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Dailythanthi and Outbrain sign native ad partnership deal
MUMBAI: Outbrain, the world's leading discovery and native advertising platform on the open web, announced that it has signed a partnership agreement with Dailythanthi, the leading Tamil media portal with 9.47 Million Unique visitors a day and 42 million Page views a month.
The new partnership will allow DailyThanti to fully leverage Engage suite of tools offered by Outbrain, and enable them to marry editorial curation with personalization, drive audience growth and engagement, and increase revenue opportunities. The Outbrain Discovery Platform will power organic content, driving further recirculation of the publishers own content, but also the amplification of personalized sponsored recommendations.
“We are delighted to collaborate with DailyThanthi and help enhance their digital strategy. Regional publishers are an essential part of Outbrain’s strategy in India, and this new deal reinforces the quality of our network and opens up new audiences to our advertisers. We look to the future with confidence and, therefore, we are very proud to start this collaboration and work with one of the leading regional publishers,” said Outbrain India Head Sandeep Balani.
“Partnering with a smart and innovative company like DailyThanthi, who are open to new formats and technologies is a key to our strategy. This openness to innovation enables sustainable growth. We look forward to giving them the opportunity to rethink their audience experience, and to roll out many new formats over the coming months.” said Outbrain India Director of Business Development Anand Makhija.
Furthermore, this partnership with Dailythanthi increases Outbrain's reach, allowing it to tap into a key regional audience as reaches over a 9.47 million users every month.
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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.
