Explocity Pvt Ltd is a media and publishing company headquartered in

Bangalore Bangalore (), List of renamed places in India, officially Bengaluru (), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan area, metropolitan population of a ...

. The company was formed by

Ramjee Chandran Ramjee Chandran is a journalist and author. Chandran has been the Editor of Explocity a fortnightly magazine since 1998. According to The Daily Telegraph, ''Explocity'' is partly owned by Rupert Murdoch. He is also the host of the podcastThe Lit ...

. Explocity has city based publications across India, New York state and Dubai.

Corporate history

Prior to the inception of Explocity, Chandran first began a Bangalore-based magazine, Bangalore This Fortnight, in 1989. This was followed by the launch of the Bangalore Monthly and the Bangaloremag.com. The

internet The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a '' network of networks'' that consists of private, pub ...

had just begun its journey in the late 1990s in India, when Chandran created Explocity.com in 1999. Some of the initial

funding Funding is the act of providing resources to finance a need, program, or project. While this is usually in the form of money, it can also take the form of effort or time from an organization or company. Generally, this word is used when a firm use ...

was from

Rupert Murdoch Keith Rupert Murdoch ( ; born 11 March 1931) is an Australian-born American business magnate. Through his company News Corp, he is the owner of hundreds of local, national, and international publishing outlets around the world, including ...

's News Corp. Explocity.com has content includes events,

restaurants A restaurant is a business that prepares and serves food and drinks to customers. Meals are generally served and eaten on the premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services. Restaurants vary greatly in appearan ...

hotel A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a re ...

listings, shopping, nightlife and sightseeing in cities like

New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the Un ...

Dubai Dubai (, ; ar, دبي, translit=Dubayy, , ) is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the 7 emirates of the United Arab Emirates.The Government and Politics of ...

Chennai Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...

Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River, in the northern part of Southern India ...

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' fin ...

New Delhi New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament Ho ...

and

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...

. The Explocity guide (formerly known as CityInfo), was the next product from Explocity, which provides information on restaurants, places to visit, shopping, in cities around the world. It then began publishing lifestyle

magazines A magazine is a periodical publication, generally published on a regular schedule (often weekly or monthly), containing a variety of content. They are generally financed by advertising, purchase price, prepaid subscriptions, or by a combination ...

like ''080'' (Bangalore), ''044'' (Chennai) and ''040'' (Hyderabad), followed by ''022'' (Mumbai) and ''011'' (Delhi'). A daily newsletter, ''MyTime'', was also created. Explocity was one of the first companies in the world to introduce the

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called Pagician for their digital magazines. Explocity also launched a city

Movies A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...

Guide website online called Explocity Movies. Explocity also partners with

Kingfisher (beer) Kingfisher is an Indian beer brewed by United Breweries Group, Bangalore. The brand was first introduced in 1857 and then relaunched in 1978 by Vijay Mallya. With a market share of over 36% in India, it is also available in 52 other countries ...

to bring out the Kingfisher Explocity Great Food and Nightlife Guides.

Products and events

Explocity's weekend dining newsletter FirstFoodie was written about in IMPACT magazine's story about media houses in India that cater to food and beverages in January 2013. Explocity launched EXEC (now known as Executive Traveller) - reportedly, India's first magazine for business travellers - in April 2010. A couple of years later, EXEC tied up with a

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content provider to serve its content on the iPhone,

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and Android smartphones and tablet devices. Of recent times, Explocity has been under the active management o
Sol Mooney Media
a venture started by Explocity founder

. Explocity, in 2022, started Explocity Podcasts
The Literary City with Ramjee Chandran
is a light and funny podcast about words. In April 2022, Explocity re-launched BangaloreMag and Explocity Bangalore Guide in digital form.

References

* ttp://www.telegraphindia.com/1060520/asp/weekend/story_6226824.asp Article in the Telegraph India about Explocity's involvement in the Foodguide businessbr>Article that quotes Ramjee Chandran on listings as a revenue stream for portalsExplocity on WikimapiaAn article that cites Ramjee Chandran, CEO of Explocity as one of the key people of Indian mediaAbout the Kingfisher Explocity Great Food GuideExplocity listed as one of India's favourite websites

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External links

Explocity websiteExecutive Traveller MagazineSol Mooney Media website
Publishing companies established in 1989 Publishing companies of India Mass media companies of India Online companies of India Companies based in Bangalore 1989 establishments in Karnataka