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Melt In A Minute | Publicis Groupe Ropes In GroupM’s Sridhar Ramasubramanian As Its CFO & More

Madhuwanti Saha, February 25, 2020

Meanwhile Faye D'Souza is launching her own news vehicle called 'Beetroot’

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  1. Publicis Groupe ropes in GroupM’s Sridhar Ramasubramanian as its CFO
    Publicis Groupe has appointed GroupM’s Sridhar Ramasubramanian as the new CFO as reported by Economic Times. He takes over from Pankaj Vasani who was Executive President and Group CFO, South Asia.
  2. Faye D’Souza to launch her own news vehicle
    News anchor Faye D’Souza is launching her own news vehicle called ‘Beetroot’ according to media reports. She is reportedly looking for partners to fund the venture.
  3. Sun TV Network to launch Marathi GEC 
    Sun TV Network plans to launch a Marathi GEC called Sun Marathi as noted by Television Post. But it’s waiting for Sun Bangla to break even to go ahead with that.
  4. S4Capital rebrands Melbourne’s BizTech to MediaMonks 
    Martin Sorrell’s S4Capital has merged Melbourne-based BizTech it bought last year with MediaMonks, as seen on AdNews.  The rebrand announcement follows recent digital transformation work for brands like ANZ bank and Australia Post Corporation, among others.
  5.  Uber to put ads on top of its vehicles from April 1 
    Uber forays into ad publishing as it inks a deal with an out-of-home ad-tech company Adomni to introduce ad displays on top of a thousand vehicles in three cities in the US by April 1, as reported by Adweek.