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Google shops for classified ad providers
MUMBAI: The world’s most valuable media company Google is aggressively moving to include classifieds listings in its organic search results.
It is making the rounds of classified advertising Web sites, requesting a direct feed of listings.
In an alert sent to clients research firm Classified Intelligence has put substance to the rumour that’s been circulating for some time and discloses ongoing discussions with possible partners.
Classified Intelligence founding principal and executive editor Peter M. Zollman says, “Anytime an online giant like Google does something of this magnitude, it’s going to change the classified landscape and up the ante for everyone else in the field. It is not about threat or blessing. It’s about changing online choices, about new options for consumers, and about companies competing to provide better services to buyers and sellers. That’s got to be good for everyone.
“But Google will not find that the existing competitors – newspapers, Craigslist, and AOL just to name a few – are easily dissuaded from their hard-won audiences.”
Making classified ads available through an organic Google search will definitely change the game, but exactly how remains to be determined. There are two schools of thought. On the one hand, search provided additional distribution of the ad. On other side of that coin ads that are freely available through search could destroy the pricing model used by print and online classifieds publishers.
Classified Intelligence works with media companies, dot-coms and service providers to develop successful interactive classified advertising services. Its Classified Intelligence Report is an intelligence tool in the industry and the Classified Intelligence workshops, consultations and research projects are conducted worldwide. Clients include The New York Times, Tribune, CareerBuilder.com, AutoTrader.com, The Washington Post, and Daily Mail group of London.
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Time brings TIME100 Next franchise to India with Reliance
List to spotlight 100 emerging leaders, gala set for December 2026 in Mumbai.
MUMBAI: It’s about time India’s next wave got a global spotlight and now, it’s on the list. New York-headquartered Time is expanding its TIME100 Next franchise to India, partnering with Reliance Industries Limited to launch TIME100 Next India, its first international extension of the rising leaders platform. The announcement was made at the Time100 Gala in New York by Jessica Sibley and Nita Mukesh Ambani, signalling a strategic push to tap into India’s growing influence across sectors.
The India edition will recognise 100 emerging leaders from the country and the global Indian diaspora, spanning business, science, sports, arts and social impact. The list will be curated by Time’s editorial team and published online, continuing the franchise’s focus on identifying individuals shaping the future.
The initiative will culminate in a gala event scheduled for December 2026 at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre, anchoring the platform within India’s cultural and business ecosystem.
TIME’s broader Time100 franchise has steadily expanded its global footprint since 2021 through events and impact-led initiatives. Executives noted that India’s growing pool of influential voices and innovators made it a natural next step for the platform’s international ambitions.
For Reliance, the partnership aligns with its broader push to support emerging talent and ideas on a global stage. For Time, it marks a timely bet on India not just as a market, but as a talent engine shaping the next chapter of global leadership.
