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New Broadcasting Bill raises concerns over freedom, impact on news genre

EBITDA stood at ₹44.3 crores boasting a 33 percent margin and demonstrating a substantial 36.4 percent YoY improvement, primarily driven by robust top-line growth. (Representative Image: Paul Einerhand via Unsplash)

Section 20 of the draft recommendations stands out as a grey area for stakeholders in the news business, especially independent creators.

Elon Musk now gives Paris Hilton an earful as her company pulls ads from X

The memo signed by Elon Musk reads, "There is nothing I hate more, but it must be done. This will enable us to be lean, innovative and hungry for the next growth phase cycle."

Elon Musk has found himself embroiled in another public dispute — this time with socialite and businesswoman Paris Hilton. This comes in the wake of Musk’s very assertive ‘Go f*** yourself’ tirade against advertisers. All details here.

TV ad volumes in news genre shows growth, Reckitt Benckiser dominates July-Sep quarter

The report also said that there was a 2 percent drop in advertising FCT (free commercial time)in 2023 over 2022. A drop was witnessed for 9 out of 12 months with only a marginal increase of 2percent in April to June quarter. (Representational image by Nabil Saleh via Unsplash)

According to TAM, the services sector emerged as the leader, capturing 15 percent share of news genre ad volumes.

Explained: No end in sight for Byju’s woes; what went wrong?

The payment due is regarding a contract between the two parties for sponsorships on the jerseys of the Indian Cricket Team. (Image source: Moneycontrol)

The year 2023 has been a year of challenges for Byju’s. Storyboard18 gives a peek into all the issues that have plagued the financially beleaguered edtech company.

What streaming services can learn from direct to consumer companies

Regional OTT content volumes exceeded Hindi language content in 2023 for the first time. (Representative Image: Bastian Riccardi via Unsplash)

A neutral interoperable technology stack for the streaming industry has huge benefits for the industry. Companies can focus more on their own sales and operations. More importantly, they need not worry about investing in a direction less technology stack, instead they can focus on building a universally accepted unit economics.

VC funding in Indian startups sinks to a 6-year low in November

A47’s current product portfolio includes t-shirts, hoodies, sweatshirts, posters, mugs, diecast scale models, caps & badges among others. (Representative Image: Markus Winkler via Unsplash)

Startups in India recorded about $7.05 billion in funding till November, down 71 percent from $24.36 billion in 2022.

Does a better title make a better executive? The how’s and why’s of job title generosity

"It’s true that career tracks today are unlike what they were 20 years ago or even 8-10 years ago. Today, young folks in the workforce are impatient to climb the older, more conventional career tracks and neither are they willing to commit to a career timeframe. In fact, one sees total career switches being made, with growth coming from doing different things rather than from doing the same things (and growing while doing them)," writes Ashok Lalla. (Representative Image: Jon Tyson via Unsplash)

There seems to be a trend in recent years of liberally handing out impressive job titles in the advertising world and elsewhere too.

With SFA Championships on JioCinema, school sporting competitions will make way to digital and television

In a final notice, issued to MSOs on January 1, 2024 are urged to furnish necessary details and change their status by January 31, 2024.

With the broadcast of SFA Championships, schools across the country will be able to recognize the sporting potential that their athletes can further harness

Central Consumer Protection Authority issues guidelines to provide for the prevention and regulation of dark patterns

As per the guidelines, in case of ambiguity or disputes, the Central Consumer Protection Authority will have the final authority. (Representative Image: Eilis Garvey via Unsplash)

The guidelines are applicable to all platforms offering goods or services in India, including advertisers and sellers.

X CEO Linda Yaccarino addresses explicit comments Elon Musk hurled at advertisers

Starlink applied for a global mobile personal communication by satellite services (GMPCS) licence in 2022. With this, it will become the third company – after Jio Satellite Communications and OneWeb – to get this licence. (Image source: Moneycontrol)

Disney, Apple, IBM, Comcast, Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount Global and Lions Gate Entertainment pulled ads from X earlier in November after Musk said he agreed with a social media post accusing “Jewish communities” of pushing “hatred against whites.