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	'''''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.<ref>{{cite web\|url=~~http~~://www.~~network18online~~.~~com~~/~~index.html~~\|title=~~About Network 18~~\|access-date=~~11 January 2014~~}}</ref>		'''''Firstpost''''' is an Indian news website owned by [[Reliance Industries]], which also runs [[CNN-News18]] and [[CNBC TV18]].<ref name="Chatterjee">{{cite web \| last=Chatterjee \| first=Swasti \| title=News18, Firstpost Tweet Old Video Of Waterspout As Cyclone Nisarga \| website=BOOM \| date=2020-06-03 \| url=https://www.boomlive.in/fake-news/news18-firstpost-tweet-old-video-of-waterspout-as-cyclone-nisarga-8354 \| access-date=2023-07-10}}</ref><ref name="Alt News">{{cite web \| title=Media misreport: Viral photo of grave with iron grille is from Hyderabad, not Pakistan \| website=Alt News \| date=2023-04-30 \| url=https://www.altnews.in/media-misreport-viral-photo-of-grave-with-iron-grille-is-from-hyderabad-not-pakistan/ \| access-date=2023-07-10}}</ref> It posted misinformation on multiple occasions.<ref name="Chatterjee"/><ref name="Alt News"/>

	The ''Network 18'' group was originally owned by [[Raghav Bahl]]. In January 2012, the group received an investment from [[Mukesh Ambani]]'s [[Reliance Industries]] through a rights issue of up to {{~~Indian Rupee~~}}~~2,700~~ crore.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Reliance enters media by opening ~~pursestrings~~ for Network18 \|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/reliance-enters-media-by-opening-pursestrings-for-network18/\|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]\|access-date=11 January 2014\|date=4 January 2012}}</ref>		The Network 18 group was originally owned by [[Raghav Bahl]]. In January 2012, the group received an investment from [[Mukesh Ambani]]'s [[Reliance Industries]] through a rights issue of up to {{currency\|2700\|INR}} [[crore]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Reliance enters media by opening purse strings for Network18\|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/reliance-enters-media-by-opening-pursestrings-for-network18/\|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]\|access-date=11 January 2014\|date=4 January 2012\|archive-date=12 January 2014\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112080432/http://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/reliance-enters-media-by-opening-pursestrings-for-network18/\|url-status=live}}</ref>

	== History ==		== History ==
	In May 2013, the news group was merged with the Indian edition of ''[[Forbes (India~~)\|Forbes~~]]'' whose four top editorial heads including editor in chief Indrajit Gupta were dismissed.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/forbes-india-editors-sacked-for-demanding-stock-ownership/article4795699.ece\|title='Forbes India' editors sacked for demanding stock ownership\|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]\|access-date=11 January 2014\|date=9 June 2013\|last1=Menon\|first1=Meena}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.rediff.com/business/special/why-forbes-editors-in-india-were-sacked/20130614.htm\|title=Why Forbes' editors in India were sacked\|publisher=[[Rediff]]\|access-date=11 January 2014}}</ref> The event led to a media furor.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/no-country-for-good-journalists-113111600236_1.html\|title=No country for good journalists?\|date=16 November 2013\|work=[[Business Standard]]\|access-date=20 February 2014\|last1=Aravind\|first1=Indulekha}}</ref> Thereafter on 31 May 2013 ''Firstpost'' took over a satirical website [[Faking News\|Fakingnews.com]] in undisclosed amount.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Firstpost buys current affairs satire portal FakingNews.com \|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/business/firstpost-buys-current-affairs-satire-portal-fakingnews-com/story-wdMGZAVsDc1C2o1CBpBycJ.html \|access-date=26 August 2020 \|work=[[Hindustan Times]] \|date=31 May 2013 \|language=en}}</ref>		''Firstpost'' began in 2011 as an online news portal of Network18.<ref name="Jha 2019"/> In May 2013, the news group was merged with the Indian edition of ''[[Forbes India]]'' whose four top editorial heads, including editor in chief Indrajit Gupta, were dismissed.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/forbes-india-editors-sacked-for-demanding-stock-ownership/article4795699.ece\|title='Forbes India' editors sacked for demanding stock ownership\|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]\|access-date=11 January 2014\|date=9 June 2013\|last1=Menon\|first1=Meena\|archive-date=6 January 2014\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106170909/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/forbes-india-editors-sacked-for-demanding-stock-ownership/article4795699.ece\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.rediff.com/business/special/why-forbes-editors-in-india-were-sacked/20130614.htm\|title=Why Forbes' editors in India were sacked\|publisher=[[Rediff]]\|access-date=11 January 2014\|archive-date=11 January 2014\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111154924/http://www.rediff.com/business/special/why-forbes-editors-in-india-were-sacked/20130614.htm\|url-status=live}}</ref> The event led to a media furor.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/no-country-for-good-journalists-113111600236_1.html\|title=No country for good journalists?\|date=16 November 2013\|work=[[Business Standard]]\|access-date=20 February 2014\|last1=Aravind\|first1=Indulekha\|archive-date=26 February 2014\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226111443/http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/no-country-for-good-journalists-113111600236_1.html\|url-status=live}}</ref> Thereafter on 31 May 2013, ''Firstpost'' took over a satirical website [[Faking News\|Fakingnews.com]] for an undisclosed amount.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Firstpost buys current affairs satire portal FakingNews.com \|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/business/firstpost-buys-current-affairs-satire-portal-fakingnews-com/story-wdMGZAVsDc1C2o1CBpBycJ.html \|access-date=26 August 2020 \|work=[[Hindustan Times]] \|date=31 May 2013 \|language=en \|archive-date=7 February 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200207073051/https://www.hindustantimes.com/business/firstpost-buys-current-affairs-satire-portal-fakingnews-com/story-wdMGZAVsDc1C2o1CBpBycJ.html \|url-status=live }}</ref> According to ''[[Scroll.in]]'', "Network18, with its online outlet ''FirstPost'', famously lost its primetime anchors in 2014 because of a [[diktat]] against criticising [[Narendra Modi\|Modi]]."<ref name="Venkataramakrishnan 2016">{{cite news \|last1=Venkataramakrishnan \|first1=Rohan \|title=Vadra investigation: Congress attacks NDTV as FirstPost gets praise – what's going on? \|url=https://scroll.in/article/809264/vadra-investigation-congress-attacks-ndtv-as-firstpost-gets-praise-whats-going-on \|access-date=8 July 2023 \|work=[[Scroll.in]] \|date=3 June 2016}}</ref>

			In 2015, ''[[The Caravan]]'' reported on censorship in Firstpost over criticism of political leaders such as [[Arun Jaitley]].<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Dev \|first=Atul \|title=Why is Firstpost Being Asked to Refrain from Criticising Three Top Leaders from the BJP? \|url=https://caravanmagazine.in/vantage/why-firstpost-being-asked-refrain-criticising-three-top-leaders-bjp \|date=15 August 2015 \|website=The Caravan \|language=en}}</ref> In January 2019, a weekly English-language print edition of ''Firstpost'' began,<ref name="Jha 2019">{{cite news \|last1=Jha \|first1=Lata \|title=Firstpost newspaper targeted at niche, discerning audiences \|url=https://www.livemint.com/industry/media/firstpost-newspaper-targeted-at-niche-discerning-audiences-1548230093820.html \|access-date=8 July 2023 \|work=[[Mint (newspaper)\|Mint]] \|date=23 January 2019 \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|last1=Sirur \|first1=Simrin \|last2=Bajpai \|first2=Shailaja \|last3=Choudhary \|first3=Ratnadeep \|title=Making news — Zee's financial woes, Firstpost launch and BJP's WhatsApp 'fake news' \|url=https://theprint.in/plugged-in/making-news-zees-financial-woes-firstpost-launch-and-bjps-whatsapp-fake-news/184231/ \|access-date=8 July 2023 \|work=[[ThePrint]] \|date=28 January 2019}}</ref> and then ended in June 2019, with publication of ''Firstpost'' continuing online.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Jha \|first1=Lata \|title=Network18 suspends publication of Firstpost newspaper \|url=https://www.livemint.com/industry/media/network18-suspends-the-publication-of-firstpost-newspaper-1559813616620.html \|access-date=8 July 2023 \|work=[[Mint (newspaper)\|Mint]] \|date=6 June 2019 \|language=en}}</ref> As of April 2020, Jaideep Giridhar is the executive editor of ''Firstpost'' in [[Mumbai]], while Sanjay Singh is the deputy executive editor.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.firstpost.com/about-firstpost\|title=About Firstpost - Firstpost\|website=Firstpost\|language=en-US\|access-date=31 August 2018\|archive-date=31 August 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831141222/https://www.firstpost.com/about-firstpost\|url-status=live}}</ref> On 26 January 2023, the prime-time show ''Vantage'' was launched, hosted by managing editor Palki Sharma Upadhyay, formerly of [[WION]].<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Srikanth \|first1=Swarna \|title=Palki Sharma's Vantage - Changing geopolitical landscape through the Indian lens \|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/fpj-exclusive-palki-sharmas-vantage-changing-geopolitical-landscape-through-the-indian-lens \|website=[[Free Press Journal]] \|access-date=13 February 2023 \|language=en}}</ref>

	~~As of April 2020, Jaideep Giridhar is~~ the ~~executive editor of~~ ''Firstpost'' in ~~Mumbai~~, ~~while Sanjay~~ Singh ~~is the deputy executive editor~~.<ref>{{~~Cite~~ web\|url=https://www.~~firstpost~~.com/~~about~~-~~firstpost~~\|title=~~About Firstpost -~~ Firstpost\|website=~~Firstpost~~\|~~language~~=en-US\|access-date=~~31 August 2018~~}}</ref>		Fact-checkers have found the ''Firstpost'' to have posted incorrect information on multiple occasions. In 2023, it misreported photo of grave with iron grille to be from Pakistan when it was from Hyderabad, India.<ref name="Alt News">{{cite web \| title=Media misreport: Viral photo of grave with iron grille is from Hyderabad, not Pakistan \| website=Alt News \| date=2023-04-30 \| url=https://www.altnews.in/media-misreport-viral-photo-of-grave-with-iron-grille-is-from-hyderabad-not-pakistan/ \| access-date=2023-07-10}}</ref> In 2023, it falsely reported that [[Atiq Ahmed]]'s vote had ‘Saved' the [[Second Manmohan Singh ministry\|UPA Govt in 2008]].<ref name="Varma">{{cite web \| last=Varma \| first=Aishwarya \| title=Fact-check: Did Atiq Ahmed’s Vote ‘Save the Upa Govt’ in the 2008 Trust Vote? \| website=TheQuint \| date=2023-04-18 \| url=https://www.thequint.com/news/webqoof/atiq-ahmed-saved-upa-government-fact-check \| access-date=2023-07-10}}</ref><ref name="Chatterjee">{{cite web \| last=Chatterjee \| first=Swasti \| title=News18, Firstpost Tweet Old Video Of Waterspout As Cyclone Nisarga \| website=BOOM \| date=2020-06-03 \| url=https://www.boomlive.in/fake-news/news18-firstpost-tweet-old-video-of-waterspout-as-cyclone-nisarga-8354 \| access-date=2023-07-10}}</ref>

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	'''''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.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.network18online.com/index.html\|title=About Network 18\|access-date=11 January 2014}}</ref>		'''''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.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.network18online.com/index.html\|title=About Network 18\|access-date=11 January 2014}}</ref>

	The Network 18 group was originally owned by [[Raghav Bahl]]. In January 2012, the group received an investment from [[Mukesh Ambani]]'s [[Reliance Industries]] through a rights issue of up to {{Indian Rupee}}2,700 crore.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Reliance enters media by opening pursestrings for Network18 \|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/reliance-enters-media-by-opening-pursestrings-for-network18/\|newspaper=The Indian Express\|access-date=11 January 2014\|date=4 January 2012}}</ref>		The ''Network 18'' group was originally owned by [[Raghav Bahl]]. In January 2012, the group received an investment from [[Mukesh Ambani]]'s [[Reliance Industries]] through a rights issue of up to {{Indian Rupee}}2,700 crore.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Reliance enters media by opening pursestrings for Network18 \|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/reliance-enters-media-by-opening-pursestrings-for-network18/\|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]\|access-date=11 January 2014\|date=4 January 2012}}</ref>

	== History ==		== History ==
	In May 2013, the news group was merged with the Indian edition of ''[[Forbes (India)\|Forbes]]'' whose four top editorial heads including editor in chief Indrajit Gupta were dismissed.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/forbes-india-editors-sacked-for-demanding-stock-ownership/article4795699.ece\|title='Forbes India' editors sacked for demanding stock ownership\|newspaper=The Hindu\|access-date=11 January 2014\|date=9 June 2013\|last1=Menon\|first1=Meena}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.rediff.com/business/special/why-forbes-editors-in-india-were-sacked/20130614.htm\|title=Why Forbes' editors in India were sacked\|publisher=Rediff ~~Business~~\|access-date=11 January 2014}}</ref> The event led to a media furor.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/no-country-for-good-journalists-113111600236_1.html\|title=No country for good journalists?\|date=16 November 2013\|work=Business Standard\|access-date=20 February 2014\|last1=Aravind\|first1=Indulekha}}</ref> Thereafter on 31 May 2013 ''Firstpost'' took over a satirical website [[Faking News\|Fakingnews.com]] in undisclosed amount.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Firstpost buys current affairs satire portal FakingNews.com \|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/business/firstpost-buys-current-affairs-satire-portal-fakingnews-com/story-wdMGZAVsDc1C2o1CBpBycJ.html \|access-date=26 August 2020 \|work=Hindustan Times \|date=31 May 2013 \|language=en}}</ref>		In May 2013, the news group was merged with the Indian edition of ''[[Forbes (India)\|Forbes]]'' whose four top editorial heads including editor in chief Indrajit Gupta were dismissed.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/forbes-india-editors-sacked-for-demanding-stock-ownership/article4795699.ece\|title='Forbes India' editors sacked for demanding stock ownership\|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]\|access-date=11 January 2014\|date=9 June 2013\|last1=Menon\|first1=Meena}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.rediff.com/business/special/why-forbes-editors-in-india-were-sacked/20130614.htm\|title=Why Forbes' editors in India were sacked\|publisher=[[Rediff]]\|access-date=11 January 2014}}</ref> The event led to a media furor.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/no-country-for-good-journalists-113111600236_1.html\|title=No country for good journalists?\|date=16 November 2013\|work=[[Business Standard]]\|access-date=20 February 2014\|last1=Aravind\|first1=Indulekha}}</ref> Thereafter on 31 May 2013 ''Firstpost'' took over a satirical website [[Faking News\|Fakingnews.com]] in undisclosed amount.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Firstpost buys current affairs satire portal FakingNews.com \|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/business/firstpost-buys-current-affairs-satire-portal-fakingnews-com/story-wdMGZAVsDc1C2o1CBpBycJ.html \|access-date=26 August 2020 \|work=[[Hindustan Times]] \|date=31 May 2013 \|language=en}}</ref>

	As of April 2020, Jaideep Giridhar is the executive editor of ''Firstpost'' in Mumbai, while Sanjay Singh is the deputy executive editor.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.firstpost.com/about-firstpost\|title=About Firstpost - Firstpost\|website=Firstpost\|language=en-US\|access-date=31 August 2018}}</ref>		As of April 2020, Jaideep Giridhar is the executive editor of ''Firstpost'' in Mumbai, while Sanjay Singh is the deputy executive editor.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.firstpost.com/about-firstpost\|title=About Firstpost - Firstpost\|website=Firstpost\|language=en-US\|access-date=31 August 2018}}</ref>
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'''''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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.network18online.com/index.html|title=About Network 18|access-date=11 January 2014}}</ref>

The Network 18 group was originally owned by [[Raghav Bahl]]. In January 2012, the group received an investment from [[Mukesh Ambani]]'s [[Reliance Industries]] through a rights issue of up to {{Indian Rupee}}2,700 crore.<ref>{{cite web|title=Reliance enters media by opening pursestrings for Network18 |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/reliance-enters-media-by-opening-pursestrings-for-network18/|newspaper=The Indian Express|access-date=11 January 2014|date=4 January 2012}}</ref>

== History ==
In May 2013, the news group was merged with the Indian edition of ''[[Forbes (India)|Forbes]]'' whose four top editorial heads including editor in chief Indrajit Gupta were dismissed.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/forbes-india-editors-sacked-for-demanding-stock-ownership/article4795699.ece|title='Forbes India' editors sacked for demanding stock ownership|newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=11 January 2014|date=9 June 2013|last1=Menon|first1=Meena}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/business/special/why-forbes-editors-in-india-were-sacked/20130614.htm|title=Why Forbes' editors in India were sacked|publisher=Rediff Business|access-date=11 January 2014}}</ref> The event led to a media furor.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/no-country-for-good-journalists-113111600236_1.html|title=No country for good journalists?|date=16 November 2013|work=Business Standard|access-date=20 February 2014|last1=Aravind|first1=Indulekha}}</ref> Thereafter on 31 May 2013 ''Firstpost'' took over a satirical website [[Faking News|Fakingnews.com]] in undisclosed amount.<ref>{{cite news |title=Firstpost buys current affairs satire portal FakingNews.com |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/business/firstpost-buys-current-affairs-satire-portal-fakingnews-com/story-wdMGZAVsDc1C2o1CBpBycJ.html |access-date=26 August 2020 |work=Hindustan Times |date=31 May 2013 |language=en}}</ref>

As of April 2020, Jaideep Giridhar is the executive editor of ''Firstpost'' in Mumbai, while Sanjay Singh is the deputy executive editor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/about-firstpost|title=About Firstpost - Firstpost|website=Firstpost|language=en-US|access-date=31 August 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{official website|http://www.firstpost.com/}}

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