ABP Group (Ananda Bazar Patrika) is an Indian media conglomerate headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal. It was established in 1922.

ABP Group
TypePrivate
IndustryMass media
Founded13 March 1922; 101 years ago (1922-03-13)
FoundersPrafulla Kumar Sarkar
Headquarters,
India
Key people
Dhruba Mukherjee
(CEO)
Revenue500 crore (US$63 million) (2022)[1]
Websitewww.abp.in Edit this at Wikidata

History Edit


The company in recent years did mass layoff at various times.[2][3][4][5]

Current assets Edit

Newspapers Edit

Magazines Edit

TV Channels Edit

Television News channels Edit

Channel Language Category Notes
ABP News Hindi News Formerly Star News
ABP Ananda Bengali Formerly Star Ananda
ABP Majha Marathi Formerly Star Majha
ABP Asmita Gujarati

Entertainment channel Edit

Channel Language Launch Defunct
Sananda TV Bengali 25 July 2011 7 November 2012

Upcoming News Channels Edit

Channel Language Launch
ABP Desam Telugu
ABP Kirani Kannada
ABP Nadu Tamil 3rd October 2023
ABP Malayalam Malayalam

Digital News Channels Edit

Channel Language Category
ABP Sanjha Punjabi News
ABP Ganga Hindi
ABP Live Hindi
ABP Nadu[7] Tamil
ABP Desam[8] Telugu

References Edit

  1. ^ "ABP PRIVATE LIMITED - Revenue, Net Worth, Profits & More".
  2. ^ "ABP Group to sack 150 employees in third round of downsizing".
  3. ^ "Kolkata's ABP Group That Runs Telegraph Fires 700, Staff Journalists Call It a Massacre". 2 February 2022.
  4. ^ "HT and ABP layoffs: Cult of profits leading to sackings, not demonetisation as organisations claim". 14 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Bengal's Iconic Anandabazar Patrika Group to Sack 40% of its Staff". 9 December 2016.
  6. ^ "Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2012 — Quarter 2" (PDF). HANSA Research. 2012. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 November 2013.
  7. ^ "ABP Network Expands Horizon: Launches ABP Nadu For Tamil Users". news.abplive.com. 15 April 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  8. ^ "ABP Network Launches Telugu Digital Platform 'ABP Desam'". news.abplive.com. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.

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