Firstpost
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| Parent company | Network 18 |
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| Headquarters location | Mumbai, India |
| Official website | www |
Firstpost is an Indian news and media website. The site is a part of the Network 18 media conglomerate owned by Reliance Industries, which also runs CNN News18 and CNBC-TV18.[1]
The Network 18 group was originally owned by Raghav Bahl. In January 2012, the group received an investment from Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) through a rights issue of up to ₹2,700 crore.[2]
History[edit]
In May 2013, the news group was merged with the Indian edition of Forbes whose four top editorial heads including editor in chief Indrajit Gupta were dismissed.[3][4] The event led to a media furore.[5]
The editor of the combined Firstpost-Forbes India team, R Jagannathan, stated that as a business magazine, Forbes "should not be anti-capitalism".[6]
As of July 2017, BV Rao is the Editor of Firstpost in Mumbai, while Ajay Singh is the Executive Editor in Delhi and Jaideep Giridhar is the Deputy Executive Editor.[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ^ "About Network 18". Retrieved 11 January 2014.
- ^ "Reliance enters media by opening pursestrings for Network18". The Indian Express. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
- ^ "'Forbes India' editors sacked for demanding stock ownership". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
- ^ "Why Forbes' editors in India were sacked". rediff business. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
- ^ "No country for good journalists?". Business Standard. 2013-11-16. Retrieved 2014-02-20.
- ^ BHATIA. "The Network Effect". Retrieved 11 January 2014.
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