Kompas Gramedia is an Indonesian conglomerate. It has focused on several businesses, predominantly mass media, as well as hospitality, manufacturing, and event organizing.
The company's businesses comprises multiple divisions, such as media assets (including ''
Kompas
''Kompas'' () is an Indonesian national newspaper from Jakarta which was founded on 28 June 1965. The paper is published by PT Kompas Media Nusantara, which is a part of Kompas Gramedia Group. Its head office is located at the Kompas Multimed ...
'' daily newspaper; the
Kompas TV
Kompas TV is a national terrestrial private news television network in Indonesia. It is owned by the KG Media unit of Kompas Gramedia Group and is named after its flagship property, the ''Kompas'' daily newspaper. Kompas TV was founded in ar ...
television network; Sonora radio network; and the
Gramedia
Toko Buku Gramedia (''Gramedia Bookstore'') is an Indonesian bookstore owned by Kompas Gramedia. Established in 1970, Gramedia Asri Media has contributed to give inspiration through knowledge, endeavor and direct participation to society for mo ...
bookstore chain), the
Santika Indonesia hospitality chain, Dyandra event organization firm, and as well as Graha Bumi Hijau, a tissue paper manufacturer known with its iconic brand Tessa.
History
After the success of the magazine ''
Intisari
''Intisari'' (''Digest'') is an Indonesian monthly general-interest magazine published by Kompas Gramedia. The magazine adopted a format similar to ''Reader's Digest''.
History
''Intisari'' was first published in 1963 by Petrus Kanisius Ojong a ...
'' (released 17 August 1963),
P. K. Ojong and
Jakob Oetama
Jakob Oetama (27 September 1931 – 9 September 2020) was an Indonesian teacher, journalist, and businessman who was one of the co-founders and owners of Kompas Gramedia Group, the largest media group in Indonesia, together with P. K. Ojong. He ...
launched a national newspaper called ''Kompas''. The newspaper's first issue was released on 28 June 1965.
Their aim was to fill some of the huge gap in daily news and information that existed at that time. ''Kompas'' has since become a large circulation newspaper with an audited circulation in 2005 of 600,000 copies a day. The KGG also operates the largest printing plants in Indonesia.
Media
As of 2018, all media units of Kompas Gramedia is reorganized into one subsidiary, called KG Media.
Newspapers
''Kompas''
PT Kompas Media Nusantara published ''Kompas'', the national daily newspaper. ''Kompas'' began its first issue on 28 June 1965. Since 1969, ''Kompas'' has dominated sales nationwide. As of 2013, ''Kompas'' had an average circulation of 500,000 copies per day, reaching an average of 1,850,000 people per day. ''Kompas'' is not just regarded as the largest circulating newspaper in Indonesia, but is also the largest circulating newspaper in southeast Asia.
''Kontan''
PT Grahanusa Mediatama published ''Kontan'', the business and financial publication. Originally published in 1996 as a weekly newspaper (now called ''Tabloid Kontan''), currently ''Kontan'' also published as a daily newspaper.
''Tribun Network''
PT Indopersda Primamedia, more known as Tribun Network, is the local newspaper chain founded by Kompas Gramedia. Operating regional newspapers since 1988, the chain currently publishes 22 regional newspapers — some of them bearing the unified name ''Tribun'' — as well as a national sports newspaper ''Super Ball''.
=''Warta Kota''
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''Warta Kota'' (''The City News'') is a daily Indonesian morning newspaper published in
Jakarta
Jakarta (; , bew, Jakarte), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta ( id, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coast of Java, the world's most populous island, Jakarta ...
,
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
, serving the
Jabodetabek
The Jakarta metropolitan area or Greater Jakarta, known locally as Jabodetabek (an acronym of Jakarta–Bogor–Depok–Tangerang–Bekasi), and sometimes extended to Jabodetabekjur (with the acronym extended to include part of Cianjur Regency) ...
area. It is in a
broadsheet
A broadsheet is the largest newspaper format and is characterized by long Vertical and horizontal, vertical pages, typically of . Other common newspaper formats include the smaller Berliner (format), Berliner and Tabloid (newspaper format), ta ...
format and published by PT Metrogema Media Nusantara, a subsidiary of
Kompas Gramedia
Kompas Gramedia is an Indonesian conglomerate. It has focused on several businesses, predominantly mass media, as well as hospitality, manufacturing, and event organizing.
The company's businesses comprises multiple divisions, such as media ass ...
(KG), and part of ''The Tribun Network''.
''Warta Kota'' began publication after the
Ministry of Information under the
B.J. Habibie administration relaxed the procedures for applying for a business license (SIUPP) for print media. Indonesia's national newspaper,
Kompas
''Kompas'' () is an Indonesian national newspaper from Jakarta which was founded on 28 June 1965. The paper is published by PT Kompas Media Nusantara, which is a part of Kompas Gramedia Group. Its head office is located at the Kompas Multimed ...
(a subsidiary of KG), up until 1998, had designated only two pages per issue for news in Jakarta and its surroundings which were mostly filled with advertisements, even though the newspaper was published in Jakarta.
To fill this void, ''Warta Kota'' was created. ''Warta Kota'' was first published on May 3, 1999 in the midst of the
1999 general election campaign.
Magazines
The magazine unit of Kompas Gramedia is organized under
Grid Network
Elex Media Komputindo is a publishing company in Indonesia which publishes books, comics, magazines, novels and other print media. Established on January 15, 1985, Elex Media Komputindo is a subsidiary of Kompas Gramedia Group. Elex is headquarte ...
subsidiary.
''Intisari'', the first publication by the group in 1963, is still in circulation today. The business unit also handles 43 tabloids and magazine titles (30 originals and 13 licensed) as well as successful comic series and other books titles such as:
*
Hai
*
Kawanku
*
Nova
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*
MotorPlus
*
Otomotif
*
CHIC
Chic (; ), meaning "stylish" or "smart", is an element of fashion. It was originally a French word. Pronounced Chick.
Etymology
'' Chic'' is a French word, established in English since at least the 1870s. Early references in English diction ...
*
Nakita
*
Sekar Manokaris a male given name in India. Sekar may refer to:
*Sekar Ayu Asmara, Indonesian songwriter and director
* Sekar Ayyanthole (born 1954), Indian painter
*Sekhar Basu (born 1952), Indian scientist
* Sekhar Das (born 1954), Indian film director ...
*
Bobo
Bobo may refer to:
Animals and plants
* Bobo (gorilla) a popular gorilla at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle from 1953 to 1968
* Bobo, Vietnamese name for Job's tears, a plant of south-east Asia
Entertainment, arts and media
* ''Bobo'' (mag ...
*
Bola
*
Commando
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*
Citra (defunct)
*
Angkasa
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Licensed magazine titles include:
*
Martha Stewart Living
''Martha Stewart Living'' is a magazine and former television program
Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of ...
*
Auto Bild
''Auto Bild'' is a leading German automobile magazine based in Hamburg, Germany.
History and profile
''Auto Bild'' was first published on the last week of February 1986. The magazine is published by Axel Springer AG on a weekly basis. The webs ...
*
InStyle
''InStyle'' was an American monthly women's fashion magazine founded in 1994. It was published in the United States by Dotdash Meredith. In February 2022, it was announced that InStyle would cease print publications and move to a digital-only ...
*
Disney Junior
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*
National Geographic Magazine
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As of December 2016, there are eight monthly printed magazines or tabloids (Kawanku, Sinyal, Chip, Chip Foto Video, What Hi Fi, Auto Expert, Car and Turning Guide, and Motor), which were transformed into online publications.
Publishing
In 1973 Kompas Gramedia formed
Gramedia Pustaka Utama
Kompas Gramedia is an Indonesian conglomerate. It has focused on several businesses, predominantly mass media, as well as hospitality, manufacturing, and event organizing.
The company's businesses comprises multiple divisions, such as media ass ...
(GPU) and began publishing its first titles. This company enjoyed outstanding success and today publishes more than 600 titles a year.
Handbooks
The group has met demands for technological as well as educational publications. PT
Elex Media Komputindo
Elex Media Komputindo is a publishing company in Indonesia which publishes books, comics, magazines, novels and other print media. Established on January 15, 1985, Elex Media Komputindo is a subsidiary of Kompas Gramedia Group. Elex is headquart ...
(EMK), founded in 1985, publishes books on computers and electronics. EMK also publishes technology related business and management books, comics, educational books, and computer software. Annually EMK publishes about 1500 new titles, 51% of which are translations from foreign works. PT Prima Info Sarana Media issues computer magazine Infokomputer and Tabloid PC Plus as well as home and interior design tabloid Rumah.
Educational publishing
In 1990 PT
Gramedia Widiasarana Indonesia, popularly known as Grasindo, was started to concentrate on school textbooks and other educational materials for kindergarten, primary and secondary schools. It now publishes around 300 new titles a year.
Others
Beside aforementioned companies, the group also owned several other publishing company, such as Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia (KPG, literally ''Gramedia Popular Books'') and Penerbit Buku Kompas (published books under the ''Kompas'' brand).
Online media
''Kompas.com''
Kompas.com is the
online news portal of ''Kompas'', but of separate editorial staff. As of early 2014, Kompas.com is the second largest after
detik.com
Detikcom (stylized as detikcom) is an Indonesian digital media company owned by CT Corp subsidiary Trans Media. Detikcom is an online news portal and publishes breaking news. The portal is consistently ranked among Indonesia's 10 most-visited w ...
.
''Tribunnews.com''
Tribunnews.com is the online news portal of Tribun Network. Tribunnews.com was cited by
Andalas University
Andalas University ( id, Universitas Andalas, abbreviated ''Unand'') is a public research university in Padang, West Sumatra. Andalas is one of the major public institution of higher learning in Indonesia, and the oldest outside the island of Jav ...
in 2018 as the most popular nationally-hosted website in Indonesia, with 183.2 million visits per month. It was ranked at 38 in the
world's most popular websites by traffic by
Alexa Internet
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Alexa was founded as an independent company in 1996 and acquired by Amazon in 1999 for $250 million in stock. ...
.
Broadcasting
Radio
1973 saw the inception of Radio Sonora which broadcast mainly into metropolitan Jakarta. Now RS has other radio stations in cities such as
Surabaya
Surabaya ( jv, ꦱꦸꦫꦧꦪ or jv, ꦯꦹꦫꦨꦪ; ; ) is the capital city of the Provinces of Indonesia, Indonesian province of East Java and the List of Indonesian cities by population, second-largest city in Indonesia, after Jakarta. L ...
(
East Java
East Java ( id, Jawa Timur) is a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia located in the easternmost hemisphere of Java island. It has a land border only with the province of Central Java to the west; the Java Sea and the Indian Ocean bord ...
),
Yogyakarta
Yogyakarta (; jv, ꦔꦪꦺꦴꦒꦾꦏꦂꦠ ; pey, Jogjakarta) is the capital city of Special Region of Yogyakarta in Indonesia, in the south-central part of the island of Java. As the only Indonesian royal city still ruled by a monarchy, ...
(
DI Yogyakarta
The Special Region of Yogyakarta (; id, Daerah Istimewa (D.I.) Yogyakarta) is a provincial-level autonomous region of Indonesia in southern Java. It has also been known as the Special Territory of Yogyakarta.
It is bordered by the Indian Oce ...
),
Pangkalpinang (
Bangka Belitung),
Pontianak
Pontianak or Khuntien is the capital of the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan, founded first as a trading port on the island of Borneo, occupying an area of 118.31 km2 in the delta of the Kapuas River at a point where it is joined ...
(
West Kalimantan
West Kalimantan ( id, Kalimantan Barat) is a province of Indonesia. It is one of five Indonesian provinces comprising Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo. Its capital city is Pontianak, Indonesia, Pontianak. The province has ...
),
Palembang (
South Sumatra
South Sumatra ( id, Sumatra Selatan) is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the southeast of the island of Sumatra, The province spans and had a population of 8,467,432 at the 2020 Census. The capital of the province is Palembang. The pro ...
),
Bandung
Bandung ( su, ᮘᮔ᮪ᮓᮥᮀ, Bandung, ; ) is the capital city of the Indonesian province of West Java. It has a population of 2,452,943 within its city limits according to the official estimates as at mid 2021, making it the fourth most ...
,
Cirebon
Cirebon (, formerly rendered Cheribon or Chirebon in English) is a port city on the northern coast of the Indonesian island of Java. It is the only coastal city of West Java, located about 40 km west of the provincial border with Central J ...
(
West Java
West Java ( id, Jawa Barat, su, ᮏᮝ ᮊᮥᮜᮧᮔ᮪, romanized ''Jawa Kulon'') is a province of Indonesia on the western part of the island of Java, with its provincial capital in Bandung. West Java is bordered by the province of Banten ...
),
Semarang,
Solo
Solo or SOLO may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Comics
* ''Solo'' (DC Comics), a DC comics series
* Solo, a 1996 mini-series from Dark Horse Comics
Characters
* Han Solo, a ''Star Wars'' character
* Jacen Solo, a Jedi in the non-canonical ''S ...
,
Purwokerto
Purwokerto is a large but non-autonomous town on the island of Java, Indonesia. It is the capital of Banyumas Regency, Central Java province. The population of the four districts which comprise the town at the 2010 census was 233,951 and 22 ...
(
Central Java
Central Java ( id, Jawa Tengah) is a province of Indonesia, located in the middle of the island of Java. Its administrative capital is Semarang. It is bordered by West Java in the west, the Indian Ocean and the Special Region of Yogyakarta in t ...
),
Bali
Bali () is a province of Indonesia and the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands. East of Java and west of Lombok, the province includes the island of Bali and a few smaller neighbouring islands, notably Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan, and Nu ...
,
Palangkaraya
Palangka Raya is the capital and largest city of the Indonesian province of Central Kalimantan. The city is situated between the Kahayan and the Sabangau rivers on the island of Borneo. As of the 2020 census, the city has a population of 293,50 ...
,
Banjarbaru
Banjarbaru is the capital city of South Kalimantan, one of the provinces in Indonesia. It is located southeast of Banjarmasin, the largest city of the province. The city had a population of 248,423 as of the 2017 Census, and the latest officia ...
,
Makassar
Makassar (, mak, ᨆᨀᨔᨑ, Mangkasara’, ) is the capital of the Indonesian province of South Sulawesi. It is the largest city in the region of Eastern Indonesia and the country's fifth-largest urban center after Jakarta, Surabaya, Med ...
, and
Medan
Medan (; English: ) is the capital and largest city of the Indonesian province of North Sumatra, as well as a regional hub and financial centre of Sumatra. According to the National Development Planning Agency, Medan is one of the four main ...
.
Television
To complete its core business alignment, Kompas Gramedia founded PT Duta Visual Nusantara Tivi Tujuh, popularly known as TV7, in 2001. TV7 provides family entertainment programmes (news, children's programmes, sports, and movie films). In 2006, Trans Corp (currently
Trans Media
PT Trans Media Corpora is an Indonesian media corporation that is a subsidiary of Trans Corp, a part of CT Corp, owned by Chairul Tanjung. Trans Media was initially founded as a subsidiary of Trans Corp, a liaison between the television network ...
, subsidiary of
CT Corp
CT Corp (formerly known as Para Group) is one of Indonesia's largest diversified group of companies. The group was founded by Chairul Tanjung in 1987. CT Corp operates consumer-centric businesses nationwide across four key divisions: financial s ...
) bought 55% of TV7 shares and changed its name to
Trans 7
Trans- is a Latin prefix meaning "across", "beyond", or "on the other side of".
Used alone, trans may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Trans (festival), a former festival in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
* ''Trans'' (fil ...
.
On 9 September 2011, Kompas Gramedia launched another television network
Kompas TV
Kompas TV is a national terrestrial private news television network in Indonesia. It is owned by the KG Media unit of Kompas Gramedia Group and is named after its flagship property, the ''Kompas'' daily newspaper. Kompas TV was founded in ar ...
. The group is also owns and operates local station
KTV, a local TV station in Jakarta which the group bought in 2011 and became one of the initial affiliate of Kompas TV before it spun off as an independent station in 2015. Kompas Gramedia also founded
K-Vision, a
satellite television
Satellite television is a service that delivers television programming to viewers by relaying it from a communications satellite orbiting the Earth directly to the viewer's location. The signals are received via an outdoor parabolic antenna comm ...
services provider, before its 60% stake was acquired by
MNC Media
PT Media Nusantara Citra Tbk (commonly known as MNC Media or MNC) is an Indonesian media company founded on 17 June 1997 as PT Panca Andika Mandiri, it was renamed to the present name on 12 September 2002. It is owned by ''PT Global Mediacom Tbk ...
in 2019.
Bookshops
Gramedia was first established on 2 February 1970, owned and managed by PT Gramedia Asri Media (GAM), a wholly owned subsidiary of Kompas Gramedia. GAM is the retail distribution channel for the group which also handles foreign publishers and partners. The first bookstore is in
Jalan Gajah Mada
Jalan Gajah Mada and Jalan Hayam Wuruk (Gajah Mada and Hayam Wuruk Streets), formerly Molenvliet West and Molenvliet Oost respectively, is a major thoroughfare located in Jakarta, Indonesia. The two streets with its canal, the Batang Hari (formerl ...
,
West Jakarta
West Jakarta ( bew, Jakarte Bekulon; id, Jakarta Barat) is one of the five administrative cities of the Special Capital Region of Jakarta, Indonesia. West Jakarta is not self-governed and does not have a city council, hence it is not classified ...
.
Kompas Gramedia went on to set up
PT Gramedia, a printing plant in
Jakarta
Jakarta (; , bew, Jakarte), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta ( id, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coast of Java, the world's most populous island, Jakarta ...
in 1972 in order to meet the ever-increasing needs of the newspapers and magazines. Gramedia offers books, stationery, office supplies, sport supplies, high-technology products, and others.
Hospitality business
Since 1981, Kompas Gramedia Group spread to the hospitality business, under
PT Grahawita Santika. The owning and management company Hotel Santika opened its first hotel in Bandung. Upon its success, Santika constructed new hotels around Indonesia’s big cities. All of the four-star Santika hotels are categorized in Santika Premiere and the remaining hotels are still listed as Hotel Santika.
In 2006, the hotel launched the new branch of hospitality in a form of boutique villas known as The Royal Collection. Another addition to the hospitality business by Kompas Gramedia Group is the Amaris Brand. This brand serves a wide range of customers, from two-star hotels to luxurious villa properties.
Education
Kompas Gramedia Group officially launched
Multimedia Nusantara University
Universitas Multimedia Nusantara (, abbreviated as UMN) is a private university located in Gading Serpong, Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia. The university was founded by Kompas Gramedia Group on 25 November 2005 and officially launched in a ceremony ...
in 2006. Located in
Tangerang
Tangerang (Sundanese: , ) is a city in the province of Banten, Indonesia. Located on the western border of Jakarta, it is the third largest urban centre in the Greater Jakarta metropolitan area after Jakarta and Bekasi; the sixth largest city pro ...
,
Banten
Banten ( id, Banten; Sundanese: , romanized ''Banten'') is the westernmost province on the island of Java, Indonesia. Its capital city is Serang. The province borders West Java and the Special Capital Region of Jakarta on the east, the Java Se ...
, the university offers ICT-based higher education.
The group also operates education training ELTI (short for ''English Language Training International'') with branches spread across Indonesia. Founded in 1981, ELTI became part of the group in 1989.
Others
Kompas Gramedia Group other diversified interests including event organization firm
Dyandra Promosindo, real estate developer (under PT Permata Media Land), travel bureau (under PT Ina Media Wisatamas or Media Tour). Another subsidiaries are PT Graha Kerindo Utama and PT Graha Bumi Hijau which manufactured tissue papers under the brands Tessa, Multi, and Dynasty.
The group has cultural centres in Jakarta,
Yogyakarta
Yogyakarta (; jv, ꦔꦪꦺꦴꦒꦾꦏꦂꦠ ; pey, Jogjakarta) is the capital city of Special Region of Yogyakarta in Indonesia, in the south-central part of the island of Java. As the only Indonesian royal city still ruled by a monarchy, ...
and
Gianyar
Gianyar Regency is a regency (''kabupaten'') in the Indonesian province and island of Bali, Indonesia. It has an area of 368.0 km2 and had a population of 469,777 at the 2010 Census, and 515,344 at the 2020 Census, making it the second most ...
,
Bali
Bali () is a province of Indonesia and the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands. East of Java and west of Lombok, the province includes the island of Bali and a few smaller neighbouring islands, notably Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan, and Nu ...
under the name of ''Bentara Budaya'' (Cultural Herald). These house the company's antique collections, and the halls are often used for discussions on culture as well as an art gallery.
References
External links
Official Kompas Gramedia websiteOfficial Warta Kota website
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