Living Media India

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.

Living Media India Limited

Trade name	India Today Group
Company type	Public
Traded as	BSE: 532515 NSE: TVTODAY
Industry	Mass media
Founded	1975; 50 years ago (1975)
Founders	Aroon Purie
Headquarters	New Delhi, India
Key people	Aroon Purie (Chairman) Ashish Bagga (CEO) Kallie Purie (Vice Chairwoman)
Products	Broadcasting publishing radio web portals
Revenue	₹820 crore (US$97 million) (2021)[1]
Operating income	₹196 crore (US$23 million) (2021)[1]
Net income	₹131 crore (US$15 million) (2021)[1]
Number of employees	1,849 (2021)[1]
Website	indiatodaygroup.com

History

India Today Group was founded in 1975 by Aroon Purie and 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.

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.^[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 Poorie 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 the 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 digital channels distributed through its websites or YouTube.

Television channels

Channel	Language	Category	Launched	Closed
Aajtak	Hindi	News	30 September 1995
Aajtak HD			14 December 2018
Good News Today			5 September 2021
India Today	English		7 April 2003
Dilli Aajtak	Hindi		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

Digital channels

Channel	Launched	Language	Category
Business Today	2018	Hindi	Business News
Aajtak 2	2023		News
Prime Time	2022
So Sorry	2014

Publications

• India Today
• Business Today
• Reader's Digest
• Harper's Bazaar
• Auto Today
• Cosmopolitan
• Brides Today
• Mail Today
• Target
• Today

Other divisions

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