In no particular order, here are MediaNama’s top 10 stories of the week ended 27th November 2016 MediaNama would like to thank its sponsors: Akamai, Fortumo, Info Edge, MapmyIndia, Microsoft, Times Internet, PhonePe, Indian Express and E2E for their support. AskMen and IGN switch from Times Internet to Fork Media Ant Farm’s media and advertising business Fork Media has announced a five year partnership with publisher Ziff Davis, wherein Fork will run publications AskMen (mens lifestyle site) and IGN (games, movies and entertainment site) in India. These publications were previously being run by Times Internet’s Times Global, and as per a deal which was inked three years ago. Samar Verma, CEO of Fork Media, told MediaNama that the brand names (and domain names for AskMen India and IGN India have always been owned by Ziff Davis. The model is similar to the deal that they had with Times Internet: Fork will continue to run the two domain names in India. Read it here MasterCard jumps on the QR code payments bandwagon Following demonetization, MasterCard is offering QR code-based payments for merchants through a solution called Masterpass, which it is rolling out with RBL Bank; mobile wallet OnGo, which is trying to bring digital payments to auto-rickshaws in Mumbai, will be the first application allowing customers to send money through QR codes. Read it here Quikr acquires Grabhouse to offer managed house rentals Quikr has acquired house rental and PG sharing platform Grabhouse for an undisclosed amount in an all stock…
