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.
History India Today Group was founded in 1975 by Aroon Purie and Madhu Trehan and its first publication was India Today which was a fortnightly news magazine.Pooja Bhula, Who Owns Your Media: The highs and lows of the India Today Group , Newslaundry, 18 July 2022. 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. At that time, private television broadcasting was prohibited in India.Himani Chandna, Newstrack – The video magazine that served real issues to news-hungry Indians in DD era , The Print, 23 June 2019. 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 Poorie and a graduate of Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, was the creator of Newstrack and also served as one of its anchors.Barbara Crossette, In News-Hungry India, Videotapes Fill the Void: Supplying what the networks won't, The New York Times, 2 January 1991. 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 the 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 digital channels distributed through its websites or YouTube.
Television channels
Channel Language Category Launched ClosedAajtakHindiNews30 September 1995Aajtak HD14 December 2018Good News Today5 September 2021India TodayEnglish7 April 2003Aajtak TezHindi22 August 20054 September 2021
Digital channels Channel Launched Language CategoryBusiness Today2018HindiBusiness NewsAajtak 22023NewsPrime Time2022So Sorry2014
Publications India Today Business Today Reader's Digest Harper's Bazaar Auto Today Cosmopolitan Brides Today Mail Today'' Target Today
Other divisions Ishq 104.8 FM (Radio) India Today Media Institute Thomson Press Care Today Vasant Valley School
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