ABP Group
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Mass media |
| Founded | 13 March 1922 |
| Founders | Prafulla Kumar Sarkar |
| Headquarters | , India |
Key people | Dhruba Mukherjee (CEO) |
| Revenue | ₹500 crore (US$59 million) (2022)[1] |
| Website | www |
ABP Group (Ananda Bazar Patrika) is an Indian media conglomerate headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal. It was established in 1922.
History
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The company in recent years did mass layoff at various times.[2][3][4][5]
Current assets
[edit]Newspapers
[edit]- Anandabazar Patrika – Bengali-language daily newspaper[6]
- The Telegraph – English-language daily newspaper.
Magazines
[edit]- Anandamela
- Sananda
- Anandalok
- Desh
- Boier Desh
- The Telegraph in Schools (TTIS)
TV news channels
[edit]| Channel | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ABP News | Hindi | Formerly Star News |
| ABP Ananda | Bengali | Formerly Star Ananda |
| ABP Majha | Marathi | Formerly Star Majha |
| ABP Asmita | Gujarati |
Digital news channels
[edit]| Channel | Language |
|---|---|
| ABP Sanjha | Punjabi |
| ABP Ganga | Hindi |
| ABP Bihar | Hindi |
| ABP Live | Hindi |
| ABP Nadu[7] | Tamil |
| ABP Desam[8] | Telugu |
Defunct entertainment channel
[edit]| Channel | Language | Launch | Defunct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sananda TV | Bengali | 25 July 2011 | 7 November 2012 |
References
[edit]- ^ "ABP PRIVATE LIMITED - Revenue, Net Worth, Profits & More". Archived from the original on 25 August 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
- ^ "ABP Group to sack 150 employees in third round of downsizing". Archived from the original on 10 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
- ^ "Kolkata's ABP Group That Runs Telegraph Fires 700, Staff Journalists Call It a Massacre". 2 February 2022. Archived from the original on 10 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
- ^ "HT and ABP layoffs: Cult of profits leading to sackings, not demonetisation as organisations claim". 14 February 2017. Archived from the original on 10 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
- ^ "Bengal's Iconic Anandabazar Patrika Group to Sack 40% of its Staff". 9 December 2016. Archived from the original on 10 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
- ^ "Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2012 — Quarter 2" (PDF). HANSA Research. 2012. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 November 2013.
- ^ "ABP Network Expands Horizon: Launches ABP Nadu For Tamil Users". news.abplive.com. 15 April 2021. Archived from the original on 12 April 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ "ABP Network Launches Telugu Digital Platform 'ABP Desam'". news.abplive.com. 30 July 2021. Archived from the original on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
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- Book publishing companies of India
- Newspaper companies of India
- Companies based in Kolkata
- Mass media companies established in 1922
- Indian companies established in 1922
- Television broadcasting companies of India
- Mass media companies of India
- Television networks in India
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