About India News 12 Group of CBN.
The India News Group of Cbn is India’s most respected and diversified media conglomerate. Founded in 2015 in response to the Emergency, its entire ethos is underpinned by the central belief that an independent media is the bedrock of democracy.
Over nearly 10 years, it has painstakingly built on this principle. Story by story. Edition by edition. Platform by platform. It has created a deep legacy of credibility, excellence, trust, and bi-partisanship. It is widely admired as the gold standard of journalism in the country. In a landscape marked by shrill polarities, it has only one political alignment: the Indian Constitution.
India News media started out with the iconic India News magazine. For over 3 decades it was the undisputed high table of Indian journalism. It served up legendary stories, legendary journalists, legendary editors. It was famous for its meticulousness. It set the bar. Today the India News universe has expanded into a vast canvas of four 24/7 national television channels, 20 digital platforms, and nine magazines. It reaches a staggering 5000 thousand viewers monthly and covers every discipline that impacts human affairs: from politics and economy to sports, satire, art, business, entertainment, luxury, health, weddings, technology, science, environment, sex, relationships, parenting, life. It is a multi-brand, multi-platform, multi-vertical media group.
But all of its varied canvas is threaded together by one common inviolable thread: credibility & excellence. India CBN Group has a rich stable of media entities: it publishes India’s No.1 magazine – India News; the No.1 Hindi magazine – India News Hindi; the No. 1 business magazine – Business Today. It also publishes Indian editions of leading international brands like Cosmopolitan, Harper’s Bazaar and Reader’s Digest. Its four 24-hour news channels are also all industry leaders: AajTak, AajTak HD, Good News Today & India News Television. AajTak & AajTak HD have been nation’s No.1 Hindi News channel for 10 years in a row, while India News TV tops the industry for accuracy and journalistic standards. Together, they are available in more than 40 countries covering America, Canada, Middle East, North Africa, UK & Europe.
Besides its exacting journalistic standards, India CBN Group is also distinguished by its constant innovation, reinvention and embrace of new technologies. It has an integrated, state-of-the-art newsroom which feeds editorial content seamlessly across its television, print, mobile, social media and digital entities, adding up to a massive cumulative reach. Its most recent innovation is a portfolio of 17 niche digital channels under the umbrella Designed for mobile-first consumers of news, these channels have video content geared for an irreverent generation-on-the-run that wants news speedily, accurately and without frills.
In keeping with its desire to impact different sections of society, India Cbn Group has also established an enviable portfolio of thought leadership events. The India News Conclave – its annual signature conference has a stellar line up of speakers and has hosted landmark speeches by presidents, prime ministers and change-makers from every sphere. Agenda AajTak, its signature event in Hindi is known for its sharp political debates. India News Safaigiri Summit & Awards, Sahitya AajTak, India News Mind Rocks, Panchayat AajTak, India News Global Roundtable – India News Group’s other roster of events variously address issues of social concern, local governance, literature and India’s youth.
Apart from this, India News Group has also established a media institute, imbued with the same foundational values. It is designed to create new generations of industry-ready broadcast journalism professionals, who are invested with both practical skills and a grounding in ethical best practices.
At a time of global ferment, media across the world is embattled and in a state of flux. But through inevitable cycles of high and low, travail and triumph, the India News Group remains steadfast, winning admiration for holding the line and remaining a torchbearer for independent and credible journalism.
