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Mediaah! Bizarre! NDTV ombudsman Soli Sorabjee’s response to mail on Barkha Dutt-Niira Radia episode Posted on 09 Oct,2013 | under BLOGS Pradyuman Maheshwari is surprised with the response he received from NDTV ombudsman Soli Sorabjee to his mail on the Barkha Dutt-Niira Radia controversy. Is one of India’s best known legal luminaries sitting on the fence on the issue, he asks in Mediaah!

Mediaah! by Pradyuman Maheshwari: The Rise and Rise of Anurag Batra Posted on 20 Sep,2013 | under BLOGS The Businessworld acquisition clearly propels Anurag to a different league of media-owners. From being a Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of a B2B media group he is now the man spearheading one of India’s best known and respected media brands.

Mediaah!: How underdog Colors won the great GEC battle Posted on 22 Jul,2013 | under COLORS@5 The idea of getting Ashvini Yardi (who had earned her stars as programming head at Zee) was a great one. But could CEO Rajesh Kamat and she be able to match the maharathis and former Star India CEOs Peter and Sameer?

Mediaah! Remembering Charu & PR disaster for Tatas Posted on 05 Jul,2013 | under MEDIAAH! If I were with the PR agency handling the group and the Tata Steel business, I would be worried about being delivered the sack, writes Pradyuman Maheshwari

Mediaah! Report Card on Uday Kumar Varma’s tenure as I&B Secretary: 7/10 Posted on 03 Jul,2013 | under BLOGS The former MIB secretary Varma presided over the effecting of the first two phases of digitization

Mediaah! Now, BCCL’s Times Publishing House takes on law student-blogger Posted on 24 May,2013 | under MEDIA Was it right for Times to send a lawyer’s notice to student blogger Aparajita Lath? Pradyuman Maheshwari, who has been in a similar position in the past, examines the case in Mediaah!

Mediaah! Are disclaimers enough to pass off paid content? Posted on 29 Apr,2013 | under MEDIA Readers expect the content in the newspaper to be published based on the decision of the editor, and not an advertiser paying for it, writes Pradyuman Maheshwari

Mediaah!: 6 answers the industry wants to get Posted on 09 Apr,2013 | under GOAFEST 2013 Mediaah! does an Arnab Goswami and asks 6 questions, the answers to which the global A&M industry wants to have

5 things we’ll want to forget about Goafest Posted on 08 Apr,2013 | under BLOGS Every Creative Abby at Goafest has its share of controversies, and this year’s was no better. Or worser. Mediaah! takes a look

Mediaah! Breaking! Times stops Media net, controversial practice killed overnight :-) Posted on 01 Apr,2013 | under MEDIA Haridwar, April 1: The Times has decided to drop its controversial Media net practice, Mediaah! learns from a reliable source. It appears the management took this decision after a round of discussion and finally issued this statement after the board issued the diktat

Mediaah! Should Ford sack JWT India for ad mishandling? + Cut the Katju! Posted on 26 Mar,2013 | under #SCAMADGATE The Indian bosses at Ford and JWT may have tendered their apologies, but is that enough? Not everyone thinks that justice has been done. Meanwhile, what about our own Markandey Katju? Time to send him packing?

MxM Comment: Sad to see an Abby minus Ogilvy… Time to ‘lagao’ pressure to get ’em back! Posted on 07 Mar,2013 | under GOAFEST 2013 It’s vital to exert all possible pressure to get Ogilvy back to the Creative Abby, writes Pradyuman Maheshwari. An Ogilvy not participating in the Creative Abby is like a China or USA not competing in the Summer Olympics!