Living Media India Limited, d.b.a. India Today Group, is an Indian

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based in

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, India. It has interests in

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and the

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History

India Today Group was founded in 1975 by

Aroon Purie Aroon Purie (born 1944) is the founder-publisher and editor-in-chief of ''India Today'', and former chief executive of the India Today Group. He is the managing director of Thomson Press (India) Limited and the chairman and managing director o ...

and Madhu Trehan and its first publication was ''

India Today ''India Today'' is a weekly Indian English-language news magazine published by Living Media, Living Media India Limited. It is the most widely circulated magazine in India, with a readership of close to 8 million. In 2014, ''India Today'' laun ...

'' which was a fortnightly

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magazine.Pooja Bhula
Who Owns Your Media: The highs and lows of the India Today Group
, Newslaundry, 18 July 2022.

is the current

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and

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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. ''

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'' described them as fast-paced video magazines of investigative reporting, similar to

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''60 Minutes''. Madhu Trehan, a sibling of Arun Poorie and a graduate of

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, 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 ''Newstracks 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 () is an Indian Hindi-language television news channel owned by the TV Today Network, a part of the New Delhi-based media conglomerate India Today Group. History Aaj Tak was first broadcast on DD Metro of Doordarshan (DD) in 1995. It ...

, Good News Today, Aaj Tak HD and digital channels distributed through its websites or YouTube.

Television channels

Digital channels

Publications

* ''

'' * ''Business Today'' * ''

Reader's Digest ''Reader's Digest'' is an American general-interest family magazine, published ten times a year. Formerly based in Chappaqua, New York, it is now headquartered in midtown Manhattan. The magazine was founded in 1922 by DeWitt Wallace and his wi ...

'' *''

Harper's Bazaar ''Harper's Bazaar'' (stylized as ''Harper's BAZAAR'') is an American monthly women's fashion magazine. Bazaar has been published in New York City since November 2, 1867, originally as a weekly publication entitled ''Harper's Bazar''."Corporat ...

'' * ''Auto Today'' * ''

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'' * ''Brides Today'' * ''Mail Today'' * ''Target'' * ''Today''

Other divisions

* Ishq 104.8 FM (Radio) * India Today Media Institute * Thomson Press * Care Today * Vasant Valley School

References

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