Indo-Asian News Service
FormerlyIndian Abroad News Service
TypeNews agency
IndustryMedia, News media
Founded1986
FounderGopal Raju
Headquarters
Area served
Asia
OwnerSandeep Bamzai (Editor-in-Chief & CEO)
Websitewww.ians.in

Indo-Asian News Service or IANS is a private Indian news agency. It was founded in 1986 by Indian American publisher Gopal Raju as the "India Abroad News Service" and later renamed.[1] Their main offices are located in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. The service reports news, views and analysis from the subcontinent about the country, across a wide range of subjects, to subscribers via the Internet.

While IANS is primarily known as a wire service in English and Hindi, it also has a publishing division that currently produces newspapers and periodicals for other clients in the media industry. IANS also operates a mobile news service.[2][3]

In December 2023, Adani group acquired majority stake in the agency making it a subsidiary to Adani’s AMG Media Networks.[4][5]

References

  1. "Gopal Raju, 80, publishing pioneer". Boston.com, Associated Press. April 12, 2008.
  2. Shrivastava, K. M. (2007). News Agencies from Pigeon to Internet. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. pp. 65–. ISBN 978-1-932705-67-6.
  3. "About Us". IANS.
  4. Team, N. L. (2023-12-16). "After NDTV, Adani acquires 50.5% stake in news agency IANS". Newslaundry. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
  5. "Adani acquires majority stake in news agency IANS". The Indian Express. 2023-12-16. Retrieved 2023-12-16.

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