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| India Today Group | |
| Company type | Public |
| Industry | Mass media |
| Founded | 1975; 50 years ago (1975) |
| Founders | Aroon Purie |
| Headquarters | New Delhi,India |
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| Products | |
| Revenue |  ₹820 crore (US$97 million) (2021)[1] |
| ₹196 crore (US$23 million) (2021)[1] | |
| ₹131 crore (US$15 million) (2021)[1] | |
Number of employees | 1,849 (2021)[1] |
| Website | indiatodaygroup.com |
Living Media India Limited,d.b.a.India Today Group, is an Indianmedia conglomerate based inNew Delhi, India. It has interests inmagazines,newspapers,books,radio,television,printing and theInternet.
India Today Group was founded in 1975 byAroon Purie andMadhu Trehan and its first publication wasIndia Today which was a fortnightlynews magazine.[2]Aroon Purie is the currentchairman andeditor-in-chief and Dinesh Bhatia is the currentCEO of India Today Group.
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 calledNewstrack.[3] At that time, private television broadcasting was prohibited in India.[4]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 toCBS News60 Minutes.
Madhu Trehan, a sibling of Arun Poorie and a graduate ofColumbia University Graduate School of Journalism, was the creator ofNewstrack and also served as one of its anchors.[5] 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 ofNewstrack's coverage were those ofKashmiri militancy and thedemolition of the Babri Masjid. It is listed on theBSE and theNSE 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.
| Channel | Language | Category | Launched | Closed |
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| Aajtak | Hindi | News | 30 September 1995 | |
| Aajtak HD | 14 December 2018 | |||
| Good News Today | 5 September 2021 | |||
| India Today | English | 7 April 2003 | ||
| Dilli Aajtak | Hindi | 2006 | 30 June 2020 | |
| Aajtak Tez | 22 August 2005 | 4 September 2021 | ||
| NewsTrack | 2001 | 12 February 2016 | ||
| Living AXN | General Entertainment and News | 22 August 2005 | 12 October 2017 |
| Channel | Launched | Language | Category |
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| Business Today | 2018 | Hindi | Business News |
| Aajtak 2 | 2023 | News | |
| Prime Time | 2022 | ||
| So Sorry | 2014 |
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