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Why India's music labels are moving beyond songs to manage artists, fandoms and revenue streams

New Delhi, Dec. 24 -- Music labels such as Saregama and Universal Music Group are rapidly expanding beyond traditional rights ownership to manage and represent musicians-especially artists from India'... Read More


India's podcasting paradox: rapid listener growth fails to yield ad bounty as YouTube takes over

New Delhi, Dec. 23 -- Podcasts are increasingly popular in India, but their advertising revenue remains modest. The number of monthly podcast listeners rose to 177 million in 2024, according to a rep... Read More


Podcast listeners surge in India, but ad revenue lags behind

New Delhi, Dec. 23 -- Podcasts are increasingly popular in India, but their advertising revenue remains modest. The number of monthly podcast listeners rose to 177 million in 2024, according to a rep... Read More


The case of Akhanda 2: How film releases can be hostage to legal tangles

New Delhi, Dec. 22 -- In India's film industry, where timing drives both buzz and box-office, a single last-minute court order can upend an entire release cycle-an industry-wide risk underscored by th... Read More


Killing two birds with one big stone - can Bollywood sequels crack it?

New Delhi, Dec. 21 -- For big-budget Hindi films, the real payoff increasingly hinges on whether a first hit can sustain a second. Ranveer Singh's action film Dhurandhar has cracked box office gold i... Read More


JioStar CEO Kiran Mani on why 'being boring' is good for his job

New Delhi, Dec. 20 -- The running joke in Kiran Mani's family is that pitching business ideas is simply his way of getting new jobs. The chief executive officer at JioStar, heading oversight of digita... Read More