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Firstpost
Firstpost.com Logo.svg
Parent company Network18 Group
StatusLive
FoundedMay 2011;12 years ago (2011-05)
Country of origin India
Headquarters location Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Key peoplePalki Sharma Upadhyay
(Managing Editor)
Official website www.firstpost.com

Firstpost is an Indian news website owned by Network18 Group, which also runs CNN-News18 and CNBC TV18. [1] [2] It has posted misinformation on multiple occasions. [1] [2]

The Network 18 group was originally owned by Raghav Bahl. In January 2012, the group received an investment from Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries through a rights issue of up to ₹ 2,700 crore. [3]

History

Firstpost began in 2011 as an online news portal of Network18. [4] In May 2013, the news group was merged with the Indian edition of Forbes India whose four top editorial heads, including editor in chief Indrajit Gupta, were dismissed. [5] [6] The event led to a media furor. [7] Thereafter on 31 May 2013, Firstpost took over a satirical website Fakingnews.com for an undisclosed amount. [8] According to Scroll.in , "Network18, with its online outlet FirstPost, famously lost its primetime anchors in 2014 because of a diktat against criticising Modi." [9]

In 2015, The Caravan reported on censorship in Firstpost over criticism of political leaders such as Arun Jaitley. [10] In January 2019, a weekly English-language print edition of Firstpost began, [4] [11] and then ended in June 2019, with publication of Firstpost continuing online. [12] As of April 2020, Jaideep Giridhar is the executive editor of Firstpost in Mumbai, while Sanjay Singh is the deputy executive editor. [13] On 26 January 2023, the prime-time show Vantage was launched, hosted by managing editor Palki Sharma Upadhyay, formerly of WION. [14]

Fact-checkers have found the Firstpost to have posted incorrect information on multiple occasions. In 2023, it misreported photo of a grave with iron grille to be from Pakistan when it was from Hyderabad, India. [2] In 2023, it falsely reported that Atiq Ahmed's vote had ‘Saved' the UPA Govt in 2008. [15] [1]

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