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Search ad revenue in India to hit Rs 20,538 crore in 2025, holding 15% share of total adex: MAGNA

Although the growth rate has marginally slowed from 10.3% in 2024, search continues to be a foundational format alongside social and short-form video, driving the shift away from traditional media.

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Big Tech Layoffs: Microsoft to lay off 9,000 people in bid to rein in costs amid AI push

The latest layoffs would target sales teams and divisions including Xbox. Microsoft had 228,000 employees at the end of June 2024, including 45,000 in sales and marketing roles.

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Zomato's Deepinder Goyal forays into aerospace biz to improve regional air travel

Zomato founder Deepinder Goyal's new venture to connect Tier 2 and 3 cities, collaborates with LAT Aerospace

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IT hiring soars by 53% in Tier-2 cities in June 2025; Demand surges for AI-ML specialists

Hiring for marketing & communications job roles stood at 24%, sales and business development at 28%, and HR and admin roles at 31% in smaller cities, revealed foundit data

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YouTube rolls out shopping stickers for Shorts

During testing last month, YouTube found Shorts with these stickers saw over 40% more clicks on products than those with the old Shopping button. Previously, tagged products appeared in a banner with a Shopping button. Tapping the banner opened a product list.

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California jury slams Google with $314 mn data misuse fine

Plaintiffs in the 2019 lawsuit, representing an estimated 14 million Californians, argued that Google's collection of data from idle Android phones, used for purposes like targeted advertising, consumed users' cellular data at their expense.

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RIL's CMD Mukesh Ambani: We have no hesitation in believing we can build businesses of the future

The highlights of news from across Reliance in June 2025

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Digital adex to grow to 47% of total ad spend in 2025: Prashant Puri of AdLift

Prashant Puri, co-founder of AdLift, talks about privacy-first marketing, and how digital ad spends have grown 8–20% year on year for its clientele. The adtech agency plans to cross 140 clients, and double its revenues in FY26 with global expansion push and AI-led martech stack.

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Google pushes back on EU's DMA, citing innovation concerns

Google is under pressure to address charges under the EU's Digital Markets Act that it favours its own services such as Google Shopping, Google Hotels and Google Flights over rivals. The charges may result in fines of as much as 10% of its global annual revenue.

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