Sanjay Dua, CEO, Network18 Media, calls it a day

According to informed industry sources, Dua is slated to join iTV Network that runs NewsX and India News, but Dua has denied this

BestMediaInfo Bureau | August 7, 2014

Sanjay Dua

Sanjay Dua has decided to move on from Network18, ending his nine-year stint with the company. According to highly placed sources in the industry, Dua has put in his papers as CEO of Network18 News Media Network, the group's specialised client facing sales division which manages the advertising sales interests of its five news channels - CNBC-TV18, CNBC AWAAZ, CNN-IBN, IBN 7 and IBN-Lokmat.

The sources also informed BestMediaInfo.com that Dua is slated to join iTV Network that runs NewsX and India News. However, Dua denied the news when contacted on phone. RK Arora, CEO, iTV Network, also did not confirm the development.

Dua has over 23 years of corporate experience, of which the last 18 years have been in media & entertainment. In the past, Dua has led sales strategy for the country's leading media brands across a gamut of genres including sports (ESPN), GEC (Sahara) and English entertainment (Hallmark).

Prior to joining Network18, Dua led national sales at the Zee News Network apart from leadership stints at Walt Disney and Bennett, Coleman. Dua is a management graduate from Lucknow University and holds a management qualification from Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad (MICA).

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