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The head honchos of Zee Entertainment Enterprises and Culver Max Entertainment have reached out to their employees to address their concerns following the collapse of the much-anticipated merger agreement between the two companies...
A day after Culver Max Entertainment CEO NP Singh addressed Sony employees through an internal email, Zee Entertainment managing director Punit Goenka also held a town hall meeting with the staff on Thursday...
In his address to the company's 3,000 employees, Goenka said there will be no job losses amid concerns that the company might initiate cost-cutting measures across TV and digital businesses to improve profitability...
Goenka also gave a clarion call to the employees to make Zee the top media company in India by nurturing entrepreneurial spirit and moulding themselves to the changing media landscape...
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