D B Corp Ltd.
TypePublic
NSE: DBCORP
BSE: 533151
IndustryMedia
Founded1958 (1958)
FoundersRamesh Chandra Agarwal
Headquarters
Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
,
India
Key people
Sudhir Agarwal (MD)
Products
Revenue₹2,236 crore (US$280 million) (2020)[1]
₹373 crore (US$47 million) (2020)[1]
₹274 crore (US$34 million) (2020)[1]
Number of employees
9,120 (2020)[1]
Websitewww.dainikbhaskargroup.com

D B Corp Ltd., also known as the Dainik Bhaskar Group, is an Indian newspaper group with 66 editions published in four languages. The major newspapers published by the group are Dainik Bhaskar (Hindi daily), Divya Bhaskar (Gujarati daily), Dainik Divya Marathi (Marathi daily), Saurashtra Samachar, DB Post (English daily), and DB Star.

The Group also publishes three magazines; Aha! Zindagi (a monthly family magazine in Hindi), Bal Bhaskar (a Hindi magazine for kids) and Young Bhaskar (an English magazine for kids).

Listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange, the group is majority-owned by the Bhopal-based Agarwal family.

Newspapers

The Dainik Bhaskar Group's publications serve a variety of Indian states:

  • Dainik Bhaskar, the Group's flagship Hindi daily, serves 11 states, offering 45 editions.
  • Divya Bhaskar, a Gujarati daily, serves 2 states with 8 editions.
  • Dainik Divya Marathi, a Marathi daily, serves the state of Maharashtra, offering 6 editions.
  • DB Star serves 3 states with 5 editions.
  • Saurashtra Samachar serves 1 state with 1 edition.
  • DB Post serves 1 state with 1 edition.

Among all of its publications, the Dainik Bhaskar Group serves more than 50% of India's geographical area. The Group has a total circulation of more than 6 million copies with 53 print locations.

Dainik Bhaskar was declared the world's fourth largest circulated daily in 2016–2017.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "D B Corp Ltd. Financial Statements". moneycontrol.com.
  2. ↑ "World Press Trends 2017: Facts and Figures - World Press Trends Database". www.wptdatabase.org. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
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