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Mahaka X | |
Formerly | PT Abdi Bangsa Tbk (1992–2010) |
Company type | Public company |
IDX: ABBA | |
Industry | Media |
Founded | 28 November 1992 |
Founder | Erick Thohir |
Headquarters | , Indonesia |
Area served | Indonesia |
Key people |
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Products | Broadcasting, publishing, out of home and digital media |
Revenue | Rp 251 billion (2019) [1] |
-Rp 29 billion (2019) [1] | |
-Rp 45 billion (2019) [1] | |
Total assets | Rp 413 billion (2019) [1] |
Total equity | Rp 107 billion (2019) [1] |
Owners |
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Number of employees | 1,409 (2015) |
Website | www |
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]
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]
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