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The Times Group is one of the largest media services conglomerate in India.
Currently dominates the newspaper and media business in the country. It reaches out from:
- 11 Publishing centers
- 15 Printing centers
- 55 Marketing offices
- Over 6000 employees
- 5 Dailies including two of the largest in the country with approx 3.3mn copies circulated daily
- 2 Lead magazines
- 29 Niche Magazines
- Reaching 2468 cities and towns
- Turnover of nearly USD 400 million
Businesses
Its major brands include:
- The Times of India India's (World's) largest English Broadsheet Daily
- The Economic Times India's largest and the World's Second largest Financial Daily after Wall Street Journal
- Navbharat Times Largest Hindi Daily in Delhi and Bombay
- Maharashtra Times Largest Marathi Daily in Bombay
- Femina Women's Magazine
- Filmfare Film Magazine
- Planet M Music Retailing brand
- Times Music Music Publishing, (including Hindi Film, Pop Music & Devotional/Spiritual music)
- Times Multimedia Multimedia Publishing Division
- Times Television The Group's latest venture. Started recently with an entertainment and Lifestyle channel called Zoom
Its subsidiary companies include:
Times Infotainment Media Limited, Entertainment Networks India Limited which together have
- Radio Mirchi National network of Private FM stations
- 360 Degrees Events
- Times Outoors Outdoors
Times Internet Limited which has
A brief history of The Times
1838: The first edition appears on November 3, 1838 known as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce. The issue is published twice a week under Editor J.E. Brennan. It is basically a city paper reflecting the interest of Bombay's business community.
1846: The newspaper experiences çhanges hands and Dr.George Buist appointed Editor.
1850: Shareholders decide to increase the share capital and the paper converted into a daily.
1861: Editor Robert Knight amalgamates The Bombay Times, Bombay Standard and Bombay Telegraph & Courier to form The Times of India and gives it a national character.
1880: The Times of India Weekly Edition launched, to meet the need for a weekend paper. This later came to be known as The Illustrated Weekly of India in 1923.
1890: Editor Henry Curwen buys TOI in partnership with Charles Kane.
1892: Following the death of Henry Curwen, T. J. Bennett becomes the Editor and enters into a partnership with F.M. Coleman to form a joint stock company - Bennett, Colemen & Co. Ltd. (BCCL)
1907: TOI's first price war under editor Stanley Reed: price cut from 4 annas to 1 anna; circulation rises 5 times
1946: For the first time the paper transfers to Indian ownership. Ramakrishna Dalmia buys out Bennett, Coleman & Co.Ltd. for Rs. 2 crores.
1948: Sahu Jain Group become the owners of the company. Shanti Prasad Jain is the first Chairman of the group.
1950: Delhi edition launched with K. Gopalswami as the first Indian editor.
1952: Filmfare launched
1959: Femina launched
1961: The Economic Times launched
1984: Samir Jain and Vineet Jain join BCCL.
1987: Printing of The Times of India from Kandivili Press.
1990: The Times Group establishes a Marketing school by the name of The Times School of Marketing
1991: BBC features The Times of India among world's six great newspapers.
1993: BCCL starts production of television software.
1996: The Times of India crosses 1 million mark in circulation.
1998: BCCL enters into music market with Times Music.
1999: Indiatimes webportal launched; BCCL enters music retailing business with Planet M.
1999: Times Multimedia
2000: The Times of India crosses the 2 million mark in circulation.
2000: Timesofmoney - JV with Citibank
2001: Radio Mirchi - Nationwide Private FM Broadcasting
2001: 360 Degrees - Event Management Arm
2002: Times Outdoor - Outdoor Advertising & Billboard Marketing
2003: Times Classifieds - http://www.timesclassifieds.com/ Classifieds site catering to web audiences, the group publications and also publications from other countries like Sri Lanka
2004: Launch of the Jobs portal Times Jobs http://www.timesjobs.com/ Television Business launched with the launch of a lifestyle and entertainment channel called z00m
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