Global entertainment major Warner Bros which has plans to launch an Indian edition of Fortune, world’s leading business magazine, may set up a hi-tech animation studio in this eastern metropolis. A team of senior executives from the Time Warner group, led by its CEO Richard Parsons, met West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacherjee and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee here recently, indicated that Warner Bros has been looking into the proposal of the Chief Minister in this regard. “ We will discuss the proposal and send a team shortly to explore on how we can implement the proposal,” Mr Parsons told mediapersons here.
“The Chief Minister is keen to use our expertise in setting up animation academies around and also state-of-the-art studios and laboratories,” said Mr Parsons
Time Warner and ABP Pvt. Ltd have tied up to launch the Indian edition of Fortune, the world’s leading business magazine, and the visit of the team to India was aimed at cementing the tie-up.