Living Media
Living Media India Limited, d.b.a. India Today Group, is an Indian media conglomerate based in New Delhi, India. It has interests in magazines, newspapers, books, radio, television, printing and the Internet.
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| India Today Group | |
| Type | Private |
| Industry | Mass media |
| Founded | 1975 |
| Founders | Aroon Purie |
| Headquarters | New Delhi, India |
Key people | Aroon Purie, Chairman Ashish Bagga, CEO Kallie Purie, Vice Chairwoman |
| Products | |
| Revenue |  ₹820 crore (US$100 million) (2021)[1] |
| ₹196 crore (US$25 million) (2021)[1] | |
| ₹131 crore (US$16 million) (2021)[1] | |
Number of employees | 1,849 (2021)[1] |
| Website | indiatodaygroup.com |
History
India Today Group was founded in 1975 and its first publication was India Today which was a fortnightly news magazine. Aroon Purie is the current chairman and editor-in-chief and Dinesh Bhatia is the current CEO of India Today Group.
TV Today Network
The TV Today Network is an English-Hindi Indian news television network based in India.The TV Today Network was incorporated in 1988, launching a video magazine called Newstrack.[2] At that time, private television broadcasting was prohibited in India.[3] Newstrack produced its programmes on videotape and distributed them to subscribers. The New York Times described them as fast-paced video magazines of investigative reporting, similar to CBS News' "60 Minutes".
Madhu Trehan, a sibling of Arun Purie and a graduate of Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, was the creator of Newstrack and also served as one of its anchors.[4] Having started with five to six journalists, it grew to a size of 30. The length of the programmes also increased from initial 30 minutes to eventual 90 minutes. The high points of Newstrack's coverage were those of Kashmiri militancy and the demolition of Babri Masjid. It is listed on the BSE and the NSE and consists of the several news channels namely, Aaj Tak, India Today, Good News Today, Aaj Tak HD and a large bunch of digital channels distributed through its websites or Youtube.
Current Channels
| Channel | Language | Launched | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aajtak | Hindi | 30 September 1995 | News |
| Aajtak HD | 14 December 2018 | ||
| Good News Today | 5 September 2021 | ||
| India Today | English | 2001 |
Defunct Channels
| Channel | Language | Category | Launch | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dilli Aajtak | Hindi | News | 2006 | 30 June 2020 |
| Aajtak Tez | 22 August 2005 | 4 September 2021 | ||
| NewsTrack | 2001 | 12 February 2016 |
Digital Channels
| Channel | Language | Category |
|---|---|---|
| Business Today | Hindi | Business News |
| Aajtak 2 | News | |
| Prime Time | ||
| So Sorry |
Tak.in
An online platform of18 niche news channels of TV Today Network including Astro Tak, Bharat Tak, Bihar Tak, Biz Tak, Crime Tak, Dilli Tak, Duniya Tak, Fit Tak, Gujarat Tak, Life Tak, MP Tak, Mumbai Tak, News Tak, Punjab Tak, Rajasthan Tak, Sahitya Tak, Sports Tak and UP Tak.
Publications
Auto Today
Cosmopolitan
Reader's Digest
Harper's Bazaar
Brides Today
References
- "TV TodayNetwork Share Price, TV TodayNetwork Stock Price, TV Today Network LTD. Stock Price, Share Price, Live BSE/NSE, TV Today Network LTD. Bids Offers. Buy/Sell TV Today Network LTD. News & tips, & F&O Quotes, NSE/BSE Forecast News and Live Quotes".
- Shrivastava, K. M. (2005), Broadcast Journalism, Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd, pp. 37–38, ISBN 9788120735972
- Himani Chandna, Newstrack – The video magazine that served real issues to news-hungry Indians in DD era, The Print, 23 June 2019.
- Barbara Crossette, In News-Hungry India, Videotapes Fill the Void: Supplying what the networks won't, The New York Times, 2 January 1991. ProQuest 108666787
