HT Media is an Indian
mass media
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Broadcast media transmit informati ...
company based in
Delhi
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, India. It has holdings in print, electronic and digital media.
HT Media's flagship newspaper is the ''
Hindustan Times
''Hindustan Times'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper based in Delhi. It is the flagship publication of HT Media, an entity controlled by the KK Birla family, and is owned by Shobhana Bhartia.
It was founded by Sunder Singh Ly ...
'', the second most widely read English newspaper in India after ''
The Times of India
''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest ...
''. It also publishes ''
Mint
MiNT is Now TOS (MiNT) is a free software alternative operating system kernel for the Atari ST system and its successors. It is a multi-tasking alternative to TOS and MagiC. Together with the free system components fVDI device drivers, XaA ...
'', an Indian financial daily newspaper. Other publications include the Hindi-language daily ''
Hindustan
''Hindūstān'' ( , from '' Hindū'' and ''-stān''), also sometimes spelt as Hindōstān ( ''Indo-land''), along with its shortened form ''Hind'' (), is the Persian-language name for the Indian subcontinent that later became commonly used by ...
'', the Hindi-language literary magazine ''
Kadambini
''Kadambini'' was a noted Hindi-language literary monthly magazine from Delhi-based Hindustan Times Media. Established in 1960, it covers a wide range of subjects including literature, science, history, sociology, politics, films and sports. ...
'', and Hindi-language children's magazine ''Nandan.'' It operates 19 printing facilities across India with an installed capacity of 1.5 million copies per hour.
HT’s online business, is largely handled by Firefly e-ventures internet business, include the flagship web portal Hindustantimes.com, Livemint.com, Desimartini.com, HTCampus.com
and
Shine.com.
Although a public company listed on both the
BSE
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Medicine
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Stock exchanges
* Bahrain Stock Exchange, Bahrain
* Baku Stock Exchange, Azerbaijan
* B ...
and
NSE, HT Media Ltd. is majority owned and controlled by the
KK Birla family, with
Shobhana Bhartia
Shobhana Bhartia (born 4 January 1957) is an Indian businesswoman. She is the chairperson and editorial director of the HT Media, one of India's largest newspapers and media houses, which she inherited from her father. She has also recently take ...
, daughter of K. K. Birla, its Chairperson.
History
''
Hindustan Times
''Hindustan Times'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper based in Delhi. It is the flagship publication of HT Media, an entity controlled by the KK Birla family, and is owned by Shobhana Bhartia.
It was founded by Sunder Singh Ly ...
'' was founded in 1924, and formally established as a limited liability company in 1927. In 1936, The Hindi daily
Hindustan
''Hindūstān'' ( , from '' Hindū'' and ''-stān''), also sometimes spelt as Hindōstān ( ''Indo-land''), along with its shortened form ''Hind'' (), is the Persian-language name for the Indian subcontinent that later became commonly used by ...
was launched.
It also publishes two magazines in Hindi, ''
Kadambini
''Kadambini'' was a noted Hindi-language literary monthly magazine from Delhi-based Hindustan Times Media. Established in 1960, it covers a wide range of subjects including literature, science, history, sociology, politics, films and sports. ...
'', a literary magazine established in 1960 and ''Nandan'' a children's magazine, started in 1964.
In 2002, the company incorporated all of its media businesses under HT Media Ltd.
In 2004, HT Media Ltd was listed as a public company and attracted external funding. In 2006,
Fever 104 FM
Fever FM is an FM radio station in India. It is currently available in 13 cities in India:
Music & Bollywood
Fever plays contemporary hit music in Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai, while the other cities have a mix of contemporary and retro Bollywo ...
was launched, in technical collaboration with the Virgin Group. ''Hindustan'' was relaunched re-establishing the company's prominent presence in the regional news space. In 2007,
Mint
MiNT is Now TOS (MiNT) is a free software alternative operating system kernel for the Atari ST system and its successors. It is a multi-tasking alternative to TOS and MagiC. Together with the free system components fVDI device drivers, XaA ...
, the business paper in partnership with the
Wall Street Journal
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was launched in
Delhi
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and
Mumbai
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. In the internet space, Hindustantimes.com was relaunched and Livemint.com was introduced. To further expand its digital presence, HTCampus.com was launched in June 2010 to provide information on colleges, courses, exams and careers for higher education in India.
HT Media acquired
Radio One (India)
94.3 Radio One is a commercial radio network in India owned by HT Media. It has stations in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Kolkata and Pune.
History
The newspaper ''Mid-Day'' founded the station as Radio Midday in Mumbai, whic ...
in 2019, and
VCCircle
VCCircle, founded in 2005, is an Indian information services group with presence in online business news, data, events and training for private equity and venture capital fund managers, entrepreneurs, investment bankers, corporate executives and ...
from
News Corp in 2020.
Digital businesses
* HT Mobile - which in turn acquired
digital marketing
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agency Webitude.
[Sonam Gulati (22 July 2013]
"HT Media’s digital business revenues up 41% in Q1 at Rs 17.5Cr, segment loss at Rs 17.04Cr"
Techcircle.in. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
* Firefly e-Ventures - which moved to the parent company and launched its job portal, Shine.com.
* OTT Play - Content discovery platform offering curated shows and movies on streaming platforms
Shine.com- This is an online job portal of HT Media which is operational in India. And, it is also the second largest job portal website in India.
* Shine Learning - It is an online learning portal of HT Media which provides online courses, certification exams, and practice test related to various fields like
online marketing
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, banking, finance, and web development.
References
External links
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Hindustan Times
Newspaper companies of India
Mass media companies based in Delhi
Indian companies established in 1924
1924 establishments in British India
Radio broadcasting companies of India
Mass media companies established in 1924
Companies listed on the National Stock Exchange of India
Companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange
Indian companies established in 1927
Indian companies established in 2002