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Quo Vadis Anupama Chopra, Film Companion?
Mumbai: The film publication biz is rife with rumours – about the stars and directors – normally. Now it is the journos who write about the stars who are being gossiped about. Take the case of Anumpama Chopra – the founder of the evocative Film Companion (FC). The goss has been running riot that Chopra – a former India Today journo who set up the website and the wife of ace director Vidhu Vinod Chopra – is shutting down FC, which by the way has been putting up a healthy financial performance.
Then why bring down the shutters on FC?
Coz, Film Companion is giving way to US entertainment publication The Hollywood Reporter, with Chopra likely to helm the Indian edition, goes the strong canards. Chopra will apparently pocket a healthy trove of cash for exiting FC.
The Hollywood Reporter is part of the Penske Media Corp which also boasts other titles such as Variety, Deadline Hollywood, Rolling Stone, Billboard etc. BollywoodLife is amongst its other flagship Indian titles, boasting more than 20 million unique visitors.
No executive from Penske Media Corp which is owned by Jay Penske was available for comment or confirmation. How, Bollywoodlife.com, the Indian edition of The Hollywood Reporter will find a fit with each other was unclear at the time of writing, but observers believe that the former will continue to focus on the personal lives of actors while the latter will be trade and B2B-focused.
PMC had earlier partnered with Zee TV to set up India.com – in a joint venture.
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Paisabazaar launches Credit Premier League 2.0
Nationwide campaign rewards highest credit scores with Rs 1 lakh top prize.
MUMBAI: When credit scores become a national league, even your CIBIL report starts feeling like it’s playing in the IPL and Paisabazaar has just kicked off the second season. Paisabazaar, India’s leading marketplace for financial products and the country’s largest free credit score platform, has announced the return of the Credit Premier League (CPL) 2.0, a fun, nationwide initiative to recognise and reward individuals with the highest credit scores.
Building on the success of the first edition, CPL 2.0 introduces higher rewards and broader participation. The individual(s) with the highest credit score in the country will win Rs 1 lakh, while state champions will each receive Rs 10,000. Additionally, all participants from the winning state, the one with the highest average credit score will also be rewarded.
All winnings will be credited directly to winners’ PB Wallet, allowing them to pay credit card bills, recharge mobiles, or settle utility bills seamlessly on the Paisabazaar platform.
Paisabazaar CEO Santosh Agarwal said the campaign aims to make credit awareness more engaging and mainstream. “With CPL, we are bringing together engagement, gamification and rewards to make conversations around credit scores more mainstream,” he noted. “Our focus remains on building a financially aware and credit-healthy Bharat.”
The first edition of CPL saw over 5.5 million participants, with the highest individual score touching 861. Delhi recorded the highest average credit score of 746.
Consumers can participate simply by checking their free credit score on the Paisabazaar platform or app. The CPL leaderboard and rankings will be available exclusively on the Paisabazaar App.
In a country where financial dreams are serious business, Paisabazaar has found a smart way to turn credit scores into an exciting game – because when your financial health gets rewarded, everyone wants to play.
