News media in India is owned by business families and individuals along with numerous investors, in the form of joint stock companies, societies, trusts and firms. [1] The Government of India owns news media such as DD News and All India Radio. [1] While the news media market (readership and viewership) in India is highly concentrated, the total number of owners includes over 25,000 individuals, 2000 joint stock companies and 1200 societies. [1]
Majority stake or ownership for news companies have changed over time, such as in the case of TV9; Srini Raju let go of his nearly 80% share in 2018. [2]
Family | Individuals | News media groups and news media outlets | Ref | Political Affiliation |
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Ambani | Mukesh Ambani | Network 18 Group | [3] | - |
Firstpost, CNN-News18, News18 India | - | |||
Agarwal | Ramesh Chandra Agarwal | Dainik Bhaskar Group | [4] | - |
Dainik Bhaskar | - | |||
Badal | Sukhbir Singh Badal (P) | PTC News | [5] | Shiromani Akali Dal |
Bahl | Raghav Bahl, Ritu Kapur | Quintillion Media Pvt Ltd | [6] | ( Raghav Bahl sister Vandana Malik married to Amir Khan's nephew ) |
The Quint | Ritu Kapoor associated with foreign council British Council | |||
Chopra | Vijay Kumar Chopra | The Hind Samachar Limited | [7] | |
Punjab Kesari | ||||
Darda | Rajendra Darda (P), Vijay J. Darda (P) | Lokmat Media Group | [8] [9] | Congress |
Lokmat | Congress | |||
Goenka | Ramnath Goenka, Viveck Goenka | Express Group | [10] | First founder Deshbandhu Gupta associated with Congress |
The Indian Express , The Financial Express, Jansatta, Loksatta , Lokprabha | ||||
Gupta | Puran Chandra Gupta | Jagran Prakashan Limited | [11] | Sanjay Gupta |
Dainik Jagran | ||||
The Inquilab | [12] | |||
Sahu Jain | – | The Times Group | [13] | Dalmia family > Taken over by Sahu Shreyans Prasad Jain family |
The Times of India , Times Now, Mumbai Mirror , The Economic Times , Bangalore Mirror , Ahmadabad Mirror, Cricbuzz | ||||
Karunanidhi | Kanimozhi Karunanidhi | Kalaignar TV Private Limited | [14] | DMK |
Kalaignar Seithigal | DMK | |||
Kasturi | S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar | Kasturi and Sons Limited | [15] | - |
The Hindu, The Hindu Group | - | |||
Khan | Zahid Ali Khan (J, P) | The Siyasat Daily | [16] | Telugu Desam Party (close to Congress) |
Kothari | Gulab Kothari | The Patrika Group | [17] | - |
Rajasthan Patrika, Catch News, Balhans, Chotu Motu, Radio FM Tadka, Patrika TV | - ( Manmohan Singh gave award though no political association) | |||
Kumar, Chandran | M. V. Shreyams Kumar (P) | Mathrubhumi , Mathrubhumi News | [18] | Janata Dal (Secular) Kerala |
Maheshwari | Rajul Maheshwari | Amar Ujala | [19] | - |
Mappillai | Kandathil Varghese Mappillai | The Malayala Manorama Company | [20] [21] | Catholic (No association with party seen) |
Malayala Manorama | ||||
Maran | Kalanithi Maran (B) | Sun Group | [22] | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam AIA DMK / DMK |
Sun TV Network, Dinakaran , Red FM | ||||
Panda | Baijayant Panda (P) | Odisha Television Limited | [23] | BJD > then > BJP |
Odisha TV | ||||
Pawar | Supriya Sule (P) | Sakal Media Group | [24] | NCP Nationalist Congress Party |
Sakal , Sakal Times, Gomantak, Gomantak Times, Saam TV | NCP Nationalist Congress Party | |||
Purie | Aroon Purie | India Today Group | [25] [26] | |
India Today , India Today (TV), Aaj Tak Aaj Tak Tez, Delhi Aaj Tak, Mail Today , Business Today | - | |||
Ramoji Rao | Ramoji Rao | ETV Network, Eenadu | [27] | |
Reddy | Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy (P) | Sakshi | [28] [29] | Indian National Congress > YSR Congress Party |
Sakshi TV, Sakshi newspaper | ||||
Adani | Gautam Adani | NDTV | [30] | |
NDTV 24x7, NDTV India, NDTV Prime, NDTV Profit, Good Times, Gadgets360, NDTV Imagine | ||||
Sarkar | Ashok Kumar Sarkar | ABP Group | [4] | |
Anandabazar Patrika, ABP News, ABP Ananda, ABP Majha, The Telegraph | ||||
Sarma | Riniki Bhuyan Sarma | Pride East Entertainments Private | [31] | Riniki Bhuyan Sharma managing director of Pride East Entertainment, a media house. She is married to Himanta Biswa Sarma, Chief Minister of Assam |
News Live, North East Live | Congress ?> BJP | |||
Sharma | Rajat Sharma | Independent News Service | [3] | = |
IndiaTV | - | |||
– | Rajan Raheja Group | Outlook | [32] | = |
– | Shobhana Bhartia (B, P) | Hindustan Times , Hindustan, Livemint | [8] [33] | Her grandfather G. D. Birla ; CONGRESS |
– | T. V. Ramasubbaiyer | Dinamalar | [34] | |
– | S. P. Adithanar | Dina Thanthi | [35] [36] | We Tamils (Tamil: நாம் தமிழர்) party |
– | Subhash Chandra (P, B) | Zee Media, WION, Zee News | [4] [37] | BJP |
– | Chanda Mitra (P, J) | The Pioneer | [8] | BJP |
Note: P: politician, J: journalist, B: businessperson | ||||
Nehru-Gandhi family | Soniya Gandhi Rahul Gandhi | National Herald | Congress | |
Rane | Prahar | Swabhiman Party | ||
Rane | Dhadak | - | ||
Thakarey family | Samana | Shiv Sena |
Group | Outlets | Ref |
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Prasar Bharti | DD News, All India Radio | |
– | Sansad TV (merger of Rajya Sabha TV and Lok Sabha TV) |
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