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Disney’s streak of box office failures continues; what is the path to recovery?

Disney’s only real success this year has been Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, which had a  relatively strong run, generating $845 million globally. However, analysts did expect the film, being the last of the trilogy to reach closer to the billion-dollar threshold. (Image sourced via CNBC)

‘Wish’, a musical about the wishing star that so many Disney characters have wished upon in the studio’s century-long journey failed to attract families during its release on Thanksgiving. The movie collected a poor $31.7 million over the five-day long holiday. 

Deepfakes pose a big threat to democracy and social institutions: Ashwini Vaishnaw, IT Minister

On March 1, Google announced it would remove apps from 10 Indian developers, including Shaadi.com, Naukri.com, jeevansathi.com, and Bharat Matrimony, from its Play Store in India for non-compliance with its billing policies.

In an interview with Ashwini Vaishnaw, the Union Minister for Railways, Communications, Electronics & Information Technology conveyed his concerns about the potential risks that artificial intelligence, particularly deepfakes present to India’s democracy and society.

Meta’s paid ad-free subscription service comes under legal scrutiny

Over the last eight years, Meta says it has rolled out industry-leading transparency tools for ads about elections or politics, developed comprehensive policies to prevent election interference and voter fraud, and built the largest third party fact-checking programme of any social media platform to help combat the spread of misinformation. (Representative Image: Dima Solomin via Unsplash)

Advocacy group NOYB (None Of Your Business) filed a complaint with Austrian regulator on Tuesday claiming that the service amounts to paying a fee to ensure privacy.

Sudhir Sitapati and Vinay Sitapati shed light on how politics influences consumer behaviour

India is gearing up for multiple state elections and the approaching central election. Thus, it becomes crucial to understand the correlation between political regimes, policies, elections and consumer purchase patterns. (Images sourced from Forbes India and Ashoka University website)

Sudhir Sitapati, MD and CEO of Godrej Consumer Products and Vinay Sitapati, a professor of political science and legal studies at Ashoka University, talk about the relationship between political landscapes and consumer behaviour.

Why does Tanmay Bhat think CMOs don’t know where to spend money?

Nikhil Kamath, co-founder of Zerodha recently hosted a group of successful content creators on his podcast - WTF. The panel included Tanmay Bhat, Nuseir Yassin, Ranveer Allahbadia and Prajakta Koli. (Images sourced via YouTube and Instagram)

Tanmay Bhat, renowned comic and ad maker said a rather interesting thing on Nikhil Kamath’s podcast. “If I was hiring for marketing and there’s a kid who has grown an Instagram page from 0 to 10k followers, that kid is a killer. Most CMO’s would not know where to spend money to make this happen.” 

MeitY gives 7 day deadline to social media platforms to align themselves with Indian laws and regulations: Rajeev Chandrasekhar

This was followed by similar questions on former American president Donald Trump and President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Chandrasekhar mentioned that deepfakes could be subject to action under Rule 3(1)(b) of the current IT Rules, which mandates the removal of 12 types of content within 36 hours of user complaints being filed.

MIB proposes pivotal ‘Broadcasting Services (Regulation) Bill 2023’

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)

The draft Bill provides for a consolidated framework to regulate the broadcasting services in the country and seeks to replace the existing Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995 and other Policy Guidelines currently governing the broadcasting sector in the country.

Union Minister Anurag Thakur announced pivotal legislation to modernize broadcasting sector’s regulatory framework

Thakur said, “4 lakh crore sale happened of local items. This happened after PM appealed for ‘Vocal for Local’ and he asked people to buy local products. This shows how much people consider PM.” (Image source: official website - anuragthakur.in)

A National Broadcasting Policy, outlining the vision, mission, strategies, and action points, is seen as a critical step to guide the development and growth of the broadcasting sector, especially in the context of new and emerging technologies.

Zee-Sony merger: Sony recommends own executive as CEO instead of Zee’s Punit Goenka

The Board of the Company, chaired by Mr. R. Gopalan, has instituted the required measures, to guide and mentor the management on a regular basis, in order to enable the team to achieve the set goals for the Company

Sony Group Corp has been pushing for its own India executive NP Singh to become the CEO of the newly forming Zee-Sony entity due to the stringent corporate governance norms in Japan and the US.

Zerodha’s Nithin Kamath expresses concerns over use of dark patterns

Kamath has several times spread awareness on deepfakes and how they can be misused and the consequences can be grave. (Twitter via @CNNnews18) (Image source - Twitter via @CNNnews18)

Nikhil Kamath, co-founder and CEO of Zerodha, took to X to share that he too believes that the guidelines will help consumers have a better and more unfiltered shopping experience.