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Laqshya Media Solutions creates nationwide buzz for Maruti Suzuki Stingray launch
Laqshya Media Solutions (formerly known as OMI), the division of India’s leading OOH advertising company – the Laqshya Group, planned and executed a nationwide campaign for the launch of the new Wagon R Stingray. The car is the newest model launched by Maruti Suzuki and the purpose of the campaign was to create maximum visibility and interest in the car across the country. The campaign, which lasted an entire month, was one that involved a great deal of research and planning.
The brief provided by the client was to generate maximum impact by using hoardings and spaces in relevant locations. Even though visibility was a crucial factor in the client brief, the idea was to ensure that the brand and the product stood out in a stylish and tasteful way without being too intrusive. The campaign designed by the Laqshya Media Solutions team therefore included a mix of various media from billboards, gantries, unipoles, bridge panels and toll brandings.
Talking about the new campaign, Atul Shrivastava, the COO for the Laqshya Group, said, “We are happy with the efforts the team has put in to innovate and create a powerful OOH campaign for the new Stingray launch. The locations chosen have been excellent and ideal for such an important campaign. Since Maruti Suzuki has been a client with us for several years, we wanted to do something exceptional and different to make the launch a success.”
Vinay Pant, Media Head for Maruti Suzuki, also commented on the new Stingray launch campaign, “The brief for the campaign was to create good visibility through outdoor advertising for the Stingray Launch that would capture the attention of young, trendy people in the metros and even in the Tier II cities. We knew that creating such a large scale campaign would be quite a challenge but we are very pleased with the ideas and execution from Laqshya Media Solutions.”
Avinash Singh, Media Manager for Maruti Suzuki, also spoke about the outdoor media campaign executed by Laqshya Media Solutions. “Our aim was to ensure maximum visibility for the new Wagon R Stingray and I am happy to say that Agency has delivered well on that front. I am especially pleased with some of the unique innovations like the branding at the Noida toll plaza. We look forward to many more exciting outdoor campaigns in time to come,” he said.
The campaign made extensive use of as many as 250 media units across 20 cities, at main arterial routes, high traffic zones and key touch points.
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Senior media executive Madhu Soman exits Zee Media
Former Reuters and Bloomberg leader says he leaves with “no regrets” after brief stint at WION and Zee Business
NOIDA: Madhu Soman, a veteran of global newsrooms and media sales floors, has stepped away from Zee Media Corporation after a short stint steering business strategy for WION and Zee Business.
In a reflective LinkedIn note marking his departure, Soman said his time within the network’s corridors was always likely to be brief. “Some chapters close faster than expected,” he wrote, signalling the end of a nearly two-year spell in which he oversaw both editorial partnerships and commercial strategy.
Soman joined Zee Media in 2022 after more than a decade abroad with Reuters and Bloomberg, returning to India to take on the role of chief business officer for WION and Zee Business. His mandate was ambitious: bridge the newsroom and the revenue desk while expanding digital and broadcast reach.
During the stint, Zee Business reached break-even for the first time since its launch in 2005, while WION refreshed programming and strengthened its digital footprint across platforms such as YouTube and Facebook.
But Soman suggested the cultural fit proved uneasy. Describing himself as a “cultural misfit”, he hinted at deeper tensions between editorial instincts shaped in global newsrooms and the realities of India’s television news ecosystem.
Before joining Zee, Soman spent more than seven years at Bloomberg in Hong Kong as head of broadcast sales for Asia-Pacific, expanding the company’s news syndication business across several markets. Earlier, he held senior editorial roles at Reuters, overseeing online strategy in India and managing Reuters Video Services from London.
His career began in television and wire reporting, including a stint with ANI during the 1999 Kargil conflict, before moving into digital publishing as India’s internet media landscape took shape.
Now, after nearly three decades in broadcast and digital media, Soman is leaving Delhi NCR and returning to his hometown, Trivandrum.
Exhausted, he admits. But unbowed. And with one quiet line that sums up the journey: he didn’t sell his soul — because some things, after all, are not for sale.
