China lockdowns, wage inflation tempers WPP profit growth

Ad group WPP raises outlook on booming digital demand

The world's largest advertising group WPP raised its full-year sales outlook on Wednesday, saying strong client demand had helped it to buck the gloomy mood gripping the global economy.

Britain's WPP, owner of the Ogilvy, Grey and GroupM agencies, said that while customers were cauti...


Bodhi Tree to invest $1.78 bn in Viacom18; Reliance to pump in $216 mn

Bodhi Tree to invest $1.78 bn in Viacom18; Reliance to pump in $216 mn

Reliance and Viacom18 on Wednesday announced a mouthwatering and potentially disrupting strategic partnership with Bodhi Tree Systems, which is a platform of James Murdoch’s Lupa Systems and Uday Shankar, to form one of the largest TV and digital streaming companies in India.


FM highlights India’s steps towards digitization

FM highlights India’s steps towards digitization

Highlighting several digitization-related progressive steps in the Budget this year, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that there is a continuous digital nudge by the government across different sectors. Sitharman’s remarks came during the ‘Business Roundtable: Investing in India’s Digital Revolution’ organized by the Federa...


Anurag Thakur exhorts Netflix to help make India content production hub

Anurag Thakur exhorts Netflix to help make India content production hub

Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Tuesday, while lauding the streaming platforms’ contribution in bringing stories from India to the world, urged Netflix to increase local productions that will help India become a major content and post-production hub. Speaking on Indian stories that inspire humanity and a long-term coll...


Kangana, comedian Munawar Faruqui speak on child abuse in ‘Lock Upp’

Kangana, comedian Munawar Faruqui speak on child abuse in ‘Lock Upp’

Shining a spotlight on child abuse and sexual assault, actor Kangana Ranaut recounted her experience when she was "inappropriately touched" in her childhood years by a youth in her hometown in Himachal Pradesh. The actor talked about the incident on the reality show ‘Lock Upp’, on which she serves as a host, after contestant and comic Munawar...