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Vishal Rupani set to move on from mCanvas, Affinity
Mumbai: mCanvas co-founder and CEO and Affinity Global VP Vishal Rupani is all set to move on from his current roles. When asked about his next move Rupani said, “He is taking a break.”
An ace digital marketer, Rupani has over 17 years of experience. He started his career with Skenzo in the business development role and soon moved to Affinity Global.
After serving for a brief while, Rupani joined Affinity Global in 2009 and has been associated with it since then in multiple roles. On the other hand, he founded mCanvas in 2015 and has been associated with it since then. He has been associated with multiple brands and have led several campaigns.
Currently, he is also an advisor to TripperWifi.
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Sameer Nair shares heartfelt note as he exits Applause Entertainment
After nine years building the streamer’s content engine, one of India’s best-known TV men is moving on
MUMBAI: Sameer Nair is out. The chief executive of Applause Entertainment, the content studio backed by Kumar Mangalam Birla’s media empire, has announced his departure after nearly nine years at the helm, closing the chapter on one of Indian entertainment’s more quietly consequential careers.
Nair, who built Applause from the ground up in its current avatar, oversaw a slate that spanned Indian originals and international adaptations, threading together a hub-and-spoke business model that partnered with streaming platforms, broadcasters and production houses alike. The results were uneven, as they always are in content, but the ambition was not.
In a post on LinkedIn, Nair was generous to his outgoing patron. He thanked Birla for being an “inspirational boss and a great patron of the arts,” and signed off with a cheerful “Au Revoir” and a promise to remain Applause’s biggest cheerleader. Whether that sentiment survives the next chapter remains to be seen.
No successor has been named. Applause Entertainment did not immediately comment.
Nair built the machine. Now someone else has to run it — and in a streaming market that is simultaneously consolidating and convulsing, that is no small ask.
