Agencies Go All In on Festive 2025 Planning & Innovation; Consortium Gifts' Anubhav Pandey on YouTube's Big Creator Push; Vodafone Idea Appoints Abhijit Kishore CEO

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No need to scroll endlessly - we’ve done the legwork to bring you the juiciest brand moves and marketing mind-benders, all wrapped up in this edition of Scoop.

From festive ad wars to YouTube’s new creator rules and a major telecom shake-up, today’s edition packs insights and updates you can’t miss. Agencies are betting big on early planning, cultural storytelling, and tech-led innovation to win India’s festive quarter. YouTube, meanwhile, is rewriting the playbook with rewards for originality and authenticity. And in a significant leadership shift, Vodafone Idea has named Abhijit Kishore as its new CEO. All this and much more in today’s Scoop.

Here’s your ‘Scoop’- fresh, flavourful, and brimming with plenty more to discover!

• AAAI Elects Srinivasan K Swamy As President & Jaideep Gandhi As VP

• Tonic Worldwide Wins Digital Mandate For PCPL

• IAMAI Backs MIB’s Move To Set Up Task Force Against Digital Piracy

• Art-E Mediatech Wins Full Creative Mandate For Dylect

• OTTplay Partners With Amazon Prime To Offer Prime Lite Benefits

• ChatGPT Go Subscription Launches In India At Rs 399 With Higher Usage Limits

• ShareChat Appoints Neha Markanda As Chief Business Officer

• Hansgrohe Group Appoints Abdulkader Bengali As MD For India Operations

• LS Digital Names Dipali Mahesh As Managing Director- UI/UX At f1studioz

• Astrotalk Appoints Deepak Khetan As Its First Chief Financial Officer 

• FCB NEO Appoints Binay Mehra As Senior Vice President

• Nothing Appoints Hemant Kundavaram As Chief Financial Officer For India

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