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| Type | Public |
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| Founded | 1924 |
| Headquarters |  Delhi, India |
| Key people | Shobhana Bhartia (Chairperson) Rajiv Verma (CEO) |
| Industry | Media & Entertainment |
| Products | Newspapers, FM Radio, Internet |
| Employees | 5000 |
| Website | HTMedia |
HT Media Ltd, founded in 1924, has a combined daily circulation of 2.25 million copies and a readership base of 14.49 million readers.
HT Media operates 19 printing facilities across India with an installed capacity of 1.5 million copies per hour. HT’s internet business, under the HindustanTimes.com portal, is primarily a news website with 2 million unique visitors and 50 million page views per month.
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| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1924 | This date marked the august beginnings of Hindustan Times with Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the Nation inaugurating the newspaper. |
| 1927 | Hindustan Times, was reborn as Hindustan Times Ltd., a limited liability company. |
| 1936 | The hindi daily Hindustan was launched, which remains the dominant newspaper in the core hindi belt of northern India. |
| 1937 | Devdas Gandhi was appointed the Managing Editor of the newspaper and remained the managing editor till his death in 1957. |
| 1942 | The Hindustan Times was one of the few newspapers that stopped publishing the newspaper for four and a half months as it refused to accept the British imposition of censorship on all newspapers. |
| 1947 | The year India gained its freedom, was also the year Hindustan Times attained the status of being the dominant newspaper in Delhi. |
| 1957 | The newspaper circulation grew from 58,693 copies to 144,287 in 1970 after KK Birla took over the mantle from GD Birla. |
| 1960 | The hindi literary magazine Kadambini was launched. |
| 1964 | The group started actively targeting the youth of India and launched the Nandan magazine. |
| 1991 | At the start of liberalization of India, Hindustan Times moved to becoming an autonomous power center in a mature democracy. |
| 1999 | The Hindustan Times celebrated its platinum anniversary. |
| 2000 | With a focus on localization, five new editions for Calcutta, Bhopal, Ranchi, Chandigarh and Jaipur were launched. |
| 2003 | The media business of was de-merged and incorporated under HT Media Ltd. |
| 2004 | HT Media Ltd was listed as a public company and attracted external funding. |
| 2005 | Hindustan Times successfully entered the Mumbai market with a refreshingly new product and content mix. |
| 2006 | Fever 104 FM is launched, in technical collaboration with the Virgin Group. Hindustan was relaunched re-establishing the company's prominent presence in the regional news space. |
| 2007 | Mint, the business paper in partnership with the Wall Street Journal was launched in Delhi and Mumbai. In the internet space, Hindustantimes.com was relaunched and Livemint.com was introduced. |
| 2008 | Firefly e-Ventures, an HT Media Company launched its first portal for job seekers, Shine.com |
Hindustan Times (or HT as it is popularly known as) was founded in 1924 by Master Sunder Singh Lyallpuri, and inaugrated by Mahatma Gandhi.
A part of HT Media Ltd, the group's Hindi newspaper Hindustan ranks as the third largest-read daily in India. Hindustan has 13 editions across the Hindi belt. It is the fastest growing Hindi newspaper with almost 9 million readers and expanding rapidly across the Hindi belt.
In February 2007,HT Media has also launched a national business newspaper, Mint, with an exclusive agreement with Wall Street Journal to publish Journal branded news and information in India.
With the launch of the Chennai edition on 13 July 2009, Mint now has a national footprint that includes Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chandigarh and Pune.
HT Media has entered the FM radio market in key Indian cities through a consulting partnership with Virgin Radio. Fever 104 FM is available in Delhi (since October’ 06), Mumbai(since January ’07), Bangalore (since March ‘07) and Kolkata (January ‘08).
In a short span of three years, the channel's rise has been meteoric. It has gained the No. 1 position in Mumbai and Bangalore leaving behind all the other FM channels in these cities. In terms of TSL, Fever 104 FM has surged ahead with a total time spent listening of 386 minutes. It is No.2 FM station in Delhi on the popularity charts.
HT Media launched its innovative job portal Shine.com in June 2008. It has a unique job-matching technology along with career guidance, resume services and industry information. Shine partners candidates not only through the recruitment process but through their career lifecycle. Shine.com has been developed by Redmatch, an Israel based company.
HT Media acquired social network, Desimartini in November 2007. It provides a platform for Indians to connect on the internet. Along with that, Desimartini also provides columns by Bollywood celebrities, Page 3 photos and more.
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