ABP Group

ABP Group
TypePrivate
IndustryMass media
Founded13 March 1922; 104 years ago (1922-03-13)
FoundersPrafulla Kumar Sarkar
Headquarters
Kolkata, West Bengal
,
India
Key peopleDhruba Mukherjee
(CEO)
Revenue₹1,000 crore (US$100 million) (2024)
Websitewww.abp.in Edit this at Wikidata

ABP Group (Ananda Bazar Patrika) is an Indian media conglomerate headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal. It was established in 1922.

History

The company in recent years did mass layoffs at various times.

Current assets

Publishing

Ananda Publisher[clarification needed] is one of the leading and prominent publisher in Bengali language. Since 1957 Ananda Publications is publishing books in Bengali Language with eminent Bengali writers like Sunil Gangopadhyay, Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay, Satyajit Ray Saradindo Bandopadhyay, Samaresh Majumdar and more.

Famous Bengali Series

Byomkesh

Feluda

Kakababu

etc. were published by Ananda Publications.

Newspapers

Magazines

TV news channels

Channel Language Notes
ABP News Hindi Formerly Star News by Star (Disney+)
ABP Ananda Bengali Formerly Star Ananda by Star (Disney+)
ABP Majha Marathi Formerly Star Majha by Star (Disney+)
ABP Asmita Gujarati

Digital news channels

Channel Language
ABP Sanjha Punjabi
ABP Ganga Hindi
ABP Bihar Hindi
ABP Live Hindi
ABP Nadu Tamil
ABP Desam Telugu

Defunct entertainment channel

Channel Language Launch Defunct
Sananda TV Bengali 2011 2013

References

  1. ↑ "ABP PRIVATE LIMITED - Revenue, Net Worth, Profits & More". Archived from the original on 25 August 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "ABP Group to sack 150 employees in third round of downsizing". Archived from the original on 10 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  3. ↑ "Kolkata's ABP Group That Runs Telegraph Fires 700, Staff Journalists Call It a Massacre". 2 February 2022. Archived from the original on 10 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  4. ↑ "HT and ABP layoffs: Cult of profits leading to sackings, not demonetisation as organisations claim". 14 February 2017. Archived from the original on 10 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  5. ↑ "Bengal's Iconic Anandabazar Patrika Group to Sack 40% of its Staff". 9 December 2016. Archived from the original on 10 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "Ananda Pun".
  7. ↑ "Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2012 — Quarter 2" (PDF). HANSA Research. 2012. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 November 2013.
  8. ↑ "ABP Network Expands Horizon: Launches ABP Nadu For Tamil Users". news.abplive.com. 15 April 2021. Archived from the original on 12 April 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  9. ↑ "ABP Network Launches Telugu Digital Platform 'ABP Desam'". news.abplive.com. 30 July 2021. Archived from the original on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2021.