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Melt Update | 1 March | Wieden+Kennedy appoints Santosh Padhi as CCO and MORE

melt, March 1, 2022

Meanwhile, Ashneer Grover resigns from BharatPe board.

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Top News:

  1. Wieden+Kennedy appoints Santosh Padhi as CCO
    Wieden+Kennedy announced the hiring of Santosh “Paddy” Padhi, as Chief Creative Officer for India. Padhi is tasked to build a leadership, talent, and client roster for the expanded India shop, including an office in Mumbai.
  1. Instagram merges Feed Video and IGTV
    IGTV, the long format video destination hub, is being discontinued and Instagram videos will be categorised into one format called Feed Video. More investment is planned for Reels.
  1. Adani Media Ventures buys into Quintillion Biz Media
    Quint Digital Media Limited has entered into a binding term sheet with the Adani Group where the latter will acquire a minority stake in Quintillion Business Media Private Limited (“QBM”). Quintillion and Bloomberg, the JV that owned BoombergQuint.com, announced parting ways earlier today.
  1. Ashneer Grover resigns from BharatPe board
    Grover resign as the Managing Director of BharatPe and as the Director of the Board. Grover will continue as the single largest individual shareholder of the company.
  1. Bharti AXA Life Insurance brings in Vidya Balan
    Bharti AXA Life Insurance has roped in actor Vidya Balan as its brand ambassador. In a press release, the company says that Balan will help deepen the narrative of #DoTheSmartThing championed by the brand.