Explocity Pvt Ltd is a media and publishing company headquartered in
Bangalore. The company was formed by
Ramjee Chandran. 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 had just begun its journey in the late 1990s in India, when Chandran created Explocity.com in 1999. Some of the initial
funding was from
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Explocity.com has content includes events,
restaurants,
hotel listings, shopping, nightlife and sightseeing in cities like
New York City,
Dubai,
Bangalore,
Chennai,
Hyderabad,
Mumbai,
New Delhi and
Kolkata.
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 like ''080'' (Bangalore), ''044'' (Chennai) and ''040'' (Hyderabad), followed by ''022'' (Mumbai) and ''011'' (Delhi'). A daily
newsletter
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, ''MyTime'', was also created. Explocity was one of the first companies in the world to introduce the
software called Pagician for their digital magazines. Explocity also launched a city
Movies Guide website online called Explocity Movies. Explocity also partners with
Kingfisher (beer) 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
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travellers - in April 2010. A couple of years later, EXEC tied up with a
smartphone content provider to serve its content on the
iPhone,
iPad and
Android
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smartphones and tablet devices.
Of recent times, Explocity has been under the active management o
Sol Mooney Media a venture started by Explocity founder
Ramjee Chandran.
Explocity, in 2022, started Explocity Podcasts
The Literary City with Ramjee Chandranis a light and funny podcast about words.
In April 2022, Explocity re-launched BangaloreMag and Explocity Bangalore Guide in digital form.
References
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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