Firstpost

Firstpost
Parent company Network 18
Headquarters location Mumbai
Official website www.firstpost.com

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.[1]

The Network 18 group was originally owned by Raghav Bahl. In January 2012, the group received an investment from Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) through a rights issue of up to ₹2,700 crore.[2]

History

In May 2013, the news group was merged with the Indian edition of Forbes whose four top editorial heads including editor in chief Indrajit Gupta were dismissed.[3][4] The event led to a media furore.[5]

As of July 2017, BV Rao is the Editor of Firstpost in Mumbai, while Sanjay Singh is the Deputy Executive Editor in Delhi and Jaideep Giridhar is the Deputy Executive Editor.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "About Network 18". Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Reliance enters media by opening pursestrings for Network18". The Indian Express. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "'Forbes India' editors sacked for demanding stock ownership". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Why Forbes' editors in India were sacked". rediff business. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "No country for good journalists?". Business Standard. 2013-11-16. Retrieved 2014-02-20.
  6. ↑ "About Firstpost - Firstpost". Firstpost. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
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