the political writers in a tale which increasingly has more twists than a corkscrew.  At The Australian no less than five of its front row writers and a photographer take to the keyboards on this one and the main story (Brunch time for Libs: breakfast summit fails to strike pact so Ley not toast...yet') by Anthony Galloway, Sarah Ison, and Greg Brown is coupled with a wonderful picture by Liam Mendes and that great headline too. There's also an insightful piece from The Oz's national editor Dennis Shanahan who says Ley has been given some additional time "to continue her beleagured Liberal leadership"