Lower Parel, Mumbai

Bennett, Coleman & Co., the Times Group, publishes The Times of India — the largest-selling English newspaper in the world — The Economic Times, Maharashtra Times, Navbharat Times and Mumbai Mirror, from The Times of Ind

HT Media, the Delhi company of the Birla family that publishes Hindustan Times, Hindustan and Mint, is listed on the exchanges and prints its Mumbai editions from its Mahim and Lower Parel offices; Mint, its business pap

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Star India, Rupert Murdoch’s Indian broadcaster from 1992 and Disney’s from 2019, became part of JioStar in the 2024 merger with Viacom18; its headquarters was Star House at Urmi Estate, Lower Parel, with the studios at

Viacom18, the joint venture of the Reliance group and Paramount from 2007, ran Colors, MTV India, Nickelodeon and JioCinema from Zion Bizworld at Andheri East and merged with Star India into JioStar in 2024.

Zee Entertainment, the first private Hindi satellite channel in 1992, founded by Subhash Chandra, is a listed broadcaster headquartered at Marathon Futurex in Lower Parel, running Zee TV, Zee Marathi, Zee Cinema, &TV and

Sony Pictures Networks India, now Culver Max Entertainment, runs Sony Entertainment Television, SAB, Sony Sports and the SonyLIV streaming service from Interface Building at Malad West, with earlier offices at Lower Pare

Network18, controlled by Reliance Industries since 2014, is listed on the exchanges and runs CNBC-TV18, CNN-News18, News18 in a dozen languages, Moneycontrol and Firstpost from Empire Complex at Lower Parel; it held Viac

Times Network, the broadcasting arm of the Times Group, runs Times Now, ET Now, Mirror Now and Zoom from Trade House, Kamala Mills, Lower Parel.

Republic Media Network, founded in 2017 by Arnab Goswami, runs Republic TV, Republic Bharat and regional channels from its Worli studios, and became the most watched English news channel within a year of launch.

ABP Network, the Kolkata group that publishes Anandabazar Patrika and The Telegraph, runs ABP News, ABP Majha (Marathi) and other channels, with ABP Majha produced from Mumbai.

TV9, the Hyderabad network, runs TV9 Marathi and TV9 Bharatvarsh with its Marathi channel produced from Mumbai; it is among the largest regional news networks.

Radio City 91.1, the first private FM station in India in 2001 at Bengaluru, is run by Music Broadcast Limited, a listed company of the Jagran group, with its Mumbai station and head office at Lower Parel.

Fever 104 FM, the radio network of HT Media, runs its Mumbai station from the group’s Lower Parel and Mahim offices; Radio Nasha is its retro sister station.

Ogilvy India, the WPP agency that was Ogilvy & Mather, is the largest and most awarded advertising agency in the country, run from Commerz at Goregaon with its historic home in the old Mumbai Fort offices; Piyush Pandey’

Lintas, Lever International Advertising Services, began in 1939 as the house agency of Hindustan Lever and is now MullenLowe Lintas, part of IPG, run from Express Towers at Nariman Point; Surf’s Lalitaji, Liril, Idea’s S

FCB Ulka, founded as Ulka Advertising in 1961 by Bal Mundkur and part of the FCB network since 1997, is run from Nirmal, Nariman Point, and is known for Amul, Tata, Santoor and Zee campaigns.

DDB Mudra, founded in 1980 by A.

Leo Burnett India, the Publicis agency, is run from Peninsula Corporate Park, Lower Parel, and is among the most awarded agencies at Cannes for its work on Whisper, Tide and Bajaj.

McCann India, the IPG agency run by Prasoon Joshi, is headquartered in Delhi with its large Mumbai office at Prabhadevi; Coca-Cola, Nescafé and MasterCard are its accounts.

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Madison World, founded in 1988 by Sam Balsara, is the largest independent Indian media-buying and communications group, run from Madison House, Prabhadevi, with media, PR, outdoor and rural units; Godrej, Asian Paints an

GroupM, WPP’s media investment company with Mindshare, Wavemaker and EssenceMediacom, is the largest media buyer in India, run from Commerz at Goregaon and Bandra Kurla Complex.

Dentsu India, the Japanese group’s Indian network with Carat, iProspect and Dentsu Creative, runs from Lower Parel and Bandra Kurla Complex and is among the four largest media and advertising groups in the country.

Adfactors PR, founded in 1997 by Madan Bahal and Rajesh Chaturvedi, is the largest public relations firm in India, headquartered at Lower Parel and known for financial and corporate communications for listed companies an

Concept PR, founded in 1988 and run from Queen’s Mansion at Fort, is one of the oldest independent public relations firms in India, part of the Concept group with advertising and digital arms.

Lodestar UM, the IPG Mediabrands agency, is among the five largest media buyers in India, run from Mumbai with Hindustan Unilever historically among its accounts.

Famous Studios at Mahalaxmi, with offices at Santacruz West, provides shooting floors, production and post-production to the advertising industry alongside films.

Encompass, part of the WPP group at Lower Parel, runs experiential marketing and brand activation campaigns.

Showtime Events at Kohinoor Estate, Lower Parel, produces large events and exhibitions.

Genesis BCW, now part of Burson, at Lower Parel is one of the largest public relations firms in India, founded as Genesis PR by Prema Sagar in 1992.

MSL India, the Publicis group’s PR firm at Urmi Estate, Lower Parel, handles corporate communication and lifestyle brand PR.

Edelman India, the Indian arm of the world’s largest independent PR firm, runs its Mumbai office at Peninsula Corporate Park, Lower Parel.

Ketchum Sampark, the Omnicom PR firm, runs from Walchand Hirachand Marg at Fort.

Weber Shandwick India, the IPG PR firm, has its Mumbai office at Chhibber House, Sakinaka.

Times Music, the music label of the Times Group at The Times of India Building, publishes spiritual, independent and film music.

Farrokh Chothia at Colaba is among the senior fashion and campaign photographers of Indian advertising.

Qench Studioz at Marathon NextGen, Lower Parel, does advertising photography and production.

Lost and Hungry Studios at Parvati Industrial Estate, Lower Parel, does product and e-commerce photography.

Harnesh Joshi Studio at Lower Parel does fashion and commercial photography.