With the recent exit of Disney and Star India’s Country Manager, Sanjay Gupta; the top spot at the country’s biggest media conglomerate needed to be filled. Uday Shankar seems to have found the successor of Sanjay Gupta internally from the Star Network itself.
K Madhavan, MD for Star India’s South Business has now stepped up to take Sanjay Gupta’s responsibility of being the new Country Manager for Disney and Star India; market sources inform Medianews4u.com. An internal email was sent to all the employees confirming the same.
K Madhavan has led the South Business since 2016 and is an old hand at the network.
Post the Disney-Fox merger Sanjay Gupta was made Country Manager of India and was also responsible for the Studio business of the merged entity. Now, after his exit K Madhavan will take on Gupta’s responsibilities. All functional heads will now report into K Madhavan who will directly report into Uday Shankar, Chairman, Star and Disney India and President The Walt Disney Company, APAC.
Medianews4u reached out to Star India to understand who will be leading their South Business in place of K Madhavan.
