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| India Today Group | |
| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Mass media |
| Founded | 1975; 49 years ago (1975) |
| Founders | Aroon Purie |
| Headquarters | New Delhi, India |
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| Revenue |  ₹820 crore (US$98 million) (2021)[1] |
| ₹196 crore (US$23 million) (2021)[1] | |
| ₹131 crore (US$16 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 Indian media conglomerate based in New Delhi, India. It has interests in magazines, newspapers, books, radio, television, printing and the Internet.
India Today Group was founded in 1975 by Madhu Trehan and its first publication was India Today which was a fortnightly news magazine.[2] Aroon Purie is the current chairman and editor-in-chief and Dinesh Bhatia is the current CEO 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 called Newstrack.[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 to CBS News' "60 Minutes".
Madhu Trehan, a sibling of Arun Purie and a graduate of Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, was the creator of Newstrack 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 of Newstrack's coverage were those of Kashmiri militancy and the demolition of 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 a large bunch of digital channels distributed through its websites or YouTube.
| Channel | Language | Launched | Category |
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| Aajtak | Hindi | 30 September 1995 | News |
| Aajtak HD | 14 December 2018 | ||
| Good News Today | 5 September 2021 | ||
| India Today | English | 7 April 2003 |
| Channel | Language | Category | Launch | Closed |
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| Dilli Aajtak | Hindi | News | 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 |
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| Business Today | Hindi | Business News |
| Aajtak 2 | News | |
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An online platform of18 niche news channels of TV Today Network including Astro Tak, Bharat Tak, Bihar Tak, Biz Tak, Crime Tak, Dilli Tak, Duniya Tak, Fit Tak, Gujarat Tak, Life Tak, MP Tak, Mumbai Tak, News Tak, Punjab Tak, Rajasthan Tak, Sahitya Tak, Sports Tak and UP Tak.
Auto Today
Cosmopolitan
Brides Today
Ishq 104.8 FM (Radio)
India Today Media Institute
Thomson Press
Care Today
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