Tracxn Media & Entertainment India - August 2015

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Media & Entertainment India: Sector Overview
Scope: This report covers Media and Entertainment companies in India. This excludes the media communications, marketing and
advertising companies.
• Over $1B invested in last 5 years, with ~ $120M invested in July, 2015
• 6 Acquisitions in the last 6 months (of which 4 are offline)
 Sarthak Entertainment by Zee Entertainment, DT Cinemas by PVR, YoBoHo Media by Broadband TV, Mosaic Media
Ventures by News Corporation, Maa Television by Star India and Fun Multiplex by Cinepolis India
• Most active investors
• Blume Ventures (Level10 Entertainment, Homeveda, Glamrs)
• Cisco (Apalya, Qyuki Digital Media, Nimbus)
• Sequoia Capital (DailyHunt, WhatsOn India, PressPlay)
• Tiger Global (InShorts, Saavn, Culture Machine)
• Notable investments in last six months
• Saavn ($100M series C from Tiger Global, Stead view Capital, Bertelsmann, July 2015)
• InShorts ($20M series B from Tiger Global, July 2015)
• Glamrs ($1M pre series A from Blume Ventures, June 2015)

Total funding in Entertainment ($831M) dwarfs
the funding in Media ($211M) since 2010
$44M
$152M
$194M
$279M
$125M
$206M
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 YTD 2015
Total funding in Media & Entertainment Y-o-Y (in $M)
# of players
funded
6 13 24 23 19 18
Notable deals
TV9
($11.4M)
Avitel Post
Studioz
($60M)
Hathway
($72M)
DEN
($108M)
DQ
Entertainment
($50M)
Saavn
($100M)

50% y-o-y increase in number of start-ups founded
from 2013 to 2014
21
32
31
34
51
32
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 YTD 2015
Numberofcompanies
Founded year
Media and Entertainment companies founded between 2010 and July, 2015
Note: Includes ~200 companies including ~25 funded and remaining unfunded

MSO, Digital Distribution & Post Production
Services are top funded segments
$40M
$50M
$73M
$79M
$100M
$133M
$146M
$148M
$224M
$250M
0 50 100 150 200 250 300
Motion Pictures Production
Television Production
Motion Pictures Exhibition
Print Media
Digital Media
Broadcast Media
DTH
Post Production Services
Digital Distribution
Multi System Operator
Segment wise funding
# of funded
players
4
17
5
2
7
1
9
2
25
4
Top funded player
Hathway ($109M)
Saavn ($126M)
Prime Focus ($63M)
DishTV ($100M)
Neo Sports ($52M)
Jagran Prakashan ($51M)
PVR ($66M)
DQ Entertainment ($50M)
DailyHunt ($58M)
PVR Pictures ($28M)

Digital Media & Distribution witnessed growth in
number of companies in recent years
MSO
Digital Distribution
Post Production Services
DTHBroadcast Media
Print Media
Motion Pictures Exhibition
Television Production Digital Media
Motion Pictures Production
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020
Fundingin$M
Average founding year
Segment cluster by total funding, average founding year & number of companies

Interesting segments: Digital Distribution & Digital
Media
$1M
$9M
$24M $20M
$54M
$130M
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Funding in Digital Distribution Y-o-Y
Over The
Top
$171M
Multi
Channel
Network
$40M
Magazines
$13M
Funding in Digital Distribution sub-segments
$4M
$0.6M
$4M
$20M
$66M
2010 2011 2012* 2013 2014 2015
Funding in Digital Media Y-o-Y
News
Aggregator
$82M
Alternative
Media
$18M
Funding in Digital Media sub-segments
*Note: In 2012, 3 companies viz, Glamrs, MissMalini & Silicon India raised
undisclosed amount of funding. 2015 funding is till July.

Media & Entertainment India – Market Map
Market Map of top level business models
DIGITAL MEDIA
(using internet as a medium of
distribution)
ALTERNATIVE
ScoopWhoop, Glamrs
NEWS AGGREGATOR
InShorts, DailyHunt
MAINSTREAM
Firstpost, Moneycontrol
BROADCAST MEDIA
(using satellite and radio technology for
broadcasting)
SERVICES
Amagi, PK Online
SATELLITE
NDTV, Sun TV
RADIO
Fever 104, Radio One
ENTERTAINMENT
(Offline & digital entertainment content
production & distribution)
PRODUCTION
DQ Entertainment, Balaji
Telefilms, YRF
DISTRIBUTION
PVR, Hathway, Saavn
PERFORMING ARTS
East India Comedy, Evam
Entertainment
PRINT MEDIA
(using print as medium of distribution)
ALTERNATIVE
Swarajya, Amar Chitra Katha
MAINSTREAM
HT Media, Jagran Prakashan
$79M $100M$133M $1.1B
HORIZONTAL
TheViralFever, Reliance BIG
Entertainment, Eros

MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY LIST
DETAILS OF 400+ COMPANIES (100+ Funded companies)
Print Media Digital Media Broadcast Media Entertainment
COVERS THE FOLLOWING SECTORS

Media & Entertainment India – Company list
Sub-segments of top level business model
MAINSTREAM MEDIA
(traditional media)
ALTERNATIVE MEDIA
(alternative view point to the traditional
media and niche content)PRINT MEDIA
(using print as medium of distribution)
ALTERNATIVE
Swarajya, Amar Chitra Katha
MAINSTREAM
HT Media, Jagran Prakashan
$79M
$28M
OPINION
$51M
COMICS
BUSINESS
LEISURE
SPORTS
PARENTING

Company Details Funding Investors
Mainstream
Jagran Prakashan [Kanpur, 1942]: Jagran Prakashan Ltd. is a mass media company with interests in news
production and newspaper publishing and radio broadcasting. It publishes Hindi and English language
newspapers Dainik Jagran and Mid Day. Apart from these it also publishes 7 other newspaper titles in 5 different
languages. Its newspapers have a combined number of around 100 editions from 15 states. In 2010 it acquired
Mid Day Infomedia which publishes Mid Day (English Tabloid) for INR 200 crores and in 2012, it acquired Nai
Dunia (Hindi broadsheet daily) based in MP. In December 2014 it acquired Radio City.
$50.6M Blackstone Group
Mainstream
Bennett, Coleman and Company [Mumbai, 1838]: Bennett, Coleman and Co. Ltd. (aka The Times Group) is a
mass media company with interests in print, digital and satellite and radio broadcast. Its oldest and flagship
product is the English broadsheet daily newspaper The Times Of India which the company claims is the world's
largest read English newspaper. It also publishes a business daily The Economic Times and a host of vernacular
language newspapers. Its companies - Times Television Network broadcast TV channels like Times Now, ET
Now and Zoom. Its subsidiary Entertainment Network India broadcasts FM radio channel Radio Mirchi. It also
publishes periodicals and magazines like Filmfare, Femina, etc. The company is also into digital media with news,
entertainment and social networking portals and epaper editions.
Mainstream
The Statesman [Kolkata, 1875]: The Statesman Ltd. publishes an Indian English-language broadsheet daily
newspaper with the same name. Its first edition was published in 1875 and today it has 4 editions published
simultaneously from its printing centers in Kolkata, New Delhi, Siliguri and Bhubaneswar. The company claims
that the newspaper has an average weekday circulation of 180,000 copies. The company also started publishing
a Bengali language broadsheet daily Dainik Statesman in 2004 . The publication is owned by Nachiketa
Publications Pvt. Ltd.
Mainstream
Kasturi & Sons [Chennai, 1878]: Kasturi & Sons is a mass media company that publishes English language
broadsheet daily newspaper The Hindu. The Hindu published its first edition in 1878 and today is printed from 16
cities and claims readership of 2.26M. The company also publishes Business Line which is an English language
broadsheet daily dealing with business news. Recently it started publishing a Tamil language version of The
Hindu from Chennai. The company also publishes magazines Frontline and Sportstar. The company also
maintains digital portals and epaper editions for the above publications.
Mainstream
Hindustan Media Ventures [Delhi, 1918]: Hindustan Media Ventures Ltd. was started as The Behar Journals
Ltd. in 1918. Its name was changed to Searchlight publishing House Ltd. in 1987 and subsequently to HMVL in
2008. It publishes a Hindi broadsheet daily newspaper Hindustan which is its flagship product and claims to have
a readership of 36.6M. It covers the region called Hindi Heartland comprising of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, etc. It
also maintains a digital platform and epaper edition for the same. It also publishes periodicals Nandan targeting
children and Kadambini.
Print Media (1/18)

Print Media (2/18)
Mainstream
Mathrubhumi [Kozhikode, 1922]: Mathrubhumi Printing and Publishing Company publishes a Malayalam
language daily newspaper with 15 editions - 10 in Kerala and also in New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai
and Dubai. It claims to have a circulation of 1.5M copies per day. The company also runs FM broadcast radio
channels under the brand name Club FM in the cities of Thrissur, Kannur and Trivandrum. It also has interests in
music and news distribution through its satellite broadcast TV channels Kappa TV and Mathrubhumi News.
Mainstream
ABP Group [Kolkata, 1922]: ABP Group is a mass media company that started publishing in 1922 with its
flagship Bengali language daily newspaper Anandabazar Patrika from the city of Kolkata. The company claims
that its is the highest read Bengali newspaper. The company also publishes English language broadsheet daily
The Telegraph with editions in East and Northeast India. The company also prints periodicals and magazines.
The company has diversified into television broadcast with the acquisition of Star India's news channels which are
now ABP News (Hindi) and ABP Majha (Marathi) and ABP Ananda (Bengali).
Mainstream
The Sandesh [Ahmedabad, 1923]: The Sandesh Ltd. is a listed company that publishes broadsheet Gujarati
daily newspaper. It has 7 main editions along with district regional news supplements covering cities in Gujarat as
well as Mumbai. The newspaper circulation is around 59 lakhs (as reported by 2010 IRS). It also runs Agro
Sandesh, which gives agriculture related news targeted at audience in rural areas.
Mainstream
HT Media [Delhi, 1924]: HT Media is an Indian mass media company that engages in printing and publication of
newspapers. Its flagship English broadsheet daily newspaper Hindustan Times started publishing in Delhi in
1924. It has grown to 10 editions and claims to have a readership of 3.7M. Its subsidiary Hindustan Media
Ventures Ltd. publishes Hindi broadsheet daily Hindustan which claims to have a readership of 36.6M. HT Media
also publishes a berliner English business daily Mint. The company has also forayed into digital space by
maintaining online news portal and epaper editions for the above newspapers. The company also broadcasts FM
radio channel Fever 104 from 4 cities. It reported digital revenues of INR 26.65 crore in Q3-FY15.
Mainstream
Free Press Journal [Mumbai, 1928]: The Indian National Press publishes The Free Press Journal, a
contemporary english newspaper being published from Mumbai since 1928. The newspaper currently has 4
editions that include Indore, Bhopal and Ujjain apart from Mumbai. It also publishes Navshakti, a hindi language
daily from Mumbai. It also maintains daily epaper editions in partnership with Readwhere.

Print Media (3/18)
Mainstream
Gujarat Samachar [Ahmedabad, 1932]: Gujarat Samachar publishes a broadsheet Gujarati daily newspaper
with the same name from 9 locations including 7 editions in Gujarat, and other from Mumbai and also distributes
in New York. The newspaper claims an average readership of 4.5M as of 2012. The company also has plans to
start a satellite broadcast TV news channel.
Mainstream
Sakal Media [Pune, 1932]: Sakal Media is a mass media company that publishes a Marathi language broadsheet
daily newspaper Sakal, which has editions from 17 cities in Maharashtra and Goa. It also publishes English daily
Sakal Times in Pune and some periodicals and magazines in Marathi. It also maintains digital news portals and
epaper editions of the same. It also broadcasts a satellite television news channel Saam TV in Marathi.
Mainstream
The Indian Express [Mumbai, 1932]: Indian Express Limited is a mass media company with multiple brands and
a special interest in news content production and newspaper printing. The company publishes 4 newspaper titles
viz. The Indian Express-English language broadsheet daily, The Financial Express-English language broadsheet
business daily, Loksatta- Marathi language broadsheet daily, Jansatta-Hindi language broadsheet daily. Its
entertainment tabloid weekly magazine Screen was acquired by Star India. Its flagship daily The Indian Express is
published from nine centers in India. The company split, making way for Express Publications (Madurai) Ltd.
which controls the south Indian editions of the newspaper. It plans to shift to the digital platform for mainstream
revenue. It runs digital news portals for all its newspapers and also has their epaper editions.
Mainstream
The Assam Tribune [Guwahati, 1939]: The Assam Tribune is an English language broadsheet daily published
from Guwahati in Assam. The newspaper recorded an average issue readership of 0.25M according to IRS 2011
Q1. The newspaper directly competes with The Telegraph's Northeast edition that is published from Guwahati.
The newspaper also has a sister newspape Dainik Asam which is an Assamese language broadsheet daily.
Mainstream
Delhi Press [Delhi, 1939]: Delhi Press, established in 1939, is publisher of magazines/periodicals in multiple
genres. The company claims to be printing 36 brands of magazines in 10 different languages. Some of the
famous brands include Champak, Grihshobha, Motoring World, Sarita, Satyakatha, Women's Era, The Caravan
(its first magazine), Farm n Food, Alive, etc. It claims that the magazine Sarita has a readership of 9.7M and
Grihshobha 7.7M. The company has 12 regional offices in India and has a distribution network of 3000 agents. It
claims to be printing 4M magazines per month.

Print Media (4/18)
Mainstream
Deccan Chronicle Holdings [Hyderabad, 1940]: Deccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd. is publishing company with
interests in print and digital. The company publishes its flagship English language broadsheet daily newspaper
Deccan Chronicle from 15 cities in states of Telangana, Andhra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala and claims a
circulation of 1.45M. It also publishes English business newspaper Financial Chronicle and English newspaper
The Asian Age with editions in Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and London. It operates Odyssey, a leisure store for
games, music, stationery, etc.
Mainstream
Daily Thanthi [Chennai, 1942]: Daily Thanthi is a Tamil language broadsheet daily newspaper being published
since 1942. It claims a circulation of 14,94,539 copies daily on an average and over 16,27,120 copies on Sunday.
The first edition was published in Madurai and now 15 editions are published covering Tamil Nadu, Puducherry,
Bangalore, and Mumbai. 4. It also broadcasts a news channel Thanthi TV.
Mainstream
The Shillong Times [Shillong, 1945]: The Shillong Times is an english broadsheet daily newspaper being
published from Shillong in Meghalaya state of India. It was started as a weekly tabloid in 1945, and shifted to daily
in 1987, converted to offset printing in 1991. It also maintains an epaper edition.
Mainstream
Sarita Magazine [Delhi, 1945]: Sarita is a fortnightly magazine published and printed by Delhi Press. It is a Hindi
language magazine that covers news and op-ed articles across general verticals like politics, current affairs,
business and economy, sports, etc. First edition was published in 1945 and the company claims that the
magazine has a readership of 9.7M and is the highest read magazine in India.
Mainstream
The Printers (Mysore) [Bangalore, 1948]: The Printers (Mysore) Pvt. Ltd. publishes English language
broadsheet daily Deccan Herald and Kannada language daily newspaper Prajavani. Deccan Herald has 12
editions printed at 5 centers in Karnataka with its zoned editions covering all the districts in the state.

Print Media (5/18)
Mainstream
Dinamalar Publications [Chennai, 1951]: Dinamalar is a Tamil language broadsheet daily newspaper published
from Thiruvananthapuram, Tirunelveli, Tiruchi, Erode, Vellore, Nagercoil, Salem, Madurai, Chennai, Coimbatore
and Pondicherry. The publisher claims to be circulating 5,82,000 copies per day. It also maintains a digital news
portal in Tamil language and also the epaper editions.
Mainstream
Lokmat [Mumbai, 1953]: Lokmat Media Pvt. Ltd. is a mass media company that has diversified interests in print
media, digital media and broadcast media. The company publishes Marathi newspaper Lokmat which has 11
editions and has more than 50 lakh readers as claimed by Indian Readership Survey 2012. It also publishes Hindi
newspaper Lokmat Samachar and English daily Lokmat Times. It has a joint venture with Network 18 and
broadcasts satellite television news channel IBN-Lokmat. The company's printing press in Nagpur runs
completely on Solar power and it plans to do the same at Aurangabad.
Mainstream
Rajasthan Patrika [Jaipur, 1956]: Rajasthan Patrika Pvt. Ltd. is a publisher of Hindi language broadsheet
newspaper Rajasthan Patrika with editions in Rajasthan and Delhi and Patrika with editions in Madhya Pradesh,
Uttar Pradesh, and the Hindi heartland. Overall both the newspapers have 36 editions printed from 8 states with a
company claimed circulation of 1.73M. Apart from print the company also maintains digital portals and epaper
editions of the newspapers.
Mainstream
DB Corp [Bhopal, 1956]: DB Corp Ltd. is a mass media company that publishes Hindi language newspaper
Dainik Bhaskar which is printed predominantly in the state of Madhya Pradesh and presence in Rajasthan,
Maharashtra, Bihar, etc. The company also publishes Marathi daily Divya Marathi and Gujarati daily Divya
Bhaskar. It also operates Dilligent Media in association with Zee Media which publishes English daily DNA in
Mumbai. It also broadcasts FM radio channel My FM 94.3 in 17 cities. Company reported revenues of $250M at
the end of 2012-13.
Mainstream
Express Publications Madurai [Chennai, 1959]: Express Publications (Madurai) Ltd. is a news media
publishing company. It split from the mother company that involved Indian Express Ltd. and accordingly controls
the south Indian business of the company. It publishes The New Indian Express which is its flagship English
language broadsheet daily newspaper. The New Indian Express has 24 editions published from the states of
Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra, Karnataka, Telangana and Odisha. It also publishes Dinamani, a Tamil language
broadsheet daily. It also runs digital news portals and epaper editions for these newspapers.

Print Media (6/18)
Mainstream
Punjab Kesari [Jalandhar, 1967]: Punjab Kesari is a publisher of a broadsheet daily newspaper in Hindi
language with circulation predominantly in Punjab and other parts of Northern India. It has 9 editions and 1 weekly
supplementary edition. The Punjab Kesari group also publishes other newspapers Navodaya Times, Hind
Samachar and Jagbani. As of April 2012, it was planning to raise PE funding to the tune of INR 150 crore.
Mainstream
Swati Publications [Vijayawada, 1970]: Swati Publications Pvt. Ltd. publishes a Telugu language weekly
magazine with the same name that covers op-ed content on politics, business and economy, cinema and
entertainment, sports, etc. with a focus on the state of Andhra Pradesh.
Mainstream
Udayavani (Manipal Media Network) [Manipal, 1971]: Manipal Media Network publishes a Kannada language
broadsheet daily newpaper named Udayavani. The newspaper has 5 editions printed from Bangalore, Manipal,
Hubli, Gulbarga and Mumbai. It directly competes with other Kannada dailies Vijayavani and Vijay Karnataka. As
per audit bureau of circulations July-Dec 2012 report, the newspaper has a circulation of over 300,000 copies per
day. The company also publishes 4 magazines viz. Taranga, Roopatara, Tunturu and Tushara.
Mainstream
Dharitri [Bhubaneshwar, 1974]: Dharitri is an Oriya language broadsheet daily newspaper published from
Bhubaneshwar. The newspaper has 6 editions published from Bhubaneshwar, Sambalpur, Rayagada, Balasore,
Berhampur and Angul-Dhenkanal.
Mainstream
Eenadu [Hyderabad, 1974]: EENADU is a mass media company that publishes a Telugu language daily
newspaper with 23 printing centers and circulation spread throughout the states of Telangana and Andhra
Pradesh and also has editions in Bangalore and Chennai and has a circulation of 1.8M as of 2013 (audit bureau
of circulations). The company is a part of the Ramoji Group which has interests in chit funds, packaged food, film
production and distribution. Its sister concern, Eenadu TV Network was acquired by Network18 Media.

Print Media (7/18)
Mainstream
Kalakaumudi [Mumbai, 1975]: Kala Kaumudi Publications is a magazine publishing house in Kerala with a
portfolio of nine magazine titles including Kala Kaumudi, Vellinakshatram, Muhurtham, Ayurarogyam, Fire,
Snehitha and Bhavanam. It publishes Kala Kaumudi, the oldest Malayalam daily from Mumbai. Recently started
Big News the first midday newsmagazine in Malayalam published from Trivandrum, Kollam, Kochi and
Kozhikode.
Mainstream
India Today Group (Living Media) [Delhi, 1975]: India Today Group is a diversified mass media company which
comprises of the publishing company, the TV Today Network and the radio broadcasting channel Oye FM. The
company started with its flagship magazine India Today in 1975. Today the group comprises of 36 magazines, 7
radio stations, 4 satellite TV channels, 1 newspaper and digital news and entertainment platforms. Its group
company the TV Today Network is listed on BSE and NSE and has a market capitalization of 1328.42 crore.
Mainstream
Business Standard [Delhi, 1975]: Business Standard Ltd. is a niche news content producer and publisher of
printed broadsheet daily newspapers in English and Hindi languages. Its news content deals with business,
economy, finance, markets, technology, etc. and is regarded as a business newspaper. Its first edition started in
Kolkata and later on established editions in Mumbai and Delhi. Today its English edition is published from 12
cities and the Hindi edition is published from 8 cities. It also runs digital news portal business-standard.com,
bshindi.com, bsmonitoring.com and smartinvestor.in and also has an epaper edition. It claims to have a 230
person editorial team.
Mainstream
Dinakaran [Chennai, 1977]: Dinakaran is a Tamil language broadsheet daily newspaper published from
Chennai. It has 12 editions printed from the centers at Chennai, Madurai, Bangalore, New Delhi, Mumbai,
Madurai, Coimbatore, Trichy, Salem, Nagercoil, Vellore, Nellai and Pondicherry. As per Indian readership survey
2010, Dinakaran's average issue readership per day was around 16.7M making it second largest read after Daily
Thanthi in the Tamil print market.
Mainstream
Aaj Kaal [Kolkata, 1979]: AajKaal is a Bengali language broadsheet daily newspaper published from Kolkata,
North Bengal and Tripura.

Mainstream
Bartaman [Kolkata, 1984]: Bartaman Pvt. Ltd. publishes Bengali language daily newspaper with 5 editions, 1
each from Kolkata, Siliguri, Burdwan, Malda and Midnapore. Its daily circulation is 558, 465 (ABC Dec 2013). It is
the second largest Bengali daily after Ananda Bazar Patrika.
Mainstream
Neutral Publishing House [Ranchi, 1984]: Neutral Publishing House Pvt. Ltd. is a news content producer and
publisher of newspaper. It runs a Hindi language broadsheet daily newspaper Prabhat Khabar which is circulated
with 10 edition across cities in Jharkhand, Bihar and West Bengal; the company claims a readership of 9M. The
company also manages a digital news platform prabhatkhabar.com which is in Hindi and also maintains epaper
editions of the newspaper in association with Readwhere. The company also broadcasts FM radio station named
Radio Dhoom in Jharkhand.
Mainstream
Eastern Chronicle (Sankha Press) [Delhi, 1988]: Sankha Press Pvt. Ltd. publishes an English language
broadsheet daily newspaper with the name Eastern Chronicle. The newspaper has 5 editions printed from
Guwahati, Dibrugarh, Shillong, New Delhi and Silchar and predominantly caters to the readers in Northeast India.
Mainstream
Prajavani [Bangalore, 1989]: The Printers (Mysore) Pvt. Ltd. publishes the Kannada language daily newspaper
Prajavani and the English newspaper Deccan Herald. Prajavani has 12 editions printed at 5 printing centers
including Bangalore, Mangalore, Hubli, Belur and Gulbarga.
Mainstream
Punya Nagari [Mumbai, 1991]: Shree Ambika Printers and Publications Pvt Ltd publishes Punya Nagari which is
a Marathi language daily newspaper, from 15 centers across the state of Maharashtra in India.
Print Media (8/18)

Print Media (9/18)
Mainstream
Asomiya Pratidin [Guwahati, 1995]: Asomiya Pratidin is an Assamese language broadsheet daily newspaper
published from Guwahati. The newspaper has recorded an average issue readership of 1.1M according to IRS
2011 Q1 and is the highest selling newspaper in the Northeast India market.
Mainstream
Outlook Group [Delhi, 1995]: The Outlook Group is a mass media company that publishes magazines in India.
Its flagship magazine Outlook India deals with news content on current affairs, politics, sports, etc. and also has
opinion columns. Other magazines published by the group include Outlook Business, Outlook Money and Outlook
Traveller which cater to the respective content as in their names. Available primarily in print, the company also
publishes digital editions of these magazines.
Mainstream
Rashtriya Sahara [Noida, 1999]: Mass media arm of Sahara India Group with interests predominantly in print
media. The company publishes a Hindi daily broadsheet newspaper Rashtriya Sahara from Kanpur and has 6
other editions. It also publishes urdu daily newspaper Roznamsahara and entertainment magazine Saharatime
and digital news portal samaylive.com. It is a part of Sahara One Media and Entertainment (earlier Sahara India
Mass Communication).
Mainstream
Amar Ujala Publications [Delhi, 2001]: Amar Ujala Publications is a publisher and printer of newspapers. Its
flagship daily "Amar Ujala" is a Hindi broadsheet newspaper with editions spread across Northern India,
extending 7 states (Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab and
Haryana). It claims a cumulative readership of around 2.96 crore. It also runs a news portal amarujala.com.
D. E. Shaw India Software Private
Limited
Mainstream
Malayala Manorama [Kottayam, 2002]: Malayala Manorama Co. Ltd. is a mass media company that publishes a
Malayalam language broadsheet daily newspaper with the same name. It has 14 editions in Kerala and the
company claims a circulation of 2.2M copies. The company also publishes an English news weekly The Week
and a niche content magazine The Man. It also publishes some periodicals in Malayalam and vernacular
languages. Apart, the company also maintains digital portals and epaper editions for its newspapers and
magazines. IT also has interests in broadcast news media with its TV channel Manorama News.

Mainstream
Dakshin Bharat Rashtramant (New Media Co) [Bangalore, 2005]: New Media Co., publishes a newspaper
"Dakshin Bharat Rashtramat" that provides news content in Hindi language targeting the migrant population in
Southern India. Currently publishes 2 editions in broadsheet format from Bangalore and Chennai and claims to
have circulation for the same across Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and parts of Andhra Pradesh. It also maintains the
epaper edition for the same.
Mainstream
Diligent Media Corporation [Mumbai, 2005]: Diligent Media Corporation is a joint venture between ZEE Group
and DB Corp. It publishes English language broadsheet daily newspaper DNA (Daily News and Analysis). The
newspapers currently publishes from Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Jaipur. It earlier had editions in Bengaluru, Pune
and Indore but all the three were discontinued. The newspaper has relaunched its edition in Mumbai in a new
question and answer kind of format. The company also runs a digital news portal and maintains epaper editions.
Mainstream
Aaj Samaaj [Chandigarh, 2007]: Aaj Samaaj is a Hindi language broadsheet daily newspaper published by the
Information Television Group (ITV Network). The newspaper is simultaneously published from New Delhi,
Gurgaon, Hisar, Ambala and Faridabad.
Mainstream
The Sunday Guardian [Delhi, 2010]: The Sunday Guardian is a weekly newspaper published in Delhi on
Sundays. The newspaper was founded by noted journalist MJ Akbar and is owned by the Information Television
Group (ITV Network) which operates TV news channels India News and NewsX.
Mainstream
Orissa Post [Bhubaneshwar, 2011]: Orissa Post is an English language broadsheet daily newspaper published
from Bhubaneshwar. The company also maintains digital news portal and epaper editions for the same.
Print Media (10/18)

Print Media (11/18)
Mainstream
Vijayavani (VRL Media) [Bangalore, 2012]: VRL Media is a sister concern of the public company VRL
(Vijayanand Roadlines Ltd.). It publishes a Kannada language daily broadsheet newspaper Vijayavani. The
newspaper has 9 editions printed from the cities of Bangalore, Mangalore, Hubli, Gangavati, Chitradurga, Bijapur,
Mysore, Shimoga and Gulbarga. The company claims that the newspaper is the largest circulated Kannada daily
based on the audit bureau of circulation figures for Jan-June 2014.
Mainstream
Sri Sai Media (Swadesh News) [Pathankot, 2012]: Sri Sai Media Pvt. Ltd. is a mass media company that
publishes Hindi language daily Satya Swadesh in Pathankot. It also operates 3 digital portals where news content
is published in English and Hindi languages and epaper edition of the newspaper is maintained. As of May 2015,
the company had obtained permit from I&B Ministry of India for launching a satellite broadcast TV news channel.

Print Media (12/18)
Alternative -
Opinion
Swarajya [Bangalore, 2014]: Swarajya is a publisher of a magazine with the same name in digital as well as
print format. The company derives its name from the Swarajya magazine first started in 1956. The magazine
which was started in digital format in 2014 is now being published in print also with the first issue being out in
February, 2015. The magazine claims to represent the views and opinions of the Liberal-Right in India. The
magazine serves opinionated content and analysis on current affairs and affairs and events of national and
international importance.
Alternative -
Opinion
Tehelka [Delhi, 2001]: Tehelka is an alternative media that publishes a weekly magazine that offers news and
opinionated content which the company claims is a result of its investigative journalism. The circulation as claimed
by the company stands at 1,75,000.
Alternative -
Opinion
OPEN The Magazine [Delhi, 2009]: Open Media Network Pvt. Ltd. is a part of the RP Goenka group. The
company publishes the English language weekly magazine with the same name. The magazine contains articles
based on news analysis/opinion on current affairs, politics, international features, social, etc. The magazine is
divided in 3 sections: Small World, Features and MindSpace. The magazine is targeted at a relatively younger
audience.
Alternative -
Opinion
The Caravan [Delhi, 2010]: The Caravan is a magazine that carries opinionated and/or investigated articles on
politics, culture, etc. It is a monthly magazine available in print as well as digital editions. The magazine was first
published in 1939 and deadpooled in 1988. It was then relaunched in 2010. It is published by the Delhi Press.
Alternative -
Comics
Amar Chitra Katha [Mumbai, 1967]: Amar Chitra Katha produces content and publishes it in the form of printed
comics. Its creations include printed pictorial stories on Indian mythology, history, literature, oral folktales, etc. It
has printed more than 400 comics in more than 20 languages and has sold more than 90M copies till date. It
records annual sale of over 1.5M copies. It plans to launch these stories in animated format on digital platform.
$15.5M
Elephant Capital, Future Ventures
India Ltd

Print Media (13/18)
Alternative -
Comics
Graphic India [Bangalore, 2011]: GRAPHIC INDIA is a character entertainment company focused on creating
leading characters, comics and stories for the Indian youth market through mobile, print and digital platforms.
Some of its creations include Ramayana 3392 AD, The Leaves and The Sadhu, etc. It has also launched digital
animated series based on its comics in a partnership with YouTube. Graphic India Pvt. Ltd. is owned by Liquid
Comics LLC and CA Media LP, the Asian investment arm of The Chernin Group, LLC (TCG).
$2.8M CA Media, Start Publishing
Alternative -
Comics
Diamond Comics [Noida, 1907]: Diamond Comics India Pvt. Ltd. is a publisher of character oriented pictorial
series in printed comics. Some of its character creations include Chacha Chaudhary (44 comics in series),
Shaktiman (72), Vikram Betal (21), etc. The company has produced 22 such series till date. The company started
in 1907 in Pakistan and moved to India post-Independence after exporting its products to India for while in
between. The company plans to launch a multi-linguistic satellite TV channel - Diamond Comics TV.
Alternative -
Comics
Raj Comics [ , 1984]: Raj Comics publishes comics and pictorial stories in print format. The content is original
and character oriented printed in paperbacks. The company also has a digital store for sale of its publications.
Alternative -
Comics
Kalyani Navyug Media [Delhi, 2007]: Kalyani Navyug Media Pvt. Ltd. publishes character oriented pictorial
stories in comics under the brand name Campfire Graphic Novels. The company has published proprietary
content as well as adopted western classical novels for re-publishing in India. The company has an e-shop for
directly ordering the publications in print as well as digital.
Alternative -
Comics
Vimanika Comics [Mumbai, 2008]: Vimanika Comics is a publisher of comic books (print) with character
oriented pictorial stories. It has published series like Shiva, Moksha, Dashaavatar, The sixth, The Legend of
Karna, Kalki, etc. The company has won the Golden Cursor Award. It also makes apparels depicting the
characters in its stories.

Print Media (14/18)
Alternative -
Comics
Level 10 Entertainment [Bangalore, 2010]: Level 10 Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. is a privately held Indian
entertainment company engaged in production of printed comics. The company's services include character
design, concept realization, logo design, storyboarding, customized comic strips and magazine illustrations. The
company intends to offer faster and more cost-effective solutions to meet the needs of any visual media projects
such as movies, television series, animated films, video games and print/digital magazines. Level 10 Comics is a
division of Level 10 Studios focused on creating world-class, indigenous comic book content. It has recently
launched an 80-page monthly comic anthology magazine called ‘Comic JUMP'.
Blume Ventures
Alternative -
Comics
HolyCow Entertainment [Mumbai, 2011]: HolyCow Entertainment is an Indian comic book publisher with
pictorial character oriented stories. Its flagship series is the Ravanayan. The series consists of 10 chapters
published in 7 issues.
Alternative -
Comics
Sufi Comics [Bangalore, 2012]: Sufi Comics is a creation of Sufi Studios which publishes comics and graphic
novels that are related to religion. Their range includes 40 Sufi Comics, Wise Fool of Baghdad & Rumi, etc. The
content is available in multiple languages. It also runs a store for online retailing the comic books.
Alternative -
Comics
Aayumi Productions [Mumbai, 2013]: Aayumi Productions is a publisher of comic books with character oriented
and multi-character stories. The two stories that it has published include Item Dhamaka-Godsmack and Kaal 1 &
2 which is to be launched at Bangalore's Comic Con.
Alternative -
Business
Dataquest magazine [Gurgaon, 1982]: Dataquest is a niche magazine published by Cyber Media India Ltd. It
carries articles related to the Information Technology and the BigData industry. Started in 1982, the magazine is a
fortnightly. It has 2 special sections on GreenIT and eGovernance.

Print Media (15/18)
Alternative -
Business
Saffron Media [Mumbai, 2000]: Saffron Media Pvt. Ltd. publishes magazines and operates digital news portals
covering industrial verticals like pharma, healthcare, food and beverage, travel and hospitality, etc. Its print assets
include two magazines viz., Chronicle Pharmabiz and Food & Beverage news. It claims to be supported by
editorial teams spread across 12 cities. Its digital assets include pharmabiz.com and fnbnews.com. The target
audience are the professionals, CEOs and businessmen from the respective industries.
Alternative -
Business
Moneylife [Mumbai, 2006]: Moneylife, started publishing in 2006, is a magazine that provides content related to
personal finance, investment risks, finance opinion and analysis, etc. The magazine is available in print as well as
in digital.
Alternative -
Business
Media Five Publications [Hyderabad, 2012]: Media Five Publications Pvt. Ltd. publishes a monthly magazine
The Global Analyst that provides news analysis/opinionated content on business, economy, finance, markets,
corporate strategy, etc. The company claims to be targeting corporates, MBA/Engineering students, and general
business personnel with this magazine. The magazine is available in print and in digital.
Alternative -
Business
Startup 360 Magazine [Chennai, 2014]: Startup360 is a magazine that publishes news content related to
startups, hot sectors, investment activity, etc. It profiles startups including founder interviews. The magazine is
available in print and digital format. The first issue came out in January 2015.
Alternative -
Business
Dalal Times [Mumbai, 2014]: Dalal Times reports news and analysis content related to Indian stock markets and
news from the world of business, economy, finance, etc. The content is available on its digital portal and also in
the form of print magazine-monthly. The digital portal also provides live coverage of Indian stock markets,
currency and commodities markets.

Print Media (16/18)
Alternative -
Leisure
New Horizon Media [Chennai, 2004]: New Horizon Media is a publishing house based in Chennai. It publishes
books in print and audio (digital) medium. The books are predominantly in Tamil language and the company
claims to have published around 1100 titles with over 30 titles being published every month. It has raised 2 rounds
of funding till date. In October 2011, Sridhar Vembu took over Beacon India's stake in the company.
$1.5M
Emergic Ventures, Beacon India
Private Equity
Alternative -
Leisure
Magna Publishing Company [Mumbai, 1972]: Magna Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd. is a publisher of entertainment
and leisure magazines (in print and digital) Stardust (its flagship magazine), Society, Savvy, Society Interiors,
Health and Nutrition, Starweek, Mandate and Citadel. The company claims that the total reach of these
magazines is 20M readers.
Alternative -
Leisure
DSA MEDIA PUBLICATIONS [Vizag, 2010]: DSA Media Publications publishes a monthly magazine Yo! Vizag
which carries content related to local news, trends, culture and lifestyle of Visakhapatnam. The magazine is in
English and claims to have a readership of around 50000.
Alternative -
Movies
Select Media [Mumbai, 2004]: Box Office India is a digital and print magazine from Select Media Company that
monitors and publishes stories on Box office performances of movies released in India along with the statistics.
There are editorial and guest opinion columns, movie and music reviews and news analysis columns as well. The
magazine is weekly, published every Saturday.
Alternative -
Sports
Sportstar (Kasturi & Sons) [Chennai, 1978]: Sportstar is a sports magazine weekly published by Kasturi &
Sons, publishers of the newspaper The Hindu. The magazine initially started in a berliner format which was
converted to a generic magazine format. The magazine publishes news, opinionated and analytical content on
sports in India and Worldwide. It also supplies a complimentary poster of a sportsperson with every copy.

Print Media (17/18)
Alternative -
Parenting
ParentCircle (Shri Harini Media) [Chennai, 2010]: Parent Circle is a digital content sharing and aggregating
platform operated by Shri Harini Media Pvt. Ltd. The content is targeted at parents and is regarding child care and
upbringing. Initially started as a monthly print magazine and now also in the digital space. The print magazine is
available in English and Tamil languages.
Alternative
9.9 Media [Noida, 2007]: 9dot9 Media is content production and distribution-through-print company. It develops
content and publishes it through magazines. It owns magazine brands like CFO, Inc., Think Digit, CTO Forum,
etc. which deal with niche content like growth, personal technology, professional gaming, enterprise IT,
manufacturing, logistics, etc. It also has digital communities like consumermate.com and createonlinebuzz.com.
$8.6M
TVS Capital Funds, Helion Venture
Partners
Alternative
Business India Group [Mumbai, 1978]: Business India Group publishes niche content magazines in print and
digital. Its flagship magazine - Business India is a business news and analysis magazine. Other magazines are
Inside Outside (interior decor-lifestyle) and Auto India (auto reviews).
Alternative
Cyber Media (India) [Gurgaon, 1982]: CyberMedia India Ltd. is a listed company with interests in media
services, content production, research and publishing in print as well as digital. The company publishes many
magazines including its flagship DataQuest which deals with content related to Big Data, PCQuest, etc. Its digital
properties include CIOL.com, a technology news and research content portal. The company claims that its
properties cater to a community of 1.5M people. The company also hosts over 100 events annually.
Alternative
Planman Media [Delhi, 2005]: Planman Media Pvt. Ltd. is a part of Planman Consulting. It publishes print
magazines like Business & Economy, 4Ps Business & Marketing, The Sunday Indian, etc. The content is
simultaneously published in 14 different Indian languages.

Print Media (18/18)
Alternative
Infomedia18 [Delhi, 2011]: Infomedia18 is a publishing arm of the Network18 group. It publishes magazines like
Better Photography, Overdrive, Better Interiors and Forbes India (in partnership with Forbes magazine). It is
planning to build a digital yellow pages directory. It also has an eshop where it sells single copy archives and
annual subscription of these magazines.
Alternative
The Progressive Teacher Magazine [Delhi, 2014]: The Progressive Teacher (TPT) is a bi-monthly magazine
targeted at school teaching community in India. The first print issue was published in July, 2014. The company
also maintains a digital edition of the magazine. The magazine is a publication of the S-Media group which
engages in B2B publications.
Alternative
Techplus Media [Delhi, 2001]: Techplus Media Group is a media publishing house based in Delhi. It owns both
print and digital properties across verticals. These includes the printed monthly magazine Beauty that publishes
content related wellness, makeup, style and leisure and the digital news portal itvarnews.in that covers the news
across the information technology industry. It claims to be organising 50 media events in the verticals of IT and
lifestyle every year.

Media & Entertainment India – Company list
Sub-segments of top level business model
MAINSTREAM MEDIA
(content across broad verticals with
traditional view points targeted at
masses)
ALTERNATIVE MEDIA
(content across niche verticals
targeted at a particular set of
audience)
STARTUPS
ENTERTAINMENT
NEWS
MARKETING
PARENTING
HEALTHCARE
DIGITAL MEDIA
(using internet as a medium of
distribution)
ALTERNATIVE
ScoopWhoop, Glamrs
NEWS AGGREGATOR
InShorts, DailyHunt
MAINSTREAM
Firstpost, Moneycontrol
$100M
NEWS AGGREGATOR
(aggregate news across verticals from
mainstream or alternative media
outlets)
$82M
CURATED
ALGORITHMIC
TOPICS & TIMELINES
$18M
SOCIAL CONTENT
CONTENT FOR WOMEN

Digital Media (1/27)
Mainstream
Moneycontrol [Mumbai, 1999]: Moneycontrol is a digital portal that publishes news related to stock markets,
listed companies' activity, analyst views, social stock ratings and opinions, etc. It is operated by CNBC TV18
which is a part of Network18 group.
Mainstream
Greynium Information Technologies [Bangalore, 2006]: Greynium Information Technologies develops and
operates online content portals. Its internet properties include OneIndia.com, which is an internet mass media
portal catering to news and entertainment content in multiple Indic languages and English. Other properties
include DriveSpark.com (Auto reviews), BoldSky.com (Lifestyle & Leisure), Gizbot.com (Gadget reviews),
ThatsCricket.com (Cricket news and updates), etc. The company's revenue model depends on advertising on its
portals. It also operates online classifieds portal click.in. In 2010, it was acquired by NetCore Solutions.
Mainstream
Firstpost [Delhi, 2011]: Firstpost is an Indian digital portal that publishes news, editorial and opinion content. It
also conducts reader's debates and publishes ebooks on current affairs. Started as a blog, it was converted to full
fledged news portal in 2011. It is a part of Network18 group.
Mainstream
Scroll.in [ , 2012]: Scroll.in is an independent news, information, and entertainment venture run by US-based
digital publishing company Scroll Media Inc. Has collaborated with Quartz to produce regional-specific content for
Quartz India. Raised an undisclosed amount in funding in July 2014 from Omidyar Network, the philanthropic VC
firm set up by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, with participation from New York-based Media Development
Investment Fund. Founded in 2012 by MIT, Harvard and Cambridge University alumni.
Omidyar Network, Media Dev Inv
Fund
Mainstream
Newsroom Media [Delhi, 2013]: Newsroom Post is an online news portal publishing news articles across
verticals like politics, sports, business, technology and entertainment. It also has an opinion section where noted
journalists write columns. It appears to be monetizing through advertisements for now.

Mainstream
NewsMobile [Delhi, 2013]: World Mobile News Network Pvt. Ltd. is a digital media company that operates
NewsMobile a digital platform where content covering news across politics, business, world, sports, lifestyle, etc.
is published. The content is produced in-house as well as acquired from news agencies. It also has mobile apps
for Android and iOS platforms. Appears to be monetizing through advertisements.
Mainstream
Nyooz [Noida, 2013]: Nyoooz is an online news content publisher with a focus on local/regional news. The
content is aggregated from various community members. It also provides the community with the ability to search
and navigate a news event by location and category, to share and to have a discussion around it. The portal is
available in English and Hindi.
Mainstream
Indilens [Guwahati, 2013]: Indilens is a digital only news content publisher based in Guwahati. The company
covers news from all the verticals including current affairs, business, science and technology, sports and also has
editorial and opinion columns. The range of news is restricted to India for now. The company has a team of 40
reporters spread across India and has an editorial team of 8 members.
Mainstream
Fourth Point News [Delhi, 2014]: FourthPoint is a digital news portal that publishes news content from broad
categories covering India's current affairs and politics, global exclusives, sports, entertainment, leisure, etc. The
content is self produced as well as aggregated from readers under the citizen journalist program. It also publishes
a weekly newspaper in print from Delhi and mainly focuses on Delhi's current affairs and also runs editorials. It
has advertisements on its portal which appears to be the main source of revenue.
Mainstream
The Quint [Noida, 2014]: The Quint, part of Quintillion Media Pvt Ltd, is a mobile-focused digital news platform.
Offers stories across various categories like current affairs, politics, entertainment and technology among others
with a mixture of both wire stories and stories created by an in-house editorial team. The site went live in March
2015. Founded by Raghav Bahl, founder and former CEO of Network 18, which was acquired by Reliance
Industries Ltd (RIL) in May 2014.

Mainstream
DailyO [Delhi, 2015]: DailyO is a part of the India Today Group. It is a digital portal that publishes news and
opinion articles related to politics, arts & culture, business, technology and sports. The content as of July 2015
appears to be produced by contributing journalists but the platform has an option for users to sign up and add a
story indicating that readers might be allowed to share news and opinion articles in future. Currently appears to be
monetizing through advertisements at the end of the articles. The content on home page appears to be organized
based on trends on social networks. Whenever the user clicks on a hashtag, articles from past related to the topic
are listed.
Mainstream
The India Herald Group [Hyderabad, 2015]: The India Herald Group is a coterie of digital news portals. It
publishes news content across various verticals including current affairs, politics, international news, business,
technology, entertainment and sports and has separate portals for these respective verticals. Its digital properties
include indiaherald.in, newsherald.in, filmyherald.in, cricherald.in, technologyherald.in, healthherald.in,
autoherald.in and apherald.in. Most of the news is aggregated from other media portals except apherald.in where
entertainment news is self produced.
Mainstream
The Times of World [Bangalore, 2015]: The Times of World is a digital news portal which publishes news
articles related to current affairs, politics, technology, sports, entertainment, etc. with the entire world as its
domain. According to the portal, the company has an editorial team of 12 who churn out all the articles.
Mainstream
Catch News [Delhi, 2015]: Catch News is a digital news portal operated by the Rajasthan Patrika Group. The
content, though mainstream is presented in the new media format and is targeted at the next generation of news
consumers. The content is produced by journalists employed by the company as well as syndicated from other
news agencies. The portal also has video content which is aggregated from Youtube and has text excerpts with it.
The portal also has Your Wire section where fast readable news items from across categories are published.
Alternative -
Social Content
Instamedia [Shimla, 2006]: Instamedia is an online content network which produces content in niche verticals.
Instamedia also has an online SaaS based content platform, Instapress. It implements workflows to streamline
collaboration between various content contributors, with objective measurement tools to track effectiveness. The
network runs internet sites in verticals like lifestyle, luxury, green living, health, autos and technology.
$4M Bennett, Coleman and Company

Alternative -
Social Content
ScoopWhoop [Delhi, 2013]: Social news & entertainment content platform that curates and creates stories
relevant to India. Company's revenue model comprises of native advertising and sponsored stories. Some of their
clients include Pepsi, Godrej, HUL, Budweiser, MakeMyTrip among others. Currently among the top 150 sites on
Alexa as of Sep 2014. Received an undisclosed round of seed funding from VC firm Gravy Partners in December
2013. In Nov 2014, Bharti Softbank announced they had invested $1.6M for a 36.5% equity stake.
$1.6M BSB
Alternative -
Social Content
POPxo [London, 2013]: Rebranded from estylister.com, POPxo is a lifestyle and fashion content platform
targeting Indian/South Asian women. Users can browse through various categories of lifestyle, health & beauty
topics to stream company/user generated content. Users can contribute to the platform on related topics. The
company publishes 8-10 stories a day, which are mobile optimized and fill the non-news, non-gossip content
vacuum. The company is based in London, with few editors/writers in Mumbai and Delhi, India. Claims 1M
engaged readers every month. Raised INR 3 crores in Nov 2014, from Hussein Kanji, Rajan Anandan,
CaratLane’s Mithun Sancheti, to ramp up operations.
$0.5M
Alternative -
Social Content
Bluegape [Delhi, 2011]: Bluegape is an online content publishing platform. Offers content in categories including
Entertainment, Relationships, Health and Fitness, Life Hacks, Future, Career and Education. Has monthly
revenues of INR 1 crore as of Sep 2014. Launched feature for users to create and publish photo stories on its
platform and earn money, claims 200+ such listicles created every day on its platform. Claims 4M+ pageviews per
day. Raised angel funding in Jan 2014 on LetsVenture, looking to raise $8-$10M by Nov 2014. Shut down its
merchandise business in Dec 2014, due to copyright issues and pivoted to Content Publishing Platform. Raised
$200k in angel round led by Rudy Gopalakrishnan of Fidelity and ah! Ventures three months after pivot.
$0.5M TLabs, ah! Ventures
Alternative -
Social Content
Faking News [Mumbai, 2008]: Faking News is an Indian news satire and humor website. It contains cutting edge
satire on political and social scenario of India. The website publishes fake news reports with incisive sarcasm,
satire and humor. The content can be created by readers and curated and then published by the editors and also
written by the in-house team of journalists. It was acquired by Firstpost in May 2013.
Alternative -
Social Content
TopYaps [Delhi, 2010]: TopYaps is a digital platform for social news and entertainment content. The content is
tailor made based on latest trends in social networks on verticals like news, culture, entertainment industry, etc.
One of the niche content includes articles on top 10 things in a particular category. Also has a section on videos
aggregated from Youtube channels. It is built and run by TechMonkey. The primary model is to produce content
that can be made viral through users sharing it organically on their social networking sites and messengers.

Alternative -
Social Content
Lighthouse Insights [Pune, 2010]: Lighthouse Insights analyzes and publishes content related to social media
news, activity and overview of the industry backed with insights. It mainly focuses on Indian social media news but
also has case studies, app reviews and other analysis accompanied by expert views. The target audience
consists of social media campaigners and industry enthusiasts. Mentioned in top 10 social media blogs of 2013 by
Social Media Examiner.
Alternative -
Social Content
Fuccha [Delhi, 2011]: Fuccha is a digital platform that publishes content across entertainment, food, travel,
campus, politics, etc. which is self produced as well as crowdsourced. It claims tie ups with students across 100
prominent colleges in India. It also claims to have reached 90000 subscribers in 2 years since its foundation.
Alternative -
Social Content
Social Samosa [Mumbai, 2011]: Social Samosa is a digital portal where news content related to social media
network activity is published along with pieces of digital-social-marketing analysis and other media trends. Started
in 2011, the company claims to be clocking a revenue of INR 70 Lakhs and was acquired by unknown investors in
May 2015. It has won The Blog of The Year award at the WATA awards in 2013.
Alternative -
Social Content
Luxpresso [Mumbai, 2011]: Luxpresso is a venture by Times Internet (Bennett, Coleman & Co.) which publishes
lifestyle, fashion, leisure, trends, gadgets and gizmo related articles with pictorials and the presentation is done in
a way to target the premium audience.
Alternative -
Social Content
The UnReal Times [Chennai, 2011]: The Unreal Times is a digital portal that publishes fictional news content
that invokes humor/sarcasm and is presented in a satirical way. It has a production team of 18 regular
columnists. It also accepts content produced by readers and other users of the portal and publishes it on the basis
of its merit.

Alternative -
Social Content
Youngisthan [Mumbai, 2013]: Santoshi Media & Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. operates a digital media platform
Youngisthan where news content related to cinema, technology, lifestyle & leisure, sports, etc. is published. It is
primarily targeted at youth and is presented in new media style. It also has a section named YouthTube where
content (videos) on social issues & trends are shared.
Alternative -
Social Content
The Next Meme [Bangalore, 2013]: Web based entertainment content platform posting updates on trending
news, torrents, music, funnies, gifs, memes, viral videos, documentaries, tech news and gadgets.
Alternative -
Social Content
Derailed Douchebaggery [Delhi, 2013]: Derailed Douchebaggery is a digital content publishing portal. The
content is related to social news and social media trending topics, pop culture, fashion, cinema, etc. that are
represented in a way to induce entertainment, humor or sarcasm and/or mirror the reality. The content is
opinionated and has graphic imagery which makes it a part of the new media vertical. The founders are doing
engineering at Vellore Institute of Technology.
Alternative -
Social Content
That Scoop [Mumbai, 2013]: Online entertainment channel providing users with articles and videos. Employs
freelance writers and pays them for every article published. Allows users to submit their own content, which is
published post-moderation. Allows brands to advertise on its channel. Currently has 150K+ social media
followers, 2M+ monthly page views and daily reach of 100K+ as of Jan 2015.
Alternative -
Social Content
HookedUp [Hyderabad, 2014]: HookedUp is a digital media company that publishes social news and content
related to science, entertainment, sports and lifestyle. The content is aggregated from the readers who are
allowed to contribute through its contribute page. The content related to trending topics on social networking sites
is chosen to be published.

Alternative -
Social Content
Snowy Duck [Delhi, 2014]: SnowyDuck is a digital platform for social content publishing across broad categories
including entertainment, business, technology, politics, sport, etc. The content is presented in a way that it can be
made viral by sharing across social networking sites and through messengers to attract more unique visitors.
Alternative -
Social Content
WittyStory [Mumbai, 2014]: WittyStory is a digital social content platform which aggregates stories/content from
readers and other contributors and presents in the format that can be made viral through link sharing on social
networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, and messengers like Whatsapp, etc. Currently appears to be monetizing
through ads.
Alternative -
Social Content
Emlii [Kolkata, 2014]: Emlii is an online portal publishing entertainment content. Aims to collect and publish
stories that are trending across various social networking sites. Also lists stories submitted by other genuine
users.
Alternative -
Social Content
AkkarBakkar [Mumbai, 2014]: AkkarBakkar is an online platform where users can discover content across
various categories. Curates content in various categories like cinema, video, news, politics etc. Users can also
share their stories on the portal.
Alternative -
Social Content
DailyPooper [Delhi, 2014]: Daily Pooper is a social news, networking and entertainment content digital portal
with three sections editorial, article and content sharing and ranking forum. The portal is in beta stage.

Alternative -
Social Content
ViralStories [Mumbai, 2014]: ViralStories is an online source of articles and videos, particularly humour and viral
content. Other categories include social experiments, pranks and fails, bollywood, sports, music etc. Sources
content from other content platforms, publishes own content and allows users to submit stories.
Alternative -
Social Content
Hourdose [Noida, 2014]: Hourdose is an internet media company. Hourdose creates and curates India specific
stories. Curates content in various categories like life, cinema, video, news, politics etc. Monetization is through
advertising from brands and companies.
Alternative -
Social Content
Storypick [Pune, 2014]: Social entertainment news and media company that caters to the young online Indian
audience. Stories & videos based on celebrities, movies, humour along with categories such as business, politics,
sports etc.
Alternative -
Social Content
TheBinNews [Mumbai, 2015]: TheBinNews is a digital portal that publishes social content related to
entertainment, food, travel, lifestyle, etc. It has content writers who do part time content writing across verticals for
the portal. It also allows readers to contribute articles to the portal.
Alternative -
Social Content
Firefly Daily [Mumbai, 2015]: Firefly Daily is a News/Media company that publishes digital general news content
and content related to humor, social media activity, entertainment, sports, etc. in a new media style. The content
is created by contributors to the website. The portal was operational in January 2015 and according to Alexa it
has grown by 997,445 positions in the first 3 months to 50000.

Alternative -
Social Content
Gluebomb [Delhi, 2015]: GlueBomb is a digital publisher of social news content in the new media style. The
content is related to humour, women interests, food, travel, sports, etc. It plans to act as a marketing agent for
brands by producing content for them and publishing on the portal. The portal also has a section in Hindi.
Alternative -
Social Content
Mental Masala [Mumbai, 2015]: MentalMasala is a digital blog which publishes social content related to lifestyle,
humor, food, travel, entertainment, etc.
Alternative -
Entertainment
Chakpak Media [Bangalore, 2007]: Chakpak offers south Indian movie enthusiasts information on movies and
movie personalities. Some of the site offerings include wallpapers, videos, news, discussion forums and quizzes.
It offers users the ability to discuss, evaluate, rate, review and preview movies and movie personalities through its
open forum. In 2011, Flipkart acquired the content from Chakpak.com and in 2012, Chakpak Media was acquired
by Trivone Digital Services.
$5M Accel Partners, Canaan Partners
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Entertainment
FilmySphere [Bangalore, 2013]: Filmysphere is a social movie platform to follow favorite celebrities, movies and
discover upcoming talents and jobs in entertainment. It helps users discover feature, short and independent films
and get recommendations from their social network on the platform. Also, it connects young artists and film
fraternity via its marketplace model. It allows production houses to post jobs and requirements for a particular film
while assignment seekers (artists) create their profile and search jobs via a marketplace model. Also available on
iOS and Android mobile platforms. The company has 700+ registered users and claims to be adding 200+ users
every month.
$100k
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Entertainment
Glamsham [Mumbai, 1999]: Glamsham.com is a digital portal where entertainment content including celebrity
gossip and film updates are published. It also has a broadband section where users can download wallpapers,
photos, and view cinema trailers, etc. It partners with motion pictures production houses for online film marketing
and digital content distribution. It is operated by Fifth Quarter Infomedia Pvt. Ltd.

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Entertainment
MovieToday Entertainment [Kochi, 2009]: Movie Today is an online magazine that publishes cinema/celebrity
news and gossip in Malayalam language. It partners with various Malayalam motion pictures production houses
for online film promotion and marketing. It is a subsidiary company of SciWiz Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Alternative -
Entertainment
MissMalini [Mumbai, 2011]: MissMalini Publishing Pvt Ltd is a Bollywood, Fashion and Lifestyle blog. Provides
Bollywood news & gossip, fashion trends and lifestyle entertainment news on a global scale. Has 230k+ followers
on Facebook and 320k+ followers on Twitter. The founder has also started a TV Show 'MissMalini's World', a
reality entertainment show that covers movie premieres, celebrity interviews, fashion weeks. Launched a limited
edition DIY Charms bracelet under the name 'MissMalini Loves Pipa+Bella', sold exclusively at Pipabella.com. Its
YouTube channel has 3M+ views. Raised initial angel round funding in 2012 from Rajan Anandan of Google
India, the founders of Chegg.com, Match.com, SherSingh.com and Exclusively.in.
Alternative -
Entertainment
The Big Indian Picture [Mumbai, 2012]: The Big Indian Picture is a digital magazine that publishes content
related to Indian cinema including opinion, news/gossip, art, interviews, etc.
Alternative -
Entertainment
FilmyPakode [Pune, 2013]: FilmyPakode is a digital portal that lists movies and related info including cast, plot,
directors, etc. It has a separate page for each movie. It also aggregates critic reviews from various media portals
and allows users to share their own experience. It also embeds trailers and video songs from the movie from
YouTube.
Alternative -
Entertainment
MyMovieMatrix [Bangalore, 2014]: MyMovieMatrix lets users rate movies, tv shows and books on various
parameters and also allows them to write reviews as well as shows critic's reviews. Based on predictive analytics
it then recommends the items to the users. It plans to create an integrated platform where people would be able to
read and write reviews, rate them, and also be able to watch (stream online) the movies and tv shows on OTT
(over the top) model. The platform is being developed and operated by Recosense Infosolutions Pvt. Ltd.

Alternative -
Entertainment
TheatreAdda [Delhi, 2014]: TheatreAdda is an online listing portal for theatre plays, stand up comedies and
other theatre related events and workshops. Artists can also upload their portfolios and showcase their talent to
employers in theatre industry. Generates revenue through ads. Planning to launch booking for events through the
website.
Alternative -
Entertainment
FilmiBeat (Greynium) [Bangalore, 2014]: Filmibeat is an online entertainment content portal that publishes
news related to cinema and cinema gossips in vernacular Indian languages. It is a part of the OneIndia
Entertainment brand of Greynium Technologies.
Alternative -
Entertainment
Philmy [Delhi, 2014]: Philmy is a social movie discovery platform focused on the Indian market. Aids in movie
discovery by matching users to movies that they might like using taste-based recommendation algorithms and
human social recommendations. Analyses key elements of Indian movies (e.g. typical story lines, mood, music)
and creates hashtags to aid discovery by uncovering hidden relationships among movies. Also provides
aggregated critic reviews, ratings, trailers and custom-written synopsis etc. and allows users to send personalized
recommendations to their social circle. Aims to perform advanced analytics on the underlying data for
stakeholders to identify and target local KOLs, provide detailed insights on user feedback, identify new geographic
opportunities, online focus screenings etc. Founding team are alumni of Cambridge University, Georgia Tech and
UC Davis.
Alternative -
Entertainment
BollyHolly Media [Mumbai, 2014]: BollyHolly Media runs a digital portal that publishes content related to
Bollywood and Hollywood gossip, news, analysis, etc. It also runs a store at store.bollyholly.net that sells movie
merchandise and collectibles.
Alternative -
Entertainment
Mirab [Bangalore, 2015]: Mirab aggregates Indian movie reviews from various reviewing sites like Bollywood
Hungama, etc. and puts them together for a single movie on a single page. It also plans to facilitate online ticket
booking for movie shows at various cinema theaters in India.

Alternative -
Entertainment
Filmy Filmy [Mumbai, 2015]: Filmy Filmy is an Indian entertainment news and gossip portal. The portal
publishes news related to latest movies, box office collection results, press releases, movie trailers, events,
celebrity gossip, downloadable content like photos, etc.
Alternative -
Marketing
Banyan NetFaqs [Noida, 2000]: Afaqs! (which stands for Agency Frequently asked questions) is a digital content
publisher. The content is mostly niche news related to all types of marketing and advertising media companies. It
is a brand of Banyan NetFaqs Pvt. Ltd. which is engaged in online publishing, online classified, online networking,
print publishing, tech solutions, etc.
$3M SeedFund
Alternative -
Marketing
Indiantelevision.com [Mumbai, 2000]: IndiaTelevision.com is a digital news content portal targeted at media
professionals, cable TV operators, media advertisers, etc. The content mostly deals with the activity in the Indian
broadcast television market and updates from the media and entertainment industry. It also operates 2 other
portals Tellychakkar.com which publishes content related to Indian tele series and celebrities,
AnimationExpress.com which publishes news content related to the animation and VFX industry and
RadioandMusic.com which publishes content related to the radio broadcast industry. Apart, the company also
publishes many newsletters.
Alternative -
Marketing
Exchange4Media [Noida, 2000]: Exchange4Media publishes digital news and opinionated content on activities
in the Indian marketing, media and advertising industry. The group also publishes magazines viz., Pitch, Impact,
Franchise Plus and Realty Plus targeting niche audience in the industry. The company claims the digital portal
reaches 60000 industry professionals per day. It has 5 offices based one each in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata,
Bengaluru and Chennai.
Alternative -
Marketing
BestMediaInfo [Mumbai, 2009]: Best Media Info is a digital news portal that publishes news and opinion articles
covering the marketing, advertising and the media industries. As of July 2015, it appears to be monetizing through
advertisements.

Alternative -
Marketing
Mediavataar [Pune, 2011]: Meidavataar is a digital news portal operated by SinVal Media Communications Pvt.
Ltd. It publishes news and opinion articles by noted personalities from the marketing, media, advertising and PR
industries. The target audience is working professionals from these industries and the marketing enthusiasts. It
also publishes interviews and lists relevant events. Currently looks like monetizing through advertisements put at
strategic locations on the page.
Alternative -
Marketing
Digital Insights [Pune, 2013]: Digital Insights is a niche digital portal (sort of blog) that publishes news and
opinion content related to social media marketing and digital media innovations. As of July 2015, it has a team
size of 13, including the editorial team. It also allows readers to contribute their own articles.
Alternative -
Marketing
TelevisionPost (Indian Media Biz) [Mumbai, 2013]: Television Post (Indian Media Biz Pvt. Ltd.) is an online
portal where news content related to activity in the media and entertainment sector is published. Content related
to company information from historical perspective and stock market news along with a satellite tracker is
published. The content is available in English and Hindi languages. The portal also has a facility to enable users
to compare DTH and cable TV packages.
Alternative -
Startups
Mosaic Media Ventures [Noida, 2005]: Mosaic Media Ventures Pvt. Ltd. (VCCircle Network) runs niche news
content portals VCCircle.com, Techcircle.in, VCCEdge, etc. It publishes news related to venture capital, private
equity, M&A and other investment activity in India and emerging ventures. The company also has a conference
division conducting conferences across industry verticals and themes. The network has conducted about 100
conferences in the last seven years hosting over 15,000 delegates and 1,500 speakers.
Alternative -
Startups
EagleEye Research & Media [Mumbai, 2008]: Eagle Eye Research and Media Pvt. Ltd. runs a digital portal
dealcurry.com that publishes news articles related to startup/company growth, IPOs, private equity/venture capital
investment activity, mergers and acquisitions, etc. It has recently started a DataBoard that contains all the above
information/numbers and statistics data categorized according to industrial sectors, region, etc.

Alternative -
Startups
Yourstory [Bangalore, 2008]: YourStory.com is a digital portal that publishes news content related to Indian
startups, interviews with startup founders and other entrepreneurial and investment activity. It claims to have
profiled 14000 entrepreneurs, provided business networking opportunity to 50000 entrepreneurs and is accessed
by 3M niche readers from India and worldwide. Also has a job listing platform for startups.
Alternative -
Startups
MediaNama [Delhi, 2008]: MediaNama publishes news & analysis content for Telecom, Internet, Media and
Gaming market in India. Founded by journalist Nikhil Pahwa, MediaNama gives an independent perspective on
the convergence of Media and Telecom for decision-making executives within India, and those looking to invest in
India’s emerging Telecom and Media market.
Alternative -
Startups
NextBigWhat [Bangalore, 2009]: Started as Pluggd.in, NextBigWhat is a digital platform that publihes news and
investment activity content related to Technology startups with a focus on Online/Digital startups, Consumer Tech,
Internet of Things (IoT) and news from the world of Tech life and design. It organises Unpluggd, an annual startup
conference currently in its 9th edition
Alternative -
Startups
iamWire [Gurgaon, 2011]: IamWire is a digital niche content publisher. The content is news related to business,
technology and culture. It aims to connect the dots in the digital ecosystem by presenting how Business
movements and Technological innovations are shaping the Culture across the globe. The company also acts as a
startup launch/feature platform through its "submit your startup" initiative and claims to have featured over 1500
startups.
Alternative -
Startups
Inc42 Media [Delhi, 2013]: Inc42 publishes a digital magazine that caters to niche news content related to
featured startups, startup activity news, entrepreneurial statistics, technology and updates. It also plans to develop
a platform for aspiring entrepreneurs to interact and form a community.

Alternative -
Startups
The Startup Journal [Bhubaneswar, 2014]: The Startup Journal is a digital platform that publishes news related
to startup activity in India and covers stories on early stage startups. It allows startups to list internship
opportunities on its platform. Also allows budding entrepreneurs and readers to submit a startup to be covered.
Alternative -
Startups
Techstory [Pune, 2014]: TechStory runs a digital portal that publishes news and analysis/opinion content related
to early stage business ventures, entrepreneurs and the modern technology space. It aims to establish a platform
for resource exchange between the investors, existing entrepreneurs and budding entrepreneurs.
Alternative -
Startups
Chatterpillar [Bangalore, 2014]: Chatterpillar is a digital monthly magazine from Carma venture services Pvt.
Ltd. It publishes stories on startup founders and their entrepreneurial journey. It plans to create a community of
aspiring entrepreneurs and create an inventory of startup journey content that can act as a DIY manual for them to
build a business around their ideas. The first issue was out in September 2014.
Alternative -
Content for
Women
Glamrs [Mumbai, 2012]: Web based platform offering curated content related to beauty including reviews, expert
tips, ratings, how-to videos and demos created by beauty experts. The platform offers content across genres like
beauty, health and style as well as experts that provide advice. The company also partners with brands to create
native content and engaging digital campaigns. Received a response of 3M page views in the first month after
launch and 500k+ unique users. Crossed 480k likes on Facebook as of Oct 2014. 8M views and 72k subscribers
as of June 2015. Founder earlier co-founded Cleartrip.
$1M Blume Ventures
Alternative -
Content for
Women
StyleCraze [Hyderabad, 2011]: StyleCraze is an online site that provides information on beauty and wellness for
Indian women. Members get access to articles, blog posts and reviews on beauty products and advice written by
experts and beauty bloggers. The company provides latest trend updates, makeup and beauty advice, eye
makeup or lip makeup tutorials, nail art tutorials, and hairstyle tutorials; advice on common issues, such as acne,
dandruff, hair fall; and tips and tricks on makeup, skin care, hair care, hairstyles, health, and fitness. The company
also operates momjunction.com, along with a fast growing Youtube channel. Claims to have over 12M monthly
visitors. Has an Android app. The parent company, IncNut Digital was reportedly raising Rs 25 Cr ($4M) in its first
round of funding as of May 2015.
Ventureast

Alternative -
Content for
Women
Menstrupedia [Ahmedabad, 2012]: Menstrupedia is a resourceful guide about menstruation which helps girls
and women to stay healthy and active during their menstruation. Along with the web based comic series to
understand menstruation & puberty for girls, it offers quick guide in the form of articles to understand hygiene &
debunk myths associated with it. Users can even ask queries related to the subject on the platform.
Alternative -
Sports
Sportskeeda (Absolute Sports) [Bangalore, 2010]: Sportskeeda (Absolute Sports Pvt. Ltd.) is a digital
publisher of sports news and analysis and opinionated articles aggregated from 200 sports enthusiast
writers/bloggers who also form the members of the Sportskeeda community. The company claims to be
publishing content on 50+sports with a reach to 2.5M readers. The company has raised 2 rounds of seed funding.
$1.2M SeedFund
Alternative -
Sports
Cricbuzz [Bangalore, 2004]: A cricket news website that started as the provider of ball-by-ball commentary for
every major cricket match. Apart from commentary it also publishes statistics, analysis, photos, videos and news
related to cricket and covers matches worldwide. It was acquired by Times Internet (Bennett, Coleman & Co.) in
Nov, 2014 for an undisclosed amount.
Alternative -
Sports
The Players Diary [Delhi, 2015]: The Players Diary is a digital platform planning to publish stories in first person
perspective from day-to-day activities of sports players. Not yet launched, as of July, 2015.
Alternative -
News
Manas Informatics [Mohali, 2007]: Manas Informatics Pvt. Ltd. is a niche content publishing company that
produces news content related to business, stock markets, forex, BFSI activity and updates on the portal
topnews.in. It also has a section - Analyst view, where professional market analysts' recommendations on
investments are given. It also had a print edition for the magazine Top News which has been discontinued. The
company raised seed funding in 2008.
$0.2M

Alternative -
News
The Better India [Bangalore, 2008]: The Better India is an online news website providing positive news from
across India. Content includes narratives of unsung heroes, change makers, innovations, educators, women
empowerment, etc. Has over 100 writers from across the country, with over 500,000 visitors on its website every
month as of March 2015. Raised INR 1 crore in funding from Inetllecap Impact Investment Network (I3N).
Mohandas Pai, Former CFO of Infosys has also invested an undisclosed amount.
$0.2M
Intellecap Impact Investment
Network
Alternative -
News
LittleBlackBookDelhi (Iluminar Media) [Delhi, 2013]: Iluminar Media Pvt. Ltd. operates the digital portal
LittleBlackBookDelhi where digital curated content related to Delhi's and Gurgaon's local culture, lifestyle, food
review, events, etc. is published. It also organizes 2 events a month that include food workshops, etc. The
company raised seed funding from a group of angel investors including Google India's Rajan Anandan, Outbox
Ventures's Niraj Singh, MakeMyTrip co-founder Sachin Bhatia, Singapore Angel Network and Vadehra Art
Gallery’s Aseem Vadehra.
$0.2M Singapore Angel Network
Alternative -
News
Newslaundry [Delhi, 2011]: Newslaundry is a venture by India Today's founding editor Madhu Trehan and 3
other associates which publishes content that is critical of and mirrors the mainstream media in India. It also
publishes alternate views, op-ed articles on current affairs and gives information regarding the mass media
groups in India. It also produces talk shows.
Alternative -
News
Niti Central [Bangalore, 2012]: Niti Central is a digital news platform operated by Niti Digital. It publishes news,
analysis and opinionated content covering Indian current affairs, politics, business, and other verticals. The
company claims that it takes Right of the Center editorial line compared to the contemporary Left leaning
mainstream media.
Alternative -
News
The Indian Economist [Delhi, 2013]: The Indian Economist is an Indian online magazine that publishes news
and opinion articles on business, economy, policy, politics, culture, foreign affairs, etc. It has noted professionals
from respective backgrounds authoring the relevant articles. It also has a section "For the curious Mind" where
content that is unique and not seen before is shared in the form of a forum. It was rated no.1 blog in Policy and
Economics by IndiBlogger in 2014.

Alternative -
News
AchhiKhabre [Chennai, 2014]: AchhiKhabre is a crowd sourced e-newspaper which brings positive news and
stories of all the inspiring people, organizations, events and things around you that make the world a better place.
Alternative -
News
Factly [Hyderabad, 2014]: Factly provides news content on Indian politics, business, lifestyle, etc. Sources
information from publicly available sources (like different government websites) and from responses to RTI (Right
to Information) applications. Accepts contributions from people on its site.
Alternative -
News
Indians News [Hyderabad, 2014]: Indians News is a digital news portal that publishes news across categories
like business, entertainment, technology, politics, lifestyle and events. The news is sourced from mainstream
media portals and is made concise removing all the storytelling part. It is then broken into 3 points to make it
easily understandable.
Alternative –
News – Social
WittyFeed [Indore, 2014]: WittyFeed is a platform where users can share small stories and articles. The content
can be related to various verticals like photography, humour, social media trends, etc. and is presented in the new
media style. The company has a trending section where the most read articles are presented. Claims to have 8M
monthly unique visitors and 20M monthly page views.
Alternative -
News
SocialReach (Sunmarg) [Ahmedabad, 2014]: SocialReach is a digital news content aggregator. The content is
aggregated from contributors, other mass media sources and also through syndication. The content is related to
general news, entertainment, sports, politics, technology and social media trends. It is operated by Sunmarg
Media which is a part of Sunmarg Foundation.

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News
The News Minute [Bangalore, 2014]: The News Minute runs a digital platform which publishes news articles that
are produced by aggregating information from various media outlets and syndication services. It also has
freelance journalists and analysts writing opinionated articles for it. The portal is currently in beta stage. Founded
by ex-UN correspondent Chitra Subramaniam.
Alternative -
News
LocalPress [Mumbai, 2015]: Building a mobile app that will provide users with crowd sourced local news and
events based on their location. Users can report as well as validate local news. Users providing accurate reports
earn a positive trust score and can become trusted source in their neighbourhood. Not yet launched as on May
2015.
Alternative -
News
Citispotter [Indore, 2015]: CitiSpotter is a citizen journalism platform for instant news content crowdsourced from
the users, who can share it instantly on the platform. The news should be limited to 140 words. Based on users'
verification votes, the news gets point to scale upwards or downwards. Yet to launch publicly, is available on
email invitation. Claims to have garnered 20000 members on Facebook.
Alternative -
News
The Wire [Delhi, 2015]: The Wire is a digital news media platform which publishes news and opinion articles
taking the alternative path as compared to the traditional and mainstream news. Founded by noted journalists
Siddharth Varadarajan and Sidharth Bhatia. The platform has blogs which cover domains including politics,
economy, science, law and culture.
Alternative -
News
Nearfox [Mumbai, 2015]: Nearfox (Formerly Zipnews) is an online media company started by IIT Bombay alumni
helping people to know their neighbourhood by giving them the required information on latest news, stories,
events and things happening around a locality. Operates from Mumbai as of June 2015 and plans to launch an
app for mobile.

Alternative -
Technology
SiliconIndia (Infoconnect Web Technologies) [Bangalore, 1997]: SiliconIndia (Infoconnect Web Technologies
Pvt. Ltd.) is an online portal that publishes niche news related to business and technology. It earlier started as a
print magazine in 1997 in New York, but now functions out of Bangalore as a digital only platform. The company
also provides a platform for a community of user generated and expert curated content. It claims to have a
network of 5M Indian working professionals in its community.
SRI Capital
Alternative -
Technology
TelecomTiger [Delhi, 2005]: TelecomTiger is a digital portal that publishes news content covering the telecom
sector and therein the mobile technology, internet & cyber security verticals. It is operated by AT Data Process
Pvt. Ltd.
Alternative -
Technology
iGyaan Networks [Delhi, 2010]: iGyaan Networks runs digital portal iGyaan.in that was launched as a gadget
review blog in 2010. Since then it has diversified into Tech and social media news content. The primary activity of
the portal though remains to review gadgets like mobiles, tablets, etc. and publishing digitally (text on portal and
video reviews on Youtube). Apart, it also operaters AutoGyaan (auto news) and TrendPolice (New Media) portals.
Alternative -
Technology
All Things Apple [Pune, 2012]: All Things Apple is a digital portal (sort of blog) which publishes content
including news, reviews and insights on Apple Inc.'s products, software and ecosystem. Before deciding the
content the team browses through other sources and identifies trends which might be appealing to the users in
India. As of July 2015, the site lists 3 authors.
Alternative -
Technology
ScrollStory [Bhubaneswar, 2013]: ScrollStory is an online platform which publishes articles on analysis of
trending stories, reviews of products & services, life hacks, tutorials and guides, technology and lots of
miscellaneous stuffs.

Alternative -
Technology
BlueBox Media [Jaipur, 2014]: Bluebox Media is a digital media company which has established online
blogs/portals like The Tech Portal, SpringTide, Gadget Centre, Finance Online, etc. which publish news, opinion,
leisure related content. In 2014, it raised angel funding from Rajasthan Angel Network.
Rajasthan Angel Investor Network
Alternative -
Leisure
Luxurylaunches [Mumbai, 2006]: LuxuryLaunches is a luxury lifestyle website providing curated content on art,
gastronomy, gadgets, travel, cars, fashion, watches etc. Provides reviews for luxury items. Featured on
"Technorati" as one of the top 100 lifestyle blogs. Claims to have published over 16,000 posts as of August, 2015.
Alternative -
Leisure
LuxuryFacts [Delhi, 2010]: LuxuryFacts is an online luxury magazine which publishes content on luxury
launches, premier indulgences and the means to get them, but doesn't facilitate the sale themselves. Currently
focuses on the Indian market besides some update from around the globe. The target audience is millionaires and
self made rich professionals apart from the aspiring ones. Readers can look at their intended purchases and
gauge their pros and cons before actually buying the product. Users can also register to get the latest updates on
categories across wines, wearables, accessories, travel, etc. Currently free, the magazine has plans for paid
subscriptions in future. It claims to have a team of 30 professional contributors residing across the globe.
Alternative -
Leisure
Tinpahar Culture [Kolkata, 2012]: Tinpahar is a digital magazine that publishes cultural content like poems,
short stories and scholarly articles on topics like photography or cinema. The articles are sourced from
contributors attached to the magazine and are not crowdsourced. The first issue was launched in September
2012 and as of July 2015, has thirteen issues. The magazine frequency is bi-monthly and it doesn't have any print
edition. The content is available in English and Bengali mediums.
Alternative -
Auto
WheelsUnplugged [Bangalore, 2007]: WheelsUnplugged is a digital portal that publishes news content related
to the auto industry. The content includes latest auto launches, vehicle reviews, expo live coverages, interviews
with experts from the industry etc. Founded as an independent portal, it was acquired by Trivone Digital Services
in 2011.

Alternative -
Content for Men
MensXP [Gurgaon, 2007]: MensXP.com is an online lifestyle content portal for Indian men. Features content
across segments like health, relationships, fashion, technology, money etc. MensXP's parent company, Xpert
Media, raised a round of angel funding in September 2008. Acquired by Times Internet Ltd, the digital media arm
of the Times Group, for an undisclosed amount in Nov, 2012. Post acquisition, Times Internet merged the site
Guylife.com, a portal already owned by Indiatimes, with MensXP.
Alternative -
Healthcare
mDhil Networks [Bangalore, 2009]: mDhil creates and distributes basic healthcare information for the Indian
user via text messaging, web, and online video. Core topics include reproductive health, family planning,
diabetes, women's health, exercise, diet & nutrition. Its partners include leading online companies, mobile
carriers, consumer goods companies and pharmaceutical manufacturers.
Alternative -
Healthcare
The India Medical Times [Delhi, 2011]: The India Medical Times is a digital news portal operated by AlaTimes
Media. It publishes news articles, opinion, research and insights related to medicine and healthcare and the
primary audience is doctors, Heads of departments/Deans of Medical colleges, hospital management, policy
makers, etc.
Alternative -
Healthcare
Homeveda [Mumbai, 2011]: Homeveda Media Labs offers an online platform that provides instructional videos
for common health conditions. Its content platform covers home remedies for chronic health conditions, beauty &
wellness, children's health and parenting. The natural home remedies and other useful information including the
symptoms, causes and prevention tips for all ailments are presented in short 2-3 min videos. It raised an
undisclosed amount of funding from Blume Ventures.
Blume Ventures
Alternative -
Parenting
Zen Parent [Bangalore, 2014]: Zen Parent is an online platform generating and curating content related to
parenting for kids with in 3-14 yrs. age. ZenParent’s content is customised to suit 80-odd combinations of
characteristics like working parent + mother or stay-at-home dads etc. Planning to launch a mobile app too. Plans
to monetise its product through value-added services to customers and child care providers. ZenParent hopes to
reach over 1M users by April 2016.
$0.5M

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