Pradeep Singh has returned to Zee News Online as business head after a short.Earlier Singh had worked with Zee News Online as a senior manager for two years; he was responsible for national ad sales for Zeenews.com and Zeecric.com, the cricket portal.
After he quit Zee News Online he worked as group head, North and East, ad sales, Zapak.com.Singh has more than 10 years of experience in ad sales across print and Internet properties. He started his career in 1997 with The Pioneer as senior executive, ad sales. He moved to Business India in 2000 and looked after the ad sales for Auto India, Business India and Inside Outside, all magazines.
Singh will report to Barun Das, chief executive officer, Zee News. Speaking to afaqs!, Singh says, “I will take care of the entire online business of Zee News. I will be responsible for the revenue generation and marketing initiatives, in terms of branding and promotion, of Zeenews.com, Zeecric.com and SpiceZee.com (the fashion and lifestyle portal).”
In 2002, he joined Business Standard and looked after ad sales for the newspaper’s special features. Singh switched from the print media industry to digital media in 2004, when he joined HindustanTimes.com and handled ad sales for the portal in the Delhi region. In 2005, Singh joined Zeenews.com as manager, ad sales. After staying there for two years, he moved to Zapak.com.