Top Advertising, Marketing and Media news headlines of today - Oct 8, 2025

Before this, she was the Senior Director, Digital Trading, at WPP Media. Read more...

Tariff down to 5% but old high-MRP stock must clear first; September may be choppy, momentum seen from Q3. Read more...

Created by VML, the campaign’s fast-paced, high-energy track takes the audience on a nonstop gourmet trail that leaves them breathless in a guilt-free and healthy way. Read more...

As part of the mandate, LS Digital will deliver solutions across media, SEO, creative, social media, marketing automation and Google Analytics verticals. Read more...

The suit targets the Netflix series "Ba***ds of Bollywood," directed by Aryan Khan, son of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, alleging it falsely maligns Wankhede and undermines anti-drug enforcement agencies. Read more...

The mandate includes overseeing the brand’s overall creative strategy, digital communication, and social listening. Read more...

WPP Media will work closely with Bayer to strengthen consumer engagement, optimise media efficiency, and integrate digital and e-commerce initiatives for greater business impact. Read more...

At 82.5 Communications, she built the agency’s North operations. Before taking charge at 82.5 Communications, Agarwal was Managing Partner and GBM Head at Ogilvy. Read more...

This new unified policy aims to consolidate government advertisement practices, ensuring transparency, efficiency, and support for local media outlets in both print and digital formats. Read more...

As Gen Z scrolls faster than ever, Meta India’s Arun Srinivas says it’s not the first ad that counts but the fourth, urging marketers to rethink ad frequency in the short-form era. Read more...

As India’s entertainment landscape shifts across cinema, OTT, and connected TV, industry leaders decode how technology, audience behaviour, and new monetisation models are shaping the next phase of growth and loyalty at FICCI Frames 2025. Read more...

The company pitched the tool as a way for “tens of millions” of SMBs to tap high-margin retail-media revenues that were previously the preserve of large retailers. Read more...

Prasar Bharati CEO Gaurav Dwivedi defends the non-addressable nature of DD Free Dish as a policy choice, not a technical limitation. Read more...

The broadcasters' body seeks policy stability amid NTO changes, cross-screen shift; warns a sudden overhaul could fragment advertising’s ‘common currency’. Read more...

Speaking exclusively to BestMediaInfo.com, Jaju acknowledged that the government is examining the matter, and the framework will be released soon. Read more...

Exchange data at 5:03 pm on October 7 shows cumulative bids of 4,97,52,468 shares against the issue size of 4,83,53,450 shares, an oversubscription of roughly 103%. Read more...

Before this, Khar has held leadership positions at Mahindra First Choice Wheels, Volkswagen Group Sales, Castrol India and Honda Cars, and also founded Mad About Wheels. Read more...

Muddle joins Ogilvy from Dentsu, where she currently holds the role of CEO of Practices & Products for Australia and New Zealand. Read more...

This will be Anthropic’s second office in the Indo-Pacific region after Tokyo, with additional regional announcements planned later this year. Read more...

Prasar Bharati invited bids to onboard a Project Management Unit (PMU) for WAVES, its OTT platform, to accelerate growth across content, distribution, marketing and monetisation. Read more...

The draft was issued on September 22, 2025 with an original deadline of October 6, 2025. Read more...

Sumit Kumar won the Mumbai in-person competition and Kareena Batija topped the virtual pan-India edition. Read more...

The acquisition will make TIL, which owns brands such as Mansion House Brandy, Courrier Napoleon Brandy, Mansion House Gold Whisky and Blue Lagoon Gin, a leading player in the fast-growing whisky market. Read more...

The rebranding follows the execution of the Share Purchase Agreement (SPA) signed by the Bajaj Group early this year to acquire Allianz SE’s 26% interest in its general and life insurance joint ventures. Read more...

Creativity must move to the centre of policy, with bold reforms, open-minded regulation and investment matching the ambition India shows in new technologies. Read more...