Mahaka X

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PT Mahaka Media Tbk
Mahaka X
FormerlyPT Abdi Bangsa Tbk (1992–2010)
Company type Public company
IDX:  ABBA
Industry Media
Founded28 November 1992;31 years ago (1992-11-28)
Founder Erick Thohir
Headquarters,
Indonesia
Area served
Indonesia
Key people
  • Dr Abdulgani (chairman)
  • Adrian Syarkawi (vice chairman)
ProductsBroadcasting, publishing, out of home and digital media
RevenueIncrease2.svg Rp 251 billion (2019) [1]
Decrease2.svg -Rp 29 billion (2019) [1]
Decrease2.svg -Rp 45 billion (2019) [1]
Total assets Decrease2.svg Rp 413 billion (2019) [1]
Total equity Decrease2.svg Rp 107 billion (2019) [1]
Owners
Number of employees
1,409 (2015)
Website www.mahakax.com

PT Mahaka Media Tbk, traded as Mahaka X (stylized as mahakaX) since 2022, formerly known as Abdi Bangsa, is an Indonesian media and entertainment company founded by Erick Thohir. [2] The group owns and operates the printed newspapers Harian Republika and Harian Indonesia, a magazine (Golf Digest), a regional free to air television station (JakTV), and a radio station (Gen FM). [3] [4]

Contents

History

Mahaka Media was originally founded with the name PT Abdi Bangsa on 28 November 1992. On 3 April 2002, Mahaka Media become a public company when it registered its shares as PT Abdi Bangsa Tbk in the Jakarta Stock Exchange (BEJ). [5]

In 2010, PT Abdi Bangsa officially changed its name to PT Mahaka Media Tbk. [5]

In 2019, its founder and president commissioner Erick Thohir stepped down from the company to join the government as Minister of State Owned Enterprise, leaving the position he held at the company to R Harry Zulnardy. [6]

On June 27, 2022, Mahaka Media changed its corporate branding to Mahaka X in order to shift the company's focus from media convergence to media tech. [7]

Business units

Newspapers

Magazines

TV Stations

Radio Services

Other

Company management

Board of Directors

Board of Commissioners

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