2. Introduction
Type Private
Industry Mass media
Founded Mumbai (1838)
Headquarters New Delhi, India
Key people Indu Jain
(Chairperson)
Samir Jain
(Vice-Chairman & MD)
Vineet Jain
(MD)
Products Broadcasting, publishing, radio,
Internet, films and cable TV,event
management, entertainment
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Revenue US$ 1.5 billion (2011)
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Employees 11,000 (2011)
Website www.timesgroup.com
3. Portfolio
The Times Group (also referred as Bennett,
Coleman and Co. Ltd.) is the largest mass
media company in India.
The company remains a family-owned
business as the descendants of Sahu
Jain family controls majority stake in Times
Group.
Punch line : Let truth prevail
7. Initiatives
The Initiative
Aman Ki Asha (A Hope for Peace) is a unique people-to-people
movement that dared to look beyond the violent history shared by India
Aman Ki Aasha
and Pakistan and focus on the ancient bonds that tie together the
peoples of these two great nations.
Launched jointly by the Times of India and the Jung Group of Pakistan,
Aman Ki Asha recognized that people of these two countries should
seek to take the relationship beyond the dead-end it found itself in.
8. The Initiative
Lead India was a nation-wide talent hunt for the next generation of political leaders
Lead India
for India. The main objective of this programme was to enable short-circuiting the
otherwise convoluted path up the political ladder, to catapult a chosen few straight
into the public limelight.
The Lead India program was rolled out in eight cities: Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata,
Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Pune and Hyderabad.
9. ET( economic times )
launched The Power of Ideas in January 2009 with the objective of creating a culture
of entrepreneurship and innovation in the country. With the economy at a low ebb
Power of Ideas
and faith in the aspect of ‘job security’ having dropped, people were more inclined
than earlier to start up. The programme thus struck a chord with readers.
•In its first year the programme received over 12,000 business idea – a number
which crossed 16,000 in the second year.
10. Code of Conduct for Journalists
(applicable for all Times Group brands)
As a brand, all Times Group Brands (hereinafter referred to as
Times) draws its power and influence from two things:
Our ability to deliver the complete story: making sure our facts
are correct, citing our sources, and providing analysis and
context
The confidence of our readers that we are unbiased in our
reporting and have no agenda to further save that of accurate
reporting.
11. Corporate strategy
Thoughts for the Future
As Vineet Jain reflected on the new exciting
partnership with the Wall Street Journal, he reflected on
other growth strategies for the future. He had publicly
commented on his goal for more partnerships, stating: “We
are open to strategic alliances that will not only bring value
in terms of money but will enable us to emerge as a global
media company.” In fact, a partnership with the BBC was
already in the works.
12. SUGGESTIONS
Times of India is the flagship product of the times group
(BCCL) .
It is widely circulated English newspaper in the world so the
group should start its international editions for Indian diaspora
and international audience.
There should be more and more foreign corrospondent in
american ,european ,african and gulf countries.
If the company wants to become the global media tycoon
then they should start an international news channnel like
BBC WORLD & CNN.