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How advertisers are planning print campaigns without a common benchmark?blur=25

Guest Column: Ganapathy Viswanathan, Communication Consultant & Author, explores how the IRS was once the common language of print advertising in India, and how its absence has reshaped media planning

Ganapathy Viswanathan Jul 15, 2026 10:58 AM

Brands Embrace Unique Creators for Authentic Engagement?blur=25

Across categories, brands are shifting towards creators with distinctive content styles, whose audiences engage with them for a unique storytelling approach rather than follower count or mass appeal

Shalinee Mishra Jul 11, 2026 8:41 AM

Indian PR Market Set to Hit ₹4,500 Crore by 2030, Says PRCAI?blur=25

The survey is conducted by Ipsos and PRCAI in collaboration with Astrum Reputation Advisory, capturing insights from consultancies and corp comm teams, and mid to senior level industry professionals

e4m Staff Jul 3, 2026 4:43 PM

aha's Influencer Reality Show Attracts Major Brand Partnerships?blur=25

As India's First Influencer Reality Show, the property brings together some of the region's most popular digital creators, who collectively command millions of followers across platforms

e4m Staff Jul 3, 2026 4:00 PM

Metro-income professionals move to Tier II & III cities?blur=25

Rather than population growth alone, marketers are tracking affluent non-metro consumers with higher purchasing power and regional preferences, reshaping media, localisation and premium positioning

Sunidhi Vijay Jul 1, 2026 9:11 AM

Shresht Kapur Joins NDTV as Regional Head for Brand Studio North?blur=25

Shresht Kapur joins NDTV from TV9 Network, where he served as Territory Head – North, Content Revenue

e4m Staff Jun 30, 2026 10:32 AM

Data-Driven Strategies Transform Cultural Marketing in India?blur=25

Brands, particularly in the e-commerce and D2C ecosystem, are spending during the cultural windows but are measuring what comes back in terms from such intent-driven buying

Anuja Jain Jun 29, 2026 9:03 AM

Dr Sarvesh Tiwari?blur=25

Dr. Sarvesh Tiwari, Founder and Managing Director, PR Professionals, discusses how regional markets are shaping comms strategies and why strong local networks are becoming a competitive advantage

Dr. Sarvesh Tiwari Jun 19, 2026 3:16 PM

Frodoh's Russhabh Thakkar Highlights CTV Ad Spend Gap in India?blur=25

At e4m CTV Conference, Russhabh R. Thakkar, Founder and CEO of Frodoh, spoke on the growing disconnect between audience consumption patterns and advertising investments

e4m Staff Jun 18, 2026 7:04 PM

Dentsu and IWMBuzz Launch Stream Culture 2026 Report on Streaming Trends?blur=25

Launched at Season 8 of dentsu-IWMBuzz Digital Awards, the report explores changing audience behaviour, evolving business models, emerging technologies, and cultural trends

e4m Staff Jun 17, 2026 1:33 PM

Why Advertisers Overlook Language Newspapers in India?blur=25

Guest Column: L. Adimoolam, Publisher-Dinamalar, explores questions around the share of print advertising for English dailies

L. Adimoolam Jun 17, 2026 12:27 PM

Prateek Teotia Takes Charge as Interim Managing Director at foodpanda?blur=25

Prateek Teotia has been associated with foodpanda for over four years

e4m Staff Jun 15, 2026 9:47 AM

Food Influencer?blur=25

Creators are reshaping food marketing in India as brands shift from traditional ads to influencer-led content focused on trust, culture and consumer engagement

Shalinee Mishra Jun 15, 2026 8:56 AM

Pitch CMO Summit 2026?blur=25

At the Pitch CMO Summit 2026, brand leaders explored how India's cultural diversity is reshaping marketing strategy and why the old book of rules no longer holds

e4m Staff Jun 10, 2026 3:08 PM

Arshan Saha Takes Charge as Regional Managing Director at Aleph Holding?blur=25

Arshan Saha brings over 17 years of experience in the advertising industry

e4m Staff Jun 8, 2026 10:01 AM

Gaurav Mehrraa Joins NDTV as Revenue Head for Brand Studio?blur=25

He joins NDTV from TV9 Network, where he served as National Head, Vice President

e4m Staff Jun 5, 2026 4:19 PM

Aniko Andras Takes Charge as Global Marketing Director at Charles & Keith?blur=25

Aniko Andras previously worked at Meta as Regional Client Partner, Asia-Pacific, Global Luxury & Technology Advertisers

e4m Desk Jun 5, 2026 12:51 PM

Prasar Bharati Allocates 10 Channels in Latest DD Free Dish Auction?blur=25

Bharat Express, Republic TV, Vistaar News among successful bidders; slots valid till March 2027

e4m Staff Jun 3, 2026 9:55 AM

Cinema Hall?blur=25

Cinema’s Q1 2026 revival is reshaping brand strategies, with advertisers moving beyond commercials to experiential, in-theatre and culturally driven marketing formats

Shalinee Mishra Jun 1, 2026 9:01 AM

Brands x Creator Collaborations?blur=25

The objective is not merely to generate visibility, but to create campaigns that stand out, spark conversation and connect with entirely new consumer groups

Shalinee Mishra May 30, 2026 9:10 AM

Mars elevates Mahmoud Maghraby as Media Director - AMEA?blur=25

Prior to Mars, Mahmoud Maghraby was with EssenceMediacom as Client Managing Director & Head of Strategy for MENA

e4m Desk May 25, 2026 4:45 PM

Kiran Mani Leaves JioStar for OpenAI Asia-Pacific Role?blur=25

The CEO-Digital at JioStar will be joining OpenAI to spearhead its Asia-Pacific expansion

e4m Desk May 25, 2026 12:53 PM

Haleon elevates Anurita Chopra to Category Head, Oral Health, ME & Africa?blur=25

Chopra was earlier Haleon’s Chief Marketing Officer, India Sub-Continent

e4m Staff May 14, 2026 12:32 PM

cannes?blur=25

The broader delegation also includes Sufi Motiwala, Ishita Mangal, Nidhi Kumar Ishani Mitra, among others

Shalinee Mishra May 11, 2026 6:06 PM

Maneesheel Gautam joins Boopin as Regional Managing Director?blur=25

Gautam will be Regional Managing Director based in Jakarta

e4m Staff Apr 30, 2026 12:38 PM

Omnicom Advertising Asia announces new regional leadership team for growth and innovation?blur=25

The team brings together six senior leaders across creativity, innovation, strategy, intelligence, business development and marketing

e4m Staff Apr 20, 2026 12:02 PM

regional festivals?blur=25

Micro-festivals are no longer fringe cultural moments; they're fast becoming high-impact brand opportunities, especially on retail media platforms that sit closest to consumer intent

Anushka Roy Choudhary and Simran Sabherwal Apr 16, 2026 9:03 AM

Dinesh Kumar Srinivasan promoted to Spotify Head of Marketing?blur=25

Dinesh Kumar Srinivasan Srinivasan has previously held leadership roles at Britannia, GSK Consumer Healthcare, Microsoft among others

e4m Staff Apr 9, 2026 10:48 AM

Roshan Vasu Kotian ZEEL regional growth leadership announcement?blur=25

Kotian will oversee a diverse portfolio of key channels including Zee Marathi, &TV, Zee Punjabi, Zee Anmol, Big Magic and Zee Biskope

e4m Staff Mar 25, 2026 11:14 AM

Sanjoy Chatterjee ZEEL East market leadership announcement?blur=25

Sanjoy Chatterjee, National Cluster Head for Bangla and Odia Channels, also heads ZEEL’s East market

e4m Staff Mar 25, 2026 11:08 AM

Divjyot Dhanda ZEEL southern markets leadership announcement?blur=25

Divjyot Dhanda will take charge of the Hyderabad and Kochi markets, overseeing sales for flagship channels including Zee TV, Zee Keralam and the Telugu cluster

e4m Staff Mar 25, 2026 11:05 AM

South Cinema’s Endorsement Boom?blur=25

Today, the endorsement economy is no longer divided into ‘Bollywood for national’ and ‘South for regional’; it is being reshaped by cultural influence, fandom intensity, and cross-market appeal

Pooja Yadav Mar 23, 2026 9:28 AM

AI?blur=25

As regional content scales, new voice AI benchmarks expose accuracy gaps, pushing brands to rethink how they build for India’s linguistic complexity

Anuja Jain Mar 20, 2026 9:36 AM

Shamsher Singh appointed Managing Editor at Times TV Network?blur=25

Prior to this, Singh was associated with Network18 as Group Consulting Editor

Ruhail Amin Mar 10, 2026 9:08 PM

e4m Automotive Marketing Summit 2026?blur=25

Auto marketers debated whether CTV and digital OOH are truly driving growth in Bharat, at the e4m Automotive Marketing Summit

e4m Staff Mar 6, 2026 12:19 PM

Roshni Shewakramani appointed Director – Sales at Procter & Gamble?blur=25

Prior to her elevation, Roshni Shewakramani held the role of National Trade & Shopper Marketing - General Trade at the company

e4m Desk Mar 4, 2026 12:40 PM

swiggy holi?blur=25

Marketers are realising that a one-day celebration does not justify blanket national spends. Instead, smart money is moving towards regional creator-led storytelling

Shalinee Mishra Mar 4, 2026 9:07 AM

Madhurima Bhattacharya appointed Regional Sales Head at Napptix?blur=25

Previously, Madhurima Bhattacharya served as Associate Director at Lemma

e4m Staff Feb 18, 2026 2:38 PM

Gagan Sardana appointed Regional Head Sales West at GTC Network?blur=25

Prior to joining GTC Network, he spent more than 10 years with Zeel

e4m Staff Feb 9, 2026 5:31 PM

Rural India reshapes marketing strategies?blur=25

With vernacular content and local creators seeing strong traction in rural India, brands are blending traditional storytelling with voice search, short-form video and regional language content

Sunidhi Vijay Jan 27, 2026 9:11 AM

Namit D’Cruz promoted as Regional VP – Enterprise at Datadog?blur=25

Namit D’Cruz to lead regional enterprise strategy as observability, security and AI adoption accelerates across South Asia

e4m Staff Jan 20, 2026 1:40 PM

Priyanka Mehra elevated to Regional Director SEA & India at COMvergence?blur=25

She has now been appointed regional director for SEA & India, global marketing director

e4m Staff Jan 19, 2026 6:10 PM

SPNI appoints Ambesh Tiwari to lead Sony AATH?blur=25

Ambesh Tiwari took charge as Business Head of SPNI’s Kids and Animation portfolio in January last year

e4m Staff Jan 16, 2026 1:47 PM

Rajaraman Sundaram appointed to lead SPNI South India expansion?blur=25

Rajaraman Sundaram joined the network last year as Head of Content Strategy

e4m Staff Jan 16, 2026 1:15 PM

Pongal?blur=25

Pongal has evolved into a short, high-intent consumption window with brands moving away from momentary festive advertising towards experience-led, cultural storytelling, note industry observers

Pooja Yadav Jan 16, 2026 9:32 AM

Matty Lin appointed APAC regional sales leader at Nielsen?blur=25

Matty Lin joins the business from TikTok/Bytedance, where he most recently served as General Manager of Global Business Solutions for Southeast Asia and South Korea

e4m Staff Jan 14, 2026 12:49 PM