#MediaMoves

Shaghil Bilali moves to ibnlive.com as Chief Copy Editor covering Sports. He was earlier associated with Mail Today – The India Today Group. Connect with this Delhiite @Shaghil. » Scroll.in welcomes its new Writer, Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri. Delhi based Zinnia’s previous stints were with HT Mint & Daily News and Analysis. » Twitter’s Vice President of Design, Mike Davidson is stepping down in February 2016. He, @mikeindustries, announced his move on twitter.

Double Whammy for Sardesai

Rajdeep Sardesai’s open letter to Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis got a fitting response. Sardesai was slammed by the BJP politician for his “biased views” criticizing the meat ban and the transfer of Mumbai top cop Rakesh Maria. The Twitterati made sure they joined in the conversation; BJP supporters took the opportunity to bash Sardesai causing hashtag #DevendraSlapsRajdeep to trend. » With the latest death threats to Nikhil Wagle (Editor of Marathi channel IBN-Lokmat) allegedly from the radical Hindu organization Sanatan Sanstha has the once fiercely argumentative India turned intolerant? Read this interesting take on the issue by Smruti Koppikar on Scroll.in. » Karnataka Praja Vedike, a political organization, staged protests outside the Deputy Commissioner’s office seeking action against fake editors and journalists. The submitted memorandum stated how these “so called” journalists turned extortionists were threatening government officials and fleecing money.

#MediaMoves

Congrats to Shweta Bhattacharya for joining ETV News Network as a Senior Anchor. Earlier with Focus TV as a News Anchor cum Producer, Delhi based TV Journalist Shweta can be reached @spbhattacharya. » Vishal Manve makes a move as Multimedia Journalist to Scroll Media, a digital publishing company. He previously was with Gateway House: Indian Council on Global Relations, a foreign policy think tank in Mumbai, DNA and Forbes. Mumbaikar Vishal can be reached @VishalManve12. » Amitava Bhattacharya joins HT Media Ltd. as Business Head of East and Central India. His previous stints include Zee Media, The Times of India, and India Today.

Unified Radio

The Association of Radio Operators for India (AROI) appealed to the PM requesting that Red FM (part of the Sun Group pending investigation) be allowed to operate.  ‘Radio is a free-to-air concept and shutting down Red FM will result in job losses’, said Secretary General of AROI, Uday Chawla. Scroll.in has launched ‘SocialWire’, a service that claims to showcase the top stories from across social platforms and rank them based on an ‘influential score’ algorithm. The service is able to analyse over 100,000 posts, create lists, and cluster groups from various influencers and news sources. 92.7 BIG FM in Kolkata has celebrated Tagore’s 154th birth anniversary, as ‘Baadh Bhenge Dao,’ a ‘Rabi Parbo’ concert, saw collaborative musical performances from Indian and Bangladeshi artists.