Talk:The Times Group

Merge proposal
Guys The Times Group should be merged with IndiaTimes Group. If i'm not mistaken they're the same things. Thanks Jordon Vandyke 16:25, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Done. &mdash; coe l acan t a lk  &mdash; 18:48, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Comment
Illustrated weekly of India was also a part of times group how about adding some info on that

The company has no group website. all this information is from company's extranet portal

There are no citations that can be quoted regarding the group. The group is a closely held on and does not like to talk to media. In the past I've worked for the group for about 6 years and I can vouch that much of the info abt the group is valid. ChiragPatnaik 15:06, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Request edit
About Times Group: The Times Group is India’s largest media conglomerate with Bennett, Coleman and Company Limited (BCCL) as the flagship company. Starting off with The Times of India – World’s largest circulated English daily. .. BCCL and its subsidiaries (called The Times Group), are present in every existing media platform – Newspapers, Magazines, Television, Radio, Digital, Outdoor Display, Music, Film Content,  Events, Conferences, and more. Recently, the group has taken initiatives in the Education space by launching Vocational Training institute and announcing the launch of Bennett University. The group has the support of over 25,000 advertisers, 11,000 employees and an audience spanning across all continents.

TGITInteract (talk) 06:19, 11 March 2015 (UTC)


 * That sounds like a nice block of information to add. Do you have a reliable source or sources for the content? If the source is copyrighted, I assume that this is already paraphrased so that there will be no copyright issue.-- CaroleHenson (talk) 12:18, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
 * It looks like the content is a direct copy of the information at this "About us" page, which does not seem to be copyright protected, as far as I can tell. Where possible, it's best to get information from an Independent source - so that there's an editorial or fact-checking function that has been performed.


 * And there are some bits which absolutely need to come from a secondary source:
 * The Times Group is India’s largest media conglomerate
 * The Times of India – World’s largest circulated English daily


 * For instance, this source says that "At the beginning of 2012, Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) became India's largest media conglomerate". If you could find some more recent sources, that make the assertions, that would be great!


 * Please feel free to run any comments or sources you have by me, I would be happy to help.-- CaroleHenson (talk) 07:55, 19 March 2015 (UTC)


 * {inserted some refs)--TGITInteract (talk) 07:47, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Great, ! I found some better, more recent sources:

The Times Group, a Bennett, Coleman and Company Limited (BCCL) company, is India’s largest media conglomerate, according to Financial Times in March 2015. The Audit Bureau of Circulations reported in May 2014 that it had the largest circulation of an English newspaper in the world, with 3,321,702 average qualifying sales.


 * I'll insert this into the article.-- CaroleHenson (talk) 19:07, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

ok thanksTGITInteract (talk) 13:07, 23 April 2015 (UTC)

History: 1838: The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce was first published on November 3, 1838 as a bi- weekly (Saturday and Wednesday) newspaper for Bombay's business community under editor Dr. J.E. Brennan 1850: Paper is converted into a daily 1859: Bombay Standard and Chronicle of Western India merges into The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce to form Bombay Times & Standard 1861: Editor Robert Knight amalgamates The Bombay Times & Standard and Bombay Telegraph & Courier to form The Times of India giving it a national character 1892: Thomas Jewell Bennett becomes the editor and enters into a partnership with Franck Morris Coleman to form a joint stock company - Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (BCCL). 1907: The newspapers’ first price war was initiated with cover price being cut from 4 annas to 1 anna – leading to a five-fold increase in circulation 1946: The Times of India gets Indian ownership with Seth Ramakrishna Dalmia buying the company 1947: Exclusive Sunday edition of Times of India launched in Mumbai 1948: Sahu Jain Group takes over as the owners of the company after Ramakrishna Dalmia sells the firm to his son-in-law Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain - who becomes the first chairman of the group 1950: Launch of Hindi daily – Navbharat Times and The Times of India, Delhi edition 1952: Filmfare- first film magazine in English launched 1959: Femina - first women’s magazine in English launched 1961: Launched The Economic Times (ET), the leading financial daily 1962: Launch of Marathi daily - Maharashtra Times 1965: Femina Miss India contest started 1986: The Economic Times celebrates its Silver Jubilee crossing circulation of 100,000 copies for the first time in its publishing history 1988: Times of India completes 150 years. Special stamp released by Government of India to commemorate the occasion 1989: The Times Group wins its first ever advertising award (Best B&W Campaign in Print Category) for The Times of India sesquicentennial campaign: "Good Times, Sad Times, Changing Times" 1990: The Economic Times launches "Brand Equity" as "News from the Marketing Battlefront" on Wednesdays —takes marketing fraternity by storm. Weekend "Corporate Dossier" is also launched by The Economic Times 1991: BBC features The Times of India among the world's six great newspapers. The Economic Times is launched on "salmon pink" newsprint distinguishing it from other business dailies. Circulation of The Economic Times surges exponentially under the offer line, "Why beg or borrow when you can steal? At Rs.2/- The Economic Times is a steal!" 1996: The Times of India crosses 1 million in circulation. 1998: BCCL enters into music market with Times Music 1999: Indiatimes web-portal launched; BCCL enters music retailing business with Planet M. Also operates the first-ever private FM broadcast through Times FM (which later becomes Radio Mirchi). 2000: The Times of India crosses the 2 million in circulation 2001: Entry into multiple emerging media businesses - Radio Mirchi, the nationwide private FM broadcasting radio station, Out of Home, and 58888, the mobile VAS business. Times Of India (TOI) goes all color and storms Delhi by being "Number One". 2003: TOI launches e-paper and the job portal – Times Jobs 2004: Entry into Television broadcasting through ZOOM - a film-based entertainment channel. Also enters into a joint venture with British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), UK for launching magazines business 2005: Launch of a Matrimonial website TimesMatri – later rebranded as Simply Marry. Mumbai Mirror, the city-centric daily tabloid launched in Mumbai. Started Private Treaties as a strategic business initiative. Launch of Times Boooks. 2006: Launch of a Times NOW – general News Channel. Radio Mirchi’s holding company Entertainment Network India Limited (ENIL) lists on the Indian stock markets. It is the first Times Group company to be listed on the bourses with IPO being oversubscribed by more than 41 times. Launch of a Property services portal Magic Bricks. TimesofMoney launches Remit2Home, to cater to global remittance market. Aquisition of Karnataka’s leading newspaper company Vijayanand Printers Limited making BCCL the dominant force in Karnataka 2007: Launch of Bangalore Mirror, Ahmedabad Mirror, ET (Gujarati) and Whats Hot – a premier weekend entertainment supplement. The Times of India becomes largest English daily in the world with circulation breaching the 3 million mark and beating SUN (tabloid) of UK. 2008: Launch of ET (Hindi), Pune Mirror and The Times of India editions at Jaipur, Goa and Chennai. Acquisition of Virgin Radio (later rebranded as Absolute Radio) in the UK 2009: TOI Crest edition launched. Launch of ET Now – premier business channel having integrated newsroom with ET print edition 2010: Private Treaties re-branded as Brand Capital. The Speaking Tree newspaper launched. ET Wealth launched. Vijay Next (premier weekly newspaper from Vijay Karnataka) launched. India’s first HD-only premium movie channel – Movies Now launched. Launched Lonely Planet, Knowledge magazines 2011: Maharashtra Times started local editions in Pune, Nasik and Aurangabad; TOI launches local editions in - Trichy, Indore, Coimbatore, Nasik, Kerala, Madurai, Bhopal, Puducherry. Acquired BBC Worldwide stake of 50% in WWM. Acquired 50% stake of HT Media in Metropolitan Media Co. Pvt. Ltd. Launched weekly print of iDIVA and started GoodFood magazine. 2012: Maharashtra Times launched local editions in Nagpur and Kolhapur. Times Internet Limited launched ‘BoxTV’, an online video streaming service. Launch of Bengali daily ‘Ei Samay’ in Kolkata. Launch of "Alive App" in partnership with Adstuck Consulting. Majority stake sold in Times of Money to Network International, UAE 2013: Launch of ROMEDY NOW – an English language Romantic Comedy Channel. Launched Navbharat Times Lucknow edition. Launched two more editions of Maharashtra Times - Jalgaon and Ahmednagar. Launched TOIFA, the global awards platform felicitating the Bollywood fraternity. Forayed into Education Business 2014: Launched Femina Bengali edition, ET Panache – A lifestyle and leisure publication, Gujarati newspaper – NavGujarat Samay. Forayed into Film Content Business. Foray into Higher Education under proposed “Bennett University”. Acquisitions in Digital Space including CricBuzz, Coupon Dunia TGITInteract (talk) 10:58, 24 April 2015 (UTC) TGITInteract (talk) 10:58, 24 April 2015 (UTC)


 * I'm sorry, but nobody could reasonably review this request, because it's a giant block of un-formatted text that would require extensive wiki-coding to format before it could be ready for article-space. You need to put this into your user-space as a draft and learn how to format references, sections, etc. It's unfortunate that it's so hard for new editors to add content without learning code, but I don't know what else to tell you. CorporateM (Talk) 07:53, 26 July 2015 (UTC)

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English
Issue of balochistan Mehlab (talk) 19:53, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

Proposed merge with Times Business Solutions Limited
Subject is a non-notable subsidiary. Rhadow (talk) 17:32, 25 December 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅ Klbrain (talk) 22:06, 17 January 2020 (UTC)

What is missing
The group at one time, published a number of widely circulated and influential English and Hindi magazines. They were all closed due to financial difficulties. The Times group recovered later. I hope someone will add some details.Malaiya (talk) 23:28, 24 April 2021 (UTC)