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Lisa Gregorian is Warner TV Group executive VP, worldwide marketing
MUMBAI: 19 year Warner Bros. veteran Lisa Gregorian has been promoted to the newly created position of executive VP, worldwide marketing for the recently created Warner Bros. Television Group.
Gregorian will work with the Studio’s internal television marketing teams as well as television networks and stations worldwide to maximise and fully exploit the promotional and marketing opportunities available to all of the Studio’s television properties—network, first-run, cable and animated series—throughout their exhibition windows, including the network, domestic syndication, international distribution, home video and emerging television marketplaces. Gregorian’s marketing team will support and supplement the marketing activities for series from Warner Bros. Television, Telepictures Productions and Warner Bros. Animation, as well as the television windows (pay, cable and broadcast) for theatrical titles.
Additionally, Gregorian and her team will work closely with Warner Home Video to secure production-related materials that will be incorporated into series’ subsequent home video releases. The Warner Bros. Television Group’s marketing team will also assume responsibility for www.thewb.com, the online presence of The WB Television Network and work with the network’s marketing team, led by Bob Bibb and Lew Goldstein, to ensure continuity of messaging and positioning online.
Gregorian will also continue to serve as the Studio’s liaison with Time Warner to maximize the marketing exposure of all of the Television Group’s series across the parent company’s varied media platforms.
Warner Bros. Television Group president Bruce Rosenblum said, ““Lisa is a wonderfully talented and forward-thinking executive. Over the years she has consistently and successfully raised the bar in marketing our television content to the worldwide television marketplace. She is more than a marketing executive. Her unmatched vision and ahead-of-the-curve instincts make her the perfect choice to lead the trend-defining promotional efforts of our newly integrated television operation.”
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Jubilant FoodWorks faces Rs 47.5 crore GST demand, plans appeal
Tax authorities flag alleged misclassification of restaurant services
MUMBAI: Jubilant FoodWorks Limited has landed in a tax tussle after receiving a GST demand of Rs 47.5 crore from the office of the additional commissioner of CGST and central excise in Thane, Maharashtra.
The order, issued under the provisions of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, relates to an alleged incorrect classification of certain services under the category of restaurant services. According to the tax authorities, this classification resulted in a short payment of goods and services tax for the period between the financial years 2019-20 and 2021-22.
The demand includes Rs 47.5 crore in GST along with an equal amount as penalty, in addition to applicable interest. The order was received by the company on March 13, 2026.
In a regulatory filing to the BSE Limited and the National Stock Exchange of India Limited, the company said it disagrees with the order and believes its arguments were not adequately considered.
The company is preparing to challenge the decision and plans to file an appeal. It added that once the redressal process is complete, the demand is likely to be dropped.
Despite the sizeable figure attached to the notice, the company said it does not expect any material impact on its financials, operations or other activities.
The disclosure was signed by Suman Hegde, EVP and chief financial officer, who confirmed that the company received the order at 19:06 IST on March 13 and has already initiated steps to contest it.
The development places the quick service restaurant major in the middle of a tax debate that could hinge on how certain restaurant-linked services are classified under GST rules. For now, the company appears ready to take the matter from the tax office to the appeals desk.
