List of news media ownership in India

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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]

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Private ownership

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T. V. Ramasubbaiyer
Dinamalar
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Ramnath Goenka
Indian Express Limited
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Puran Chandra Gupta
Dainik Jagran
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Aroon Purie
India Today
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Subhash Chandra
Zee News , WION
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Rajat Sharma
India TV
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Shobhana Bhartia
Hindustan Times , Hindustan , Livemint
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Ramesh Chandra Agarwal
Dainik Bhaskar Group

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]

FamilyIndividualsNews media groups and news media outletsRefPolitical Affiliation
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]
The Quint
Chopra Vijay Kumar Chopra The Hind Samachar Limited [7]
Punjab Kesari
Darda Rajendra Darda (P), Vijay J. Darda (P)Lokmat Media Group [8] [9] Indian National Congress
Lokmat
Goenka Ramnath Goenka, Viveck Goenka Express Group [10]
The Indian Express , The Financial Express, Jansatta, Loksatta , Lokprabha
Gupta Puran Chandra Gupta Jagran Prakashan Limited [11]
Dainik Jagran
The Inquilab [12]
Sahu Jain –

The Times of India , Times Now, Mumbai Mirror , The Economic Times , Bangalore Mirror , Ahmadabad Mirror, Cricbuzz

[13]
Karunanidhi Kanimozhi Karunanidhi Kalaignar TV Private Limited [14] Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Kalaignar Seithigal
Kasturi S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar Kasturi and Sons Limited [15] Communist Party of India (Marxist) [16] [17] / B. J. P
The Hindu, The Hindu Group
Khan Zahid Ali Khan (J, P) The Siyasat Daily [18] [19] Indian National Congress/B. J. P
Kothari Gulab Kothari The Patrika Group [20]
Rajasthan Patrika, Catch News, Balhans, Chotu Motu, Radio FM Tadka, Patrika TV
Kumar, Chandran M. V. Shreyams Kumar (P) Mathrubhumi , Mathrubhumi News [21] Janata Dal (Secular) Kerala/B. J. P
MaheshwariRajul Maheshwari Amar Ujala [22] B. J. P
Mappillai Kandathil Varghese Mappillai The Malayala Manorama Company [23] [24]
Malayala Manorama
Maran Kalanithi Maran (B) Sun Group [25] Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sun TV Network, Dinakaran , Red FM
Panda Baijayant Panda (P)Odisha Television Limited [26] Biju Janata Dal (2000-2018)

Bharatiya Janata Party (2018-present)

Odisha TV
Pawar Supriya Sule (P)Sakal Media Group [27] Nationalist Congress Party – Sharadchandra Pawar
Sakal , Sakal Times, Gomantak, Gomantak Times, Saam TV
Purie Aroon Purie India Today Group [28] [29]
India Today , India Today (TV), Aaj Tak
Aaj Tak Tez, Delhi Aaj Tak, Mail Today , Business Today
Ramoji Rao Ramoji Rao ETV Network, Eenadu [30]
Reddy Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy (P) Sakshi [31] [32] YSR Congress Party
Sakshi TV, Sakshi newspaper
Adani Gautam Adani NDTV [33]
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 [34] Riniki Bhuyan Sharma is married to Himanta Biswa Sarma (INC 1991-2015, BJP 2015-present)
News Live, North East Live
Sharma Rajat Sharma Independent News Service [3]
IndiaTV
Nehru-Gandhi family Sonia Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi

National Herald, Qaumi Awaz, Navjivan Indian National Congress
Nath The Caravan [35]
Rane Prahaar Maharashtra Swabhiman Party/B. J. P
Thackerey Uddhav Thackeray (P) Saamana [36] Shiv Sena (UBT)
–Rajan Raheja Group Outlook [37]
– Shobhana Bhartia, G. D. Birla (B, P) Hindustan Times , Hindustan, Livemint [8] [38]
– T. V. Ramasubbaiyer Dinamalar [39]
– S. P. Adithanar Dina Thanthi [40] [41] We Tamils (Tamil: நாம் தமிழர்) party
– Subhash Chandra (P, B) Zee Media, WION, Zee News [4] [42] Bharatiya Janata Party
– Chanda Mitra (P, J) The Pioneer [8] Bharatiya Janata Party (2010-2018)

Trinamool Congress (2018-present)

Note: P: politician, J: journalist, B: businessperson

Government ownership

GroupOutletsRef
Prasar Bharti DD News, All India Radio
– Sansad TV (merger of Rajya Sabha TV and Lok Sabha TV)

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