The reverb from Kevin Delaney’s departure from the Wall Street Journal for Atlantic Media Group just hit DC: WSJ alum Raju Narisetti is headed back to the Journal, swapping his role as managing editor of the Washington Post responsible for digital for managing editor of The Wall Street Journal (NSDQ:…

Investors won’t have Jerry Yang to blame anymore. In a stunning move announced after the markets closed, the Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) co-founder resigned from the company’s board of directors and from all other positions—effective immediately. Just as quickly, Yahoo’s stock jumped in after-hours trading.

Doon School alumnus Nikhil Deogun will start the new year as the managing editor for business day programming at CNBC (NYSE: GE), Media Decoder reported. He is currently international editor at The Wall Street Journal. Deogun is among the highest ranking journalists of Indian origin in American journalism and will…

Sidharth Bhatia, who has helmed the editorial pages of DNA since the daily’s launch in 2005, has stepped down. He confirmed the development. With this, two senior editorial staffers have stepped down at the Mumbai-headquartered daily in as many months. Editor-at-large Ayaz Memon had resigned last month. The daily is…

Peter Bhatia, executive editor at The Oregonian, will succeed Sandra Mims Rowe as editor at the 159-year old publication. Rowe announced yesterday that she will be leaving the paper at the end of this year. Rowe has been editor since 1993. Bhatia, who has been a journalist for more than…

Sunil Lulla, who stepped down as group CEO at Alva Brothers Entertainment, will join Times Global Broadcasting Co. Pvt. Ltd as CEO and MD. TGBCL broadcasts Times Now and ET Now. This will be Lulla’s second stint as CEO at Bennett, Coleman’s broadcasting subsidiary, where he worked for two years…

Veteran media executive Sunil Lulla, group CEO at Alva Brothers Entertainment, has stepped down. He confirmed the development. Lulla joined the company as a director in February 2008 and also sat on the boards of group companies Miditech and Real Global Broadcasting. He set up Real under a joint venture…

Shantonu Aditya, CEO of Bloomberg UTV (formerly UTVi), is stepping down, a person familiar with the development said. This is said to be Aditya’s last week at the company. Aditya joined UTV Broadcasting as executive director in April 2007. He oversaw four channels—Bindass, Bindass Movies, UTV Movies and World Movies.…

Well-known cricket writer Prem Panicker, one of Rediff.com’s earliest staffers and the editorial director of the company’s US-based newspaper India Abroad, is leaving the Nasdaq-listed firm after a 14-year stint, a person familiar with the development said. According to our source, Panicker is likely to join Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) India…

Fox Television Studios India is hiring Nachiket Pantvaidya as managing director, a person familiar with the development said. An announcement is expected soon. Fox Television Studios is the TV production unit of News Corp.‘s Fox Entertainment Group, and is a leading producer of TV shows globally, alongside companies such as…

Rohit Bansal, COO at Independent News Service Pvt. Ltd, which runs India TV, has stepped down. Bansal, who has worked at the firm for five years since 2004, has been active in the broadcast policy circles and was a familiar face at industry gatherings. Bansal confirmed the development. August 31…

Harsh Rohatgi, executive vice president at NDTV Imagine, is leaving the company to join National Geographic Channel as MD, a person familiar with the development said. Rohatgi denied he was leaving Imagine. Rohatgi spent seven years at Star India and was GM and senior VP, content and communication, prior to…

Noted cricket journalist Ayaz Memon has quit DNA newspaper, where he has been working since 2005. He was editor-at-large at the paper run by a JV between Subhash Chandra’s Essel Group and the Dainik Bhaskar Group. Memon has been part of the senior leadership of the paper since its launch,…

TZ Mobile Pvt Ltd, a joint venture between Spain’s mobile content firm Zed and Hyderabad-based telecom software producer Tanla Solutions, has hired Pancham Endlaw as country manager. Endlaw confirmed the development. Prior to this, Endlaw was VP for digital and interactive at INX Media, the firm that broadcasts the channels…

Red FM COO Abraham Thomas, one of the hottest radio executives in the country, is stepping down, he said in a memo to staffers yesterday. A person who has seen the memo confirmed the development. Thomas was unavailable for comment. Thomas has been with Red FM since March 2005 and…

Prominent lawyer Ram Jethmalani has joined Covert magazine as the chairman of the board of directors. The magazine is promoted and edited by M.J. Akbar, one of India’s best known editors. The fortnightly was launched in May 2008, shortly after Akbar left The Asian Age, a paper he founded, under…

US-based SoftBank Capital and India Capital of Hong Kong have bought a 2% stake in Sameer Manchanda-promoted cable firm DEN Networks, The Economic Times reports. The transaction reportedly happened at Rs205 per share and the aggregate investment is to the tune of Rs50 crore, the report said.

Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) Studios Motion Pictures India has named Seshasaye Kanthamraju as director, marketing and distribution. Kanthamraju has been with Disney for five years and previously was director, corporate communications. “In his role, Seshasaye will be responsible for overall Marketing and Distribution strategy for the theatrical slate. He will…

Josey Puliyenthuruthel John, who recently left Mint as national corporate editor, will start at Business Today as exective editor early November. Editor Rohit Saran confirmed the development. John will report to Saran.