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WittyFeed brings Httpool on board as sales partner
MUMBAI: Httpool has appointed WittyFeed as its partner to monetise the website’s display ad inventories and be its exclusive representative for India.
This partnership is in line with both Httpool and WittyFeed’s vision of providing clutter-breaking experience for users and offering innovative ad formats for digital marketing campaigns. Httpool will not only help WittyFeed monetise the existing website traffic, but also bring on board creative-rich media formats which will drive more engagements from users.
Httpool, an international media-tech company, employs the most advanced proprietary and licensed technologies to offer the broadest range of ad network products and ad tech solutions across display, video, engagement, social and performance channels, on all devices.
Httpool exclusively represents Twitter in India and 22 markets across Europe and Asia. It represents LinkedIn, BBC, AOL, Spotify and other select global and local publishers across 30+ central and eastern European and Asian markets. Httpool was recently acquired by Sony via IMS – Latin America, giving it market reach and access to 50+ markets.
Founded in 2014, WittyFeed started its journey with a hundred thousand users and now has a strong user base of a billion and garners close to 100+ million unique users every month. With over 50+ million site visits month on month, WittyFeed has set a new benchmark in March 2017 with 420+ million page views and 2.5 billion ad impressions.
WIttyFeed co-founder and CEO Vinay Singhal said, “We are glad that Httpool’s acumen in the Indian digital industry and the network would help us get better advertisement formats and fill-rate. We are quite excited with this association and look forward to it.”
Httpool India managing partner Amit Gupta added, “WittyFeed, being one of the largest content marketing platforms, experiences a lot of traction from varied target groups belonging to diverse fields, making it an ultimate destination for advertisers. We are delighted to partner with WittyFeed and look forward to taking this association to newer horizons.”
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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.
