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Facebook to set up official external advertising network
MUMBAI: Social networking website Facebook is planning to start an external advertising agency that will be able to capitalise on the data collected by it over the years about people‘s preferences and habits on the web. This also means that advertisers will now be able to use information about users in order to target ads at specific groups while they surf the net.
The data that Facebook has about users includes things like their likes, posts made on the site and the friends one makes on the social networking site.
The initiative will open a new source of revenue for Facebook. Increasing revenue is an important thing for the publicly traded company since it has not been able to do any wonders since it launched its IPO.
The model would be similar to Google‘s AdSense, something that has proven popular and effective and could give the social media website a chance to compete with Google‘s advertising.
Earlier an executive from Facebook‘s counsel office was quoted in Forbes as having said that “everything you do and say on Facebook can be used to serve you ads. Our policy says that we can advertise services to you off of Facebook based on data we have on Facebook.”
Recently, WPP CEO said in an interview with LiveMint, “Facebook is a social medium and a branding medium rather than an advertising medium. It is dangerous to invade people‘s social space. A conversation on Facebook is inherently a social conversation and not a commercial conversation. So the means of engagement are far more subtle. If I engage you to write something nice about me or WPP on your Facebook page, that would be better than taking a display ad on Facebook. I have said this historically-that Facebook is a powerful branding medium.”
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Happy Pawdcast launches merchandise with The Souled Store
Season 2 success leads to co-branded line celebrating pet-parent bond.
MUMBAI: The Happy Pawdcast just gave fans something to wag their tails about because when your favourite pet show gets merch, even the couch starts feeling like a runway. Building on the momentum of Season 2 which reached over 14 million pet lovers, clocked more than 20,000 hours of content consumption and engaged over 23,000 users, The Happy Pawdcast has teamed up with The Souled Store for an exclusive co-branded merchandise collection. The line translates the podcast’s emotional core into wearable designs that celebrate the everyday bond between pets and their parents.
Hosted by Sonali Bendre and Icy Behl, Season 2 featured candid conversations with celebrity pet parents including Remo D’Souza, Diana Penty, Kubbra Sait, Rohan Joshi, Karan Wahi, Tusshar Kapoor and Amala Akkineni. The episodes tackled responsible adoption, stray welfare, pet emotional well-being and debunked common care myths, earning strong resonance across digital platforms.
Sonali Bendre said, “Season 2 reaffirmed how deeply people connect with stories around pets, responsibility, and companionship. This collaboration with The Souled Store is a natural extension of that bond, taking the conversations beyond the screen and turning shared emotions into something tangible for pet parents.”
Rose Audio Visuals head of marketing & branded content Megha H Desai added, “With Season 2, The Happy Pawdcast evolved from a content property into a strong, community-led IP. The collaboration with The Souled Store reflects our approach to building meaningful extensions around our shows where audience insight, brand alignment, and scale come together.”
The Souled Store co-founder Vedang Patel noted, “Pet parenting today is as much about identity and expression as it is about care and responsibility. This collaboration allowed us to tap into a deeply engaged, emotionally invested community and co-create designs that feel authentic and accessible.”
Produced by Rosepod (the podcasting division of Rose Audio Visuals), the merchandise marks the podcast’s shift from audio-video content into a broader lifestyle IP, while aligning with The Souled Store’s focus on pop-culture-led, community-first products and its animal welfare initiatives through World For All.
In a pet-parent world where love often comes with a leash and a hoodie, The Happy Pawdcast isn’t just telling stories anymore, it’s letting fans wear them, proving the bond between humans and their fur-babies deserves more than likes, it deserves to be flaunted.
