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{{short description|Mass media conglomerate in India}}
{{short description|Mass media conglomerate in India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}  
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}
{{Infobox company
{{Infobox company
| name = Bennett Coleman and Company Limited
| name = Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.
| logo = The Times Group logo.png
| logo = The Times Group logo.png
| logo_caption = Logo of The Times Group
| type = [[Private company|Private]]
| type = [[Private company|Private]]
| foundation = {{start date and age|1838|November|4|p=y|df=y}}
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1838|11|04|p=y|df=yes}}
| founder =
| founder =  
| location = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| location = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| key_people = {{plainlist|  
| key_people = {{Unbulleted_list|  
*''Vacant''<br />([[Chairperson]])
[[Samir Jain]]<br>([[Chairperson#Vice-chairperson and deputy chairperson|Vice-Chairman]] and Managing Director)|[[Vineet Jain]]<br>(Managing Director)|Sivakumar Sundaram<br>([[Chief executive officer|Chairman, Executive Committee]])}}
*[[Samir Jain]]<br />([[Vice-Chairman]])
| industry = [[Mass media]]
*[[Vineet Jain]]<br />([[Managing Director]])
*S Sivakumar<br />([[Chief Executive Officer]])}}
| industry = {{plainlist|
*[[Mass media]]  
}}
| products = {{hlist|[[Publishing]] |[[broadcasting]] |[[radio]] |[[film]]s |[[entertainment]] |[[web portal]]s}}
| products = {{hlist|[[Publishing]] |[[broadcasting]] |[[radio]] |[[film]]s |[[entertainment]] |[[web portal]]s}}
| revenue = {{increase}} {{INRConvert|6986|c}} (FY 2019)<ref name=10K>{{cite news |url=https://www.exchange4media.com/media-others-news/bccls-advertising-revenue-grows-17-in-fy19-100974.html|website=exchange4media.com |title=BCCL's advertising revenue grows 1.7% in FY19 |date= 21 November 2019|last1=Saini |first1=Sonam }}</ref>
| revenue = {{increase}} {{INRConvert|73.94|b}} (2022)<ref name=10K>{{cite news |url=https://www.exchange4media.com/media-print-news/bccl-posts-a-total-profit-of-rs-456-cr-in-fy22-124735.html |website=exchange4media.com |title=BCCL's FY21 consolidated revenue at Rs 5,337.94 crore |date=21 November 2019 |last1=Saini |first1=Sonam |access-date=27 May 2023 |archive-date=27 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527175047/https://www.exchange4media.com/media-print-news/bccl-posts-a-total-profit-of-rs-456-cr-in-fy22-124735.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| net_income = {{decrease}} {{INRConvert|153|c}} (FY 2019)<ref name=10K/>
| net_income = {{increase}} {{INRConvert|4.57|b}} (2022)<ref name=10K/>
| num_employees = 11,000 (2014)<ref name="FY">{{cite news |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/markets/times-group-may-go-for-an-ipo-in-the-long-run-112100600010_1.html | title=Times Group may go for an IPO 'in the long run' |newspaper=[[Business Standard]]|date=25 January 2013|access-date=3 May 2020}}</ref>
| num_employees = 11,100 (2014)<ref name="FY">{{cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/markets/times-group-may-go-for-an-ipo-in-the-long-run-112100600010_1.html|title=Times Group may go for an IPO 'in the long run'|newspaper=[[Business Standard]]|date=8 November 2021|access-date=8 November 2021|archive-date=17 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517002901/https://www.business-standard.com/article/markets/times-group-may-go-for-an-ipo-in-the-long-run-112100600010_1.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
| owner = [[Sahu Jain family]]
| owner = [[Sahu Jain family]]
| subsid = {{plainlist|
| subsid = {{plainlist|
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*[[Bennett University]]
*[[Bennett University]]
*[[Times Music]]
*[[Times Music]]
*[[Junglee Pictures]]
* Times Innovative Media Limited
* Times Business Solutions Limited
* Times Business Solutions Limited
* [[Indiatimes shopping]]
* Times Guaranty Ltd
* Times Guaranty Ltd
* Times Publishing House Limited}}
* Times Publishing House Limited
| website = {{URL|https://www.timesofindia.com/|timesofindia.com}}
}}
}}
| website = {{official URL}}
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'''Bennett, Coleman and Co. Ltd.''' ('''BCCL'''), [[Trade name|d/b/a]] '''The Times Group''', is an Indian [[media conglomerate]] based in [[Mumbai]].{{r|FT}} Notable media properties owned and operated by the group include India's largest selling daily English-language newspaper ''[[The Times of India]]'', television channels such as [[Times Now]], the radio station network [[Radio Mirchi]], and magazines ''[[Filmfare]]'' and ''[[Femina (India)|Femina]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bennett Coleman and Company Limited |url=https://www.crisilratings.com/mnt/winshare/Ratings/RatingList/RatingDocs/BennettColemanandCompanyLimited_May%2017_%202024_RR_341028.html |access-date=23 December 2024 |work=CRISIL}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Sebi rectifies penalty on Samir Jain, wife and others in PNB Finance case |url=https://www.business-standard.com/markets/news/sebi-reduces-penalty-on-times-group-s-samir-jain-wife-and-others-123033000441_1.html |access-date=23 December 2024 |work=Business Standard}}</ref>


'''Bennett, Coleman and Company Limited''',<ref>{{cite web |title=Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd.: Private Company Information |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=7604379 |website=Bloomberg |access-date=30 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=BENNETT COLEMAN AND COMPANY LIMITED |url=https://opencorporates.com/companies/in/U22120MH1913PLC000391 |website=[[opencorporates.com]] |access-date=30 July 2018}}</ref> (abbreviated as '''B.C.C.L.''' and [[Trade name|d/b/a]] '''The Times Group'''), is an Indian [[media conglomerate]] headquartered in [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]].{{r|FT}} The company remains a [[Family business|family-owned business]] with [[Sahu Jain family]] owning a majority stake in The Times Group.
The [[Sahu Jain family]] owns a majority of the stake in the group. In May 2023, the Times Group was split into two separate business entities between brothers [[Vineet Jain]] and [[Samir Jain]], such that its radio and broadcast properties would remain with Vineet Jain and its print properties would be under the ownership of Samir Jain.<ref>[https://www.financialexpress.com/business/brandwagon-times-group-split-samir-jain-takes-print-vineet-gets-broadcast-radio-biz-3095789/ Times Group split: Samir Jain takes print; Vineet gets broadcast, radio biz] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719161547/https://www.financialexpress.com/business/brandwagon-times-group-split-samir-jain-takes-print-vineet-gets-broadcast-radio-biz-3095789/ |date=19 July 2023 }}. ''Financial Express''. 21 May 2023.</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Reed |first1=John |title=The battle for succession |url=https://www.ft.com/content/5be4e2ea-def2-4f4b-b929-65e9dc275901 |access-date=23 December 2024 |work=Financial Times |date=23 May 2023}}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==
On 3 November 1838 the ''Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce'' was first published, a predecessor of what would become ''The Times of India''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/22658617|title=The Bombay times and journal of commerce, 1838–1859|publisher=National Library of Australia|year=1838|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/miscellaneous/Bombay-Times/articleshow/55223939.cms|title=Bombay Times – Times of India ►|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-07-09}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstversions.com/2016/11/the-times-of-india.html|title=The Times of India|website=www.firstversions.com|access-date=2018-07-09}}</ref> While starting as a biweekly paper, it was converted to a daily in 1850 and in 1859 the paper was merged with two other papers into the ''Bombay Times and Standard'' under editor [[Robert Knight (editor)|Robert Knight]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/3rd-november-1838-the-times-of-india-the-newspaper-was-founded|title=3rd November 1838: The Times of India, the newspaper, was founded|website=www.mapsofindia.com|date=3 November 2013|access-date=2018-07-09}}</ref> Two years later, in 1861, the paper got a more national scope with the title ''The Times of India''. Subsequently the paper saw its ownership change several times until 1892 when an English journalist named [[Thomas Jewell Bennett]] along with Frank Morris Coleman (who later drowned in the 1915 sinking of the [[SS Persia (1900)|SS ''Persia'']]) acquired the newspaper through their new joint stock company, ''Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd''. (BCCL).<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />  At the time, some 800 people were employed by the paper.
The ''Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce'' was first published on 3 November 1838 as a predecessor to what would become ''[[The Times of India]]''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/22658617|title=The Bombay times and journal of commerce, 1838–1859|publisher=National Library of Australia|year=1838|language=en|access-date=9 July 2018|archive-date=5 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105145059/https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/22658617|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/miscellaneous/Bombay-Times/articleshow/55223939.cms|title=Bombay Times – Times of India ►|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-07-09|archive-date=2 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181202145502/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/miscellaneous/Bombay-Times/articleshow/55223939.cms|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstversions.com/2016/11/the-times-of-india.html|title=The Times of India|website=www.firstversions.com|access-date=2018-07-09|archive-date=9 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709064743/https://www.firstversions.com/2016/11/the-times-of-india.html|url-status=live}}</ref> While starting as a biweekly paper, it was converted to a daily in 1850. In 1859 the paper was merged with two other papers into the ''Bombay Times and Standard'' under editor [[Robert Knight (editor)|Robert Knight]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/3rd-november-1838-the-times-of-india-the-newspaper-was-founded|title=3rd November 1838: The Times of India, the newspaper, was founded|website=www.mapsofindia.com|date=3 November 2013|access-date=2018-07-09|archive-date=15 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115212439/http://www.mapsofindia.com/on-this-day/3rd-november-1838-the-times-of-india-the-newspaper-was-founded|url-status=live}}</ref> Two years later, in 1861, the paper got a more national scope with the title ''The Times of India''. Subsequently the paper saw its ownership change several times until 1892 when an English journalist named [[Thomas Jewell Bennett]] along with Frank Morris Coleman (who later drowned in the 1915 sinking of the [[SS Persia (1900)|SS ''Persia'']]) acquired the newspaper through their new joint stock company, ''Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd''. (BCCL).<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />  At the time, some 800 people were employed by the paper.


The company, by that time consolidated in the Times of India Group, was taken over from its British owners in 1946 by industrialist Ramkrishna Dalmia.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y8aGAwAAQBAJ&q=Seth+Ramakrishna+Dalmia+times+of+india&pg=PA20|title=Practising Journalism: Values, Constraints, Implications|last=Rajan|first=Nalini|date=2005-08-09|publisher=SAGE Publications India|isbn=9788132102618|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sv7Uk0UcdM8C&pg=PA112|title=Pop Culture India!: Media, Arts, and Lifestyle|last=Kasbekar|first=Asha|date=2006|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=9781851096367|language=en}}</ref>
The company, by that time consolidated in the Times of India Group, was taken over from its British owners in 1946 by industrialist Ramkrishna Dalmia.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y8aGAwAAQBAJ&q=Seth+Ramakrishna+Dalmia+times+of+india&pg=PA20|title=Practising Journalism: Values, Constraints, Implications|last=Rajan|first=Nalini|date=2005-08-09|publisher=SAGE Publications India|isbn=9788132102618|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sv7Uk0UcdM8C&pg=PA112|title=Pop Culture India!: Media, Arts, and Lifestyle|last=Kasbekar|first=Asha|date=2006|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=9781851096367|language=en|access-date=9 July 2018|archive-date=29 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629113922/https://books.google.com/books?id=Sv7Uk0UcdM8C&pg=PA112|url-status=live}}</ref>


Ramkrishna Dalmia (7 April 1893 – 26 September 1978) was a pioneer industrialist and founder of the Dalmia-Jain group or [[Dalmia Group]] and The Times Group. The name is variously written as Ram Krishan Dalmia and Ram Kishan Dalmia. In 1947, Dalmia engineered the acquisition of the media giant Bennett, Coleman by transferring monies from a bank and an insurance company of which he was the Chairman. In 1955, this came to the attention of the socialist parliamentarian [[Feroze Gandhi]] who was part of the ruling [[Indian National Congress|Congress party]] headed by his estranged father-in-law [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]. In December 1955, he raised the matter in the [[Parliament of India|Parliament]], documenting extensively the various fund transfers and intermediaries through which the acquisition had been financed. The case was investigated by the [[Vivian Bose]] Commission of Inquiry.
Dalmia (7 April 1893 – 26 September 1978) was a pioneer industrialist and founder of the Dalmia-Jain group or [[Dalmia Group]] and the Times Group. The name is variously written as Ram Krishan Dalmia and Ram Kishan Dalmia. In 1947, Dalmia engineered the acquisition of the media giant Bennett, Coleman by transferring monies from a bank and an insurance company of which he was the Chairman. In 1955, this came to the attention of the socialist parliamentarian [[Feroze Gandhi]] who was part of the ruling [[Indian National Congress|Congress party]] headed by his estranged father-in-law [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]. In December 1955, he raised the matter in the [[Parliament of India|Parliament]], documenting extensively the various fund transfers and intermediaries through which the acquisition had been financed. The case was investigated by the [[Vivian Bose]] Commission of Inquiry.


In the court case that followed, where he was represented by the leading British attorney [[Dingle Foot|Sir Dingle Mackintosh Foot]], he was sentenced to two years in [[Tihar Jail]]. But for most of the jail term he managed to spend in hospital. Upon his release his son-in-law [[Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain]] to whom he had entrusted running of Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. rebuffed his efforts to resume command of the company {{citation needed|date=April 2021}}.
In the court case that followed, where he was represented by the leading British attorney [[Dingle Foot|Sir Dingle Mackintosh Foot]], Dalmia was sentenced to two years in [[Tihar Jail]]. But he managed to spend most of the jail term in hospital. During this period the company was run by Dalmia's son-in-law Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain.


During his time in prison the company was run by his son-in-law Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain. Jain would buy the company a few years later and the company would be primarily run by his family in the years after.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/10/08/citizens-jain|title=Citizens Jain|last=Auletta|first=Ken|date=2012-10-08|work=The New Yorker|access-date=2018-07-09|language=en-US}}</ref> The company expanded its presence in the [[Media of India|Indian media]] sphere by founding different papers and local editions of ''The Times of India''.<ref name=":1" />
Upon his release his son-in-law [[Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain]] to whom he had entrusted running of Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. rebuffed his efforts to resume command of the company.<ref>{{Cite web|title=History is only a by-product for Bennett, Coleman & Co.|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/bennett-coleman-and-co-among-100-year-old-indian-companies-22777-2011-06-23|access-date=2022-01-07|website=Business Today|date=23 June 2011|language=en|archive-date=7 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107153637/https://www.businesstoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/bennett-coleman-and-co-among-100-year-old-indian-companies-22777-2011-06-23|url-status=live}}</ref> Jain would buy the company a few years later and the company would be primarily run by his family in the years after.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/10/08/citizens-jain|title=Citizens Jain|last=Auletta|first=Ken|date=2012-10-08|magazine=The New Yorker|access-date=2018-07-09|language=en-US|archive-date=20 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420031405/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/10/08/citizens-jain|url-status=live}}</ref> The company expanded its presence in the [[Media of India|Indian media]] sphere by founding different papers and local editions of ''The Times of India''.<ref name=":1" />


==Decline and revival==
==Decline and revival==
[[File:The Times of India 1988 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|The Times of India 1988 stamp of India]]
[[File:The Times of India 1988 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|The Times of India 1988 stamp of India]]
The Times of India press published a number of influential English (e.g. [[Illustrated Weekly of India]] 1880-1993) and Hindi magazines (e.g. [[Dharmyug]] 1949-1997, Sarika, [[Dinaman]] 1965-1990s, [[Parag (magazine)|Parag]] 1958-1990s), edited by distinguished authors including [[Khushwant Singh]], [[Dharmveer Bharti]], [[Agyeya]] and [[Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena]]. However, the organisation faced financial difficulties, and most of them were closed down during the 1990s.
The Times of India press published a number of influential English (e.g. [[Illustrated Weekly of India]] 1880-1993) and [[List of magazines in Hindi|Hindi magazines]] (e.g. [[Dharmyug]] 1949-1997, Sarika, [[Dinaman]] 1965-1990s, [[Parag (magazine)|Parag]] 1958-1990s), edited by distinguished authors including [[Khushwant Singh]], [[Dharmveer Bharti]], [[Agyeya]] and [[Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena]]. However, the organisation faced financial difficulties, and most of them were closed down during the 1990s.


The sons of [[Ashok Kumar Jain|Sahu Ashok Jain]], Sahu [[Samir Jain]] and [[Vineet Jain]] are credited with reviving the financial success of the group with newer and more profitable ventures.<ref>[https://www.businesstoday.in/magazine/cover-story/bennett-coleman-and-co-among-100-year-old-indian-companies/story/16498.html Just in times Shamni Pande, Business Today, July 10, 2011]</ref><ref>[https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/10/08/citizens-jain Citizens Jain, Why India’s newspaper industry is thriving, Ken Auletta, The New Yorker, October 1, 2012]</ref>
The sons of [[Ashok Kumar Jain|Sahu Ashok Jain]], Sahu [[Samir Jain]] and [[Vineet Jain]] are credited with reviving the financial success of the group with newer and more profitable ventures.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/magazine/cover-story/bennett-coleman-and-co-among-100-year-old-indian-companies/story/16498.html |title=Just in times Shamni Pande, Business Today, July 10, 2011 |date=23 June 2011 |access-date=24 April 2021 |archive-date=24 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424234934/https://www.businesstoday.in/magazine/cover-story/bennett-coleman-and-co-among-100-year-old-indian-companies/story/16498.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/10/08/citizens-jain |title=Citizens Jain, Why India's newspaper industry is thriving, Ken Auletta, The New Yorker, October 1, 2012 |magazine=The New Yorker |date=October 2012 |access-date=22 May 2018 |archive-date=20 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420031405/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/10/08/citizens-jain |url-status=live |last1=Auletta |first1=Ken }}</ref>


==Assets==
==Assets==


===Publications===
===Publications===
* [[The Times of India]], largest circulation of any English-language newspaper in the world, with 2.8 million copies.<ref name="FT">{{ cite news | title=Uber in tie-up with Times of India digital arm | url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6c6c4392-d0a9-11e4-a840-00144feab7de.html#axzz3VKpyrnhz | date=23 March 2015 | newspaper=Financial Times | author=James Crabtree, Mumbai | access-date=24 March 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Details of most circulated publications for the audit period July – December 2013 |url=http://www.auditbureau.org/news/view/17 | publisher=Audit Bureau of Circulations | date=21 May 2014 | access-date=24 March 2015 }}</ref>
* ''[[The Times of India]]'', largest circulation of any English-language newspaper in the world, with 2.8 million copies.<ref name="FT">{{cite news | title=Uber in tie-up with Times of India digital arm | url=https://www.ft.com/content/6c6c4392-d0a9-11e4-a840-00144feab7de | date=23 March 2015 | newspaper=Financial Times | author=James Crabtree, Mumbai | access-date=24 March 2015 | archive-date=25 March 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325162218/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6c6c4392-d0a9-11e4-a840-00144feab7de.html#axzz3VKpyrnhz | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Details of most circulated publications for the audit period July – December 2013 | url=http://www.auditbureau.org/news/view/17 | publisher=Audit Bureau of Circulations | date=21 May 2014 | access-date=24 March 2015 | archive-date=5 September 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905020103/http://auditbureau.org/news/view/17 | url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[The Economic Times]]
* ''[[The Economic Times]]''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-03 |title=Times of India to be split between Samir and Vineet Jain, brothers seek funds: Reports |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/times-of-india-to-be-split-between-samir-and-vineet-jain-brothers-seek-funds-reports |access-date=2024-03-02 |website=Free Press Journal |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Navbharat Times]]
* ''[[Navbharat Times]]''
* [[Maharashtra Times]]
* ''[[Maharashtra Times]]''
* [[Ei Samay]]
* ''[[Mumbai Mirror]]''
* [[Mumbai Mirror]]  
* ''[[Vijaya Karnataka]]''
* [[Vijaya Karnataka]]
* ''[[Bangalore Mirror]]''
* ''[[Pune Mirror]]''
* ''[[Bombay Times]]''


=== Television channels ===
=== Television channels ===
The Times Group owns the following channels.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/info/timesnetwork-trai-value-package/337775|title=Times – Movies and News Pack – Times Network News HD Premium Pack Price and Channel List|last=TimesNow|website=TimesNow|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-04-30}}</ref>
The Times Group owns the following channels.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/info/timesnetwork-trai-value-package/337775|title=Times – Movies and News Pack – Times Network News HD Premium Pack Price and Channel List|last=TimesNow|website=TimesNow|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-04-30|archive-date=29 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190429093110/https://www.timesnownews.com/info/timesnetwork-trai-value-package/337775|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
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|[[Movies Now]]
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|[[Times Now|Times Now World]]
|HD
|Formerly ''[[Times Now|Times Now HD]]''
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|[[Times Now Navbharat]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Times Network to launch Hindi news channel in mid June - Exchange4media |url=https://www.exchange4media.com/media-tv-news/times-network-to-launch-hindi-news-channel-in-mid-june-113032.html |access-date=2021-05-19 |website=Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – exchange4media |language=en |archive-date=19 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519164256/https://www.exchange4media.com/media-tv-news/times-network-to-launch-hindi-news-channel-in-mid-june-113032.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| rowspan="2" |[[Hindi]]
|SD+HD
|News
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|ET Now Swadesh<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rajesh |first=Srividya |date=2021-05-20 |title=Times Network To Launch Hindi Business News Channel, ET Now Swadesh |url=https://www.iwmbuzz.com/television/news/times-network-launch-hindi-business-news-channel-et-now-swadesh/2021/05/20 |access-date=2021-08-29 |website=IWMBuzz |language=en |archive-date=29 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829142121/https://www.iwmbuzz.com/television/news/times-network-launch-hindi-business-news-channel-et-now-swadesh/2021/05/20 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|Business News
|SD
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|-
|[[Zoom (Indian TV channel)|Zoom]]
|Hindi
|Music
|SD
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|}


* [[Times Now]]
=== Defunct channels ===
* [[ET Now]] (HD soon)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:middle;"
* [[Mirror Now]] (HD soon)
! style="width:180pt; background:Coral;" |Channel
* Times Now World
! style="width:180pt; background:Gold;" |Launch
* Times Now Navbharat HD
! style="width:180pt; background:Coral;" |Language
* ET Now Swadesh<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rajesh|first=Author: Srividya|date=2021-05-20|title=Times Network To Launch Hindi Business News Channel, ET Now Swadesh|url=https://www.iwmbuzz.com/television/news/times-network-launch-hindi-business-news-channel-et-now-swadesh/2021/05/20|access-date=2021-08-29|website=IWMBuzz|language=en}}</ref> (launching soon)
! style="width:300pt; background:Gold;" |Category
* [[Zoom (Indian TV channel)|Zoom]] (Discontinued soon)
! style="width:180pt; background:Coral;" |Defunct
* [[Romedy Now]]
 
* [[Movies Now]]
! style="width:180pt; background:Gold;" |[[Standard-definition television|SD]]/[[High-definition video|HD]] availability
* [[MNX]]
! style="width:300pt; background:Coral;" |Notes
* [[MN+]] (SD soon)
|-
|[[1Sports]]
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|[[Indian English|English]]
|Sports
|2023
|SD
|
|-
|[[Mirror Now]]
|
|[[Indian English|English]]
|News
|2025
|SD
|
|}


=== Times Business Solutions Limited ===
=== Times Business Solutions Limited ===
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'''Times Business Solutions – A division of Times Internet Limited''' is a limited company, wholly owned by Bennett Coleman Company Limited (The Times Group). TBS develops [[web sites]] within areas such as [[recruitment]], [[real estate]] and [[Marriage websites|matrimonials]].
'''Times Business Solutions – A division of Times Internet Limited''' is a limited company, wholly owned by Bennett Coleman Company Limited (The Times Group). TBS develops [[web sites]] within areas such as [[recruitment]], [[real estate]] and [[Marriage websites|matrimonials]] such as SimplyMarry.com.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Change-your-life-SimplyMarry-com/articleshow/756209.cms | title=Change your life! SimplyMarry.com | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=9 December 2006 | accessdate=29 July 2016 | archive-date=11 March 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170311113629/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Change-your-life-SimplyMarry-com/articleshow/756209.cms | url-status=live }}</ref>


TBS started as a division of BCCL in 2004 with the mission to create an exchange for job seekers and employers on the internet. With the growth of internet attaining rapid speed and being a highly profitable venture, Times Business Solutions – A division of Times Internet Limited was born as the "''Internet Initiatives''" of BCCL. Times Group, others put $20 million into [[Square Yards]] in Sep 2019.
TBS started as a division of BCCL in 2004 to create an exchange for job seekers and employers on the internet. With the growth of internet attaining rapid speed and being a highly profitable venture, Times Business Solutions – A division of Times Internet Limited was born as the "''Internet Initiatives''" of BCCL. Times Group, others put $20 million into Square Yards<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWH8Rmc65Rs&t=8s | title=Square Yards &#124; Tanuj Shori &#124; Art of Selling Real Estate - Money Matters with Shradha Sharma | website=[[YouTube]] | date=9 June 2020 | access-date=29 June 2022 | archive-date=29 June 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629092407/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWH8Rmc65Rs&t=8s | url-status=live }}</ref> in September 2019.


===Times Internet===
===Times Internet===
{{Main|Times Internet}}
{{Main|Times Internet}}


'''Times Internet''' is an [[India]]n company which owns, operates and invests in various [[Internet|Internet-led products, services and technology]].
'''Times Internet''' is an Indian company which owns, operates and invests in various [[Internet|Internet-led products, services and technology]].


===Radio Mirchi===
===Radio Mirchi===
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== References ==
== References ==
{{Reflist}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-07|title=Lesser known facts about Rhea Chakraborty|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/photos/entertainment/rhea-chakraborty-lesser-known-facts-about-the-actress/photostory/78530871.cms|access-date=2020-10-07|website=Mumbai Mirror|language=en}}</ref>
{{Reflist}}


==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* {{cite web |last1=Auletta |first1=Ken |author-link1=Ken Auletta |title=Citizens Jain – Why India's newspaper industry is thriving.|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/10/08/citizens-jain |website=[[The New Yorker]] |access-date=30 July 2018 |date=8 October 2012}}
* {{cite magazine |last1=Auletta |first1=Ken |author-link1=Ken Auletta |title=Citizens Jain – Why India's newspaper industry is thriving.|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/10/08/citizens-jain |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |access-date=30 July 2018 |date=8 October 2012}}
* {{cite web |last1=Thakurta |first1=Paranjoy Guha |author-link1=Paranjoy Guha Thakurta |title=The Times, the Jains, and BCCL |url=http://www.thehoot.org/media-watch/media-business/the-times-the-jains-and-bccl-6425 |website=The Hoot |access-date=30 July 2018 |date=11 November 2012}}
* {{cite web |last1=Thakurta |first1=Paranjoy Guha |author-link1=Paranjoy Guha Thakurta |title=The Times, the Jains, and BCCL |url=http://www.thehoot.org/media-watch/media-business/the-times-the-jains-and-bccl-6425 |website=The Hoot |access-date=30 July 2018 |date=11 November 2012}}
* {{cite web |title=Gigantic List of Companies Owned by The TIMES Group |url=https://www.melodyfuse.com/2019/09/17/gigantic-list-of-companies-owned-by-the-times-group.html |website=MelodyFuse |access-date=23 September 2019 |date=17 September 2019}}
* {{cite web |title=Gigantic List of Companies Owned by The TIMES Group |url=https://www.melodyfuse.com/2019/09/17/gigantic-list-of-companies-owned-by-the-times-group.html |website=MelodyFuse |access-date=23 September 2019 |date=17 September 2019}}


==External links==
==External links==
{{Commons category|The Times Group}}
{{Commons category}}
* {{Official website}}
* {{Official website}}
{{The Times Group}}
{{The Times Group}}
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{{Authority control}}

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Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.
IndustryMass media
Founded4 November 1838 (187 years ago) (1838-11-04)
HeadquartersMumbai, Maharashtra, India
Key people
Products
RevenueIncrease ₹73.94 billion (US$1.0 billion) (2022)[1]
Increase ₹4.57 billion (US$64 million) (2022)[1]
OwnerSahu Jain family
Number of employees
11,100 (2014)[2]
Subsidiaries
Website{{URL|example.com|optional display text}}

Bennett, Coleman and Co. Ltd. (BCCL), d/b/a The Times Group, is an Indian media conglomerate based in Mumbai.[3] Notable media properties owned and operated by the group include India's largest selling daily English-language newspaper The Times of India, television channels such as Times Now, the radio station network Radio Mirchi, and magazines Filmfare and Femina.[4][5]

The Sahu Jain family owns a majority of the stake in the group. In May 2023, the Times Group was split into two separate business entities between brothers Vineet Jain and Samir Jain, such that its radio and broadcast properties would remain with Vineet Jain and its print properties would be under the ownership of Samir Jain.[6][7]

History[edit | edit source]

The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce was first published on 3 November 1838 as a predecessor to what would become The Times of India.[8][9][10] While starting as a biweekly paper, it was converted to a daily in 1850. In 1859 the paper was merged with two other papers into the Bombay Times and Standard under editor Robert Knight.[10][11] Two years later, in 1861, the paper got a more national scope with the title The Times of India. Subsequently the paper saw its ownership change several times until 1892 when an English journalist named Thomas Jewell Bennett along with Frank Morris Coleman (who later drowned in the 1915 sinking of the SS Persia) acquired the newspaper through their new joint stock company, Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (BCCL).[10][11] At the time, some 800 people were employed by the paper.

The company, by that time consolidated in the Times of India Group, was taken over from its British owners in 1946 by industrialist Ramkrishna Dalmia.[12][13]

Dalmia (7 April 1893 – 26 September 1978) was a pioneer industrialist and founder of the Dalmia-Jain group or Dalmia Group and the Times Group. The name is variously written as Ram Krishan Dalmia and Ram Kishan Dalmia. In 1947, Dalmia engineered the acquisition of the media giant Bennett, Coleman by transferring monies from a bank and an insurance company of which he was the Chairman. In 1955, this came to the attention of the socialist parliamentarian Feroze Gandhi who was part of the ruling Congress party headed by his estranged father-in-law Jawaharlal Nehru. In December 1955, he raised the matter in the Parliament, documenting extensively the various fund transfers and intermediaries through which the acquisition had been financed. The case was investigated by the Vivian Bose Commission of Inquiry.

In the court case that followed, where he was represented by the leading British attorney Sir Dingle Mackintosh Foot, Dalmia was sentenced to two years in Tihar Jail. But he managed to spend most of the jail term in hospital. During this period the company was run by Dalmia's son-in-law Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain.

Upon his release his son-in-law Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain to whom he had entrusted running of Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. rebuffed his efforts to resume command of the company.[14] Jain would buy the company a few years later and the company would be primarily run by his family in the years after.[13][15] The company expanded its presence in the Indian media sphere by founding different papers and local editions of The Times of India.[11]

Decline and revival[edit | edit source]

The Times of India 1988 stamp of India

The Times of India press published a number of influential English (e.g. Illustrated Weekly of India 1880-1993) and Hindi magazines (e.g. Dharmyug 1949-1997, Sarika, Dinaman 1965-1990s, Parag 1958-1990s), edited by distinguished authors including Khushwant Singh, Dharmveer Bharti, Agyeya and Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena. However, the organisation faced financial difficulties, and most of them were closed down during the 1990s.

The sons of Sahu Ashok Jain, Sahu Samir Jain and Vineet Jain are credited with reviving the financial success of the group with newer and more profitable ventures.[16][17]

Assets[edit | edit source]

Publications[edit | edit source]

Television channels[edit | edit source]

The Times Group owns the following channels.[20]

Channel Language Category SD/HD availability Notes
Movies Now English Movies SD+HD
MNX Formerly Movies Now 2
Romedy Now SD
MN+ HD
Times Now News SD
Times Now World HD Formerly Times Now HD
ET Now SD Business News
Times Now Navbharat[21] Hindi SD+HD News
ET Now Swadesh[22] Business News SD
Zoom Hindi Music SD

Defunct channels[edit | edit source]

Channel Launch Language Category Defunct SD/HD availability Notes
1Sports English Sports 2023 SD
Mirror Now English News 2025 SD

Times Business Solutions Limited[edit | edit source]

TBS
Founded2004
ParentTimes Internet
Websitehttp://www.tbsl.in/

Times Business Solutions – A division of Times Internet Limited is a limited company, wholly owned by Bennett Coleman Company Limited (The Times Group). TBS develops web sites within areas such as recruitment, real estate and matrimonials such as SimplyMarry.com.[23]

TBS started as a division of BCCL in 2004 to create an exchange for job seekers and employers on the internet. With the growth of internet attaining rapid speed and being a highly profitable venture, Times Business Solutions – A division of Times Internet Limited was born as the "Internet Initiatives" of BCCL. Times Group, others put $20 million into Square Yards[24] in September 2019.

Times Internet[edit | edit source]

Main article: Times Internet

Times Internet is an Indian company which owns, operates and invests in various Internet-led products, services and technology.

Radio Mirchi[edit | edit source]

Main article: Radio Mirchi

Radio Mirchi is a nationwide network of private FM radio stations in India.

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Saini, Sonam (21 November 2019). "BCCL's FY21 consolidated revenue at Rs 5,337.94 crore". exchange4media.com. Archived from the original on 27 May 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  2. ↑ "Times Group may go for an IPO 'in the long run'". Business Standard. 8 November 2021. Archived from the original on 17 May 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 James Crabtree, Mumbai (23 March 2015). "Uber in tie-up with Times of India digital arm". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 25 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Bennett Coleman and Company Limited". CRISIL. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  5. ↑ "Sebi rectifies penalty on Samir Jain, wife and others in PNB Finance case". Business Standard. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  6. ↑ Times Group split: Samir Jain takes print; Vineet gets broadcast, radio biz Archived 19 July 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Financial Express. 21 May 2023.
  7. ↑ Reed, John (23 May 2023). "The battle for succession". Financial Times. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  8. ↑ The Bombay times and journal of commerce, 1838–1859. National Library of Australia. 1838. Archived from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  9. ↑ "Bombay Times – Times of India ►". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2 December 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "The Times of India". www.firstversions.com. Archived from the original on 9 July 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "3rd November 1838: The Times of India, the newspaper, was founded". www.mapsofindia.com. 3 November 2013. Archived from the original on 15 November 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  12. ↑ Rajan, Nalini (9 August 2005). Practising Journalism: Values, Constraints, Implications. SAGE Publications India. ISBN 9788132102618.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Kasbekar, Asha (2006). Pop Culture India!: Media, Arts, and Lifestyle. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781851096367. Archived from the original on 29 June 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  14. ↑ "History is only a by-product for Bennett, Coleman & Co". Business Today. 23 June 2011. Archived from the original on 7 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  15. ↑ Auletta, Ken (8 October 2012). "Citizens Jain". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 20 April 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  16. ↑ "Just in times Shamni Pande, Business Today, July 10, 2011". 23 June 2011. Archived from the original on 24 April 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  17. ↑ Auletta, Ken (October 2012). "Citizens Jain, Why India's newspaper industry is thriving, Ken Auletta, The New Yorker, October 1, 2012". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 20 April 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  18. ↑ "Details of most circulated publications for the audit period July – December 2013". Audit Bureau of Circulations. 21 May 2014. Archived from the original on 5 September 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  19. ↑ "Times of India to be split between Samir and Vineet Jain, brothers seek funds: Reports". Free Press Journal. 3 May 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  20. ↑ TimesNow. "Times – Movies and News Pack – Times Network News HD Premium Pack Price and Channel List". TimesNow. Archived from the original on 29 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  21. ↑ "Times Network to launch Hindi news channel in mid June - Exchange4media". Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – exchange4media. Archived from the original on 19 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  22. ↑ Rajesh, Srividya (20 May 2021). "Times Network To Launch Hindi Business News Channel, ET Now Swadesh". IWMBuzz. Archived from the original on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
  23. ↑ "Change your life! SimplyMarry.com". The Times of India. 9 December 2006. Archived from the original on 11 March 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  24. ↑ "Square Yards | Tanuj Shori | Art of Selling Real Estate - Money Matters with Shradha Sharma". YouTube. 9 June 2020. Archived from the original on 29 June 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2022.

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