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Should anyone take Zee’s Subhash Chandra seriously?

In alleging that the SEBI chief can be bribed, Subhash Chandra has thrown caution to the wind. He has also shown that this is his last throw of the dice.

04 Sept 2024

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Subhash Chandra is back in the picture at Zee

The chairman emeritus of the troubled media conglomerate is once again calling the shots—firing people and overturning business plans.

29 Apr 2024

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Zee’s comeback hinges on wrecker-in-chief Punit Goenka

The Zee CEO has a plan to fix the media company’s plummeting profits and a stock in freefall. Will he be around to see it through?

15 Apr 2024

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A good hit by SEBI, but…

The latest order on Zee Business guest experts is well called. Nevertheless, it exposes SEBI’s limited definition of research analysts and unpublished market information.

13 Feb 2024

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A blow-by-blow account of how the Sony-Zee merger came undone

Is Zee CEO Punit Goenka to blame for what has come to pass or did Sony get cold feet as the deal dragged on?

24 Jan 2024

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Merger with Sony in limbo, is Zee back on the market?

Once India’s most profitable entertainment company, Zee’s a shadow of its former self and may be easy pickings for its one-time suitor Reliance.

10 Jan 2024

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A merged Sony-Zee will be better off without Punit Goenka

The new entity will probably not have the Zee CEO at the helm. That could be a good thing.

12 Jul 2023

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Zee-Sony merger faces a new SEBI test

With the NCLT apprised of the market regulator’s adverse findings about an Essel Group company, there is a possibility of the mega entertainment deal coming unstuck.

17 May 2023

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Ambani may still want Zee, and India’s embarrassing power crisis

Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries was in talks to buy Zee. It may have not “proceeded” with the talks, but there are enough reasons to believe that Ambani cannot do without Zee. Separately, India’s power sector is going through an unprecedented shortage of coal. A shameful situation for a coal-rich country like ours. Who is to blame?

14 Oct 2021