DB Corp Ltd
About us
D B Corp Ltd. is engaged in printing and publication of Newspaper in three languages across 11 states, in Radio Business with "My FM" Radio station in 7 states and 17 cities along with strong web presence in India. Only media house to enjoy leadership at multiple states, in multiple languages and with well diversified readership.'Dainik Bhaskar', the flagship Newspaper brand is established since 1958.
Our Coverage
24% of Indian urban Population resides in D B Corp Market across 11 states with 48 editions and 128 district editions. Our Hindi daily Dainik Bhaskar is present in 9 states with 27 editions. Our Gujarati Newspaper Divya Bhaskar is present in Gujarat and Maharashtra with 7 editions. Our business daily Business Bhaskar is present in 5 states with 7 editions and Our franchisee edition of DNA in English is present in 2 states with 2 editions.
Consistency & Growth
  • 11 States
  • 48 Editions
  • 3 Languages
  • Readership 15.5 mns
Infrastructure
  • Only language paper in India having installed high techno quality KBA machines from Germany capable of printing 32 pages all color with 85000 copies per hour
  • 31 state of art printing plant spread across 11 states
  • 15 Premium editions in various state with full color capacity
  • Overall color printing capability of 70% across all plants
Dainik Bhaskar
  • More than 50 year old flagship Hindi newspaper of Dainik Bhaskar Group
  • Only Hindi newspaper to have clear leadership in all its major markets with well diversified readership across various states
  • Spread in 9 states with 27 editions and 108 district editions
Divya Bhaskar
  • Became No.1 from Day 1 of it's launch in June 2003, out placing more than 50 year old local Gujarati newspaper in Ahmedabad city and became a case study at IIM Ahmedabad
  • Largest circulated Gujarati newspaper (certified by ABC)
  • Present in Gujarat and Mumbai with 7 editions and 20 district editions
MYFM
  • Launched in 2006, now present at 17 stations in 7 states
  • Strong Competitive advantage because of knowledge of consumers & advertisers due to presence of our newspapers in these markets
  • Reached almost EBITDA breakeven by YTD Sept09 which is one of the fastest by any radio company
Magazines
  • Aha Zindagi: Circulation figure of 134636(ABC) and a readership figure of 5.95 lac readers(NRS 05)
  • Bal Bhaskar: Magazine is a hit amongst the kids
  • Lakshya: Career and Professional Grooming monthly
  • Young Bhaskar: Fortnightly 40 page issue packed with information and inspiration
TAJ Initiative
I Media Corp Ltd (IMCL), a subsidiary of DB Corp Ltd which is providing integrated and mobile interactive services, was appointed the exclusive media and marketing partners of the N7W (new 7 wonders of the world) campaign in India. IMCL maintains web portal in the name of Bhaskar.com, divyabhaskar.co.in, Indiainfo.com with almost 1.6 Mns pageviews daily.
Lifetime Achievement Award
Ramesh Chandra Agarwal, Chairman, DBCL received Rajiv Gandhi Award 2009 for Lifetime achievement in the field of Journalism.

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The Tier II and Tier III cities in India are growing at a much faster space compared to metros. It will not be out of place to mention that the growth of Indian economy is largely supported by the growth in these markets.

DB Corp Ltd firmly believes in this growth and have been working along with it and focusing on all such markets which we call as "The Real Indian".

  • D B Corp Ltd. is present in 9 states in Hindi Market and 1 Union Territory. Besides we are also present in 2 states in Gujarati language in Gujarat and Maharashtra.
  • D B Corp is the only Newspaper Group which has presence in 11 states and 1 Union territory, in 3 different languages namely Hindi, Gujarati and English.
  • D B Corp Ltd. is one of the leading print media companies in India, publishing 7 newspapers, 48 newspaper editions and 128 sub-editions in three languages (Hindi, Gujarati and English) in 12 states in India.
  • Our flagship newspapers, Dainik Bhaskar, (in Hindi), Divya Bhaskar and Saurashtra Samachar,(In Gujarati), have a combined average daily readership of 15.5 million readers, making us one of the most widely read newspaper groups in India with presence in Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Delhi, Gujarat and Maharashtra. Our other newspapers are Business Bhaskar, DB Gold and DB Star and, on a franchisee basis, DNA (in Gujarat and Rajasthan).
  • Due to our unique launch ability, we became no.1 from the date of our Launch in almost all places, out placing the decades old local newspaper of that place.
  • Warburg Pincus, one of the leading Private Equity Investors, acquired 7.14% stake in our Company in 2006 and since then, the nominee director from Warburg Pincus is on our board, which has further strengthened and consolidated our Corporate Governance practices.
  • Our Flag Ship Hindi Paper "Dainik Bhaskar" is present in 10 states with 28 editions as per the following list:
    • Dainik Bhaskar
    S.N. State Name Editions name S.N. State Name Editions name
    1 Madhya Pradesh Bhopal 14   Udaipur
    2   Indore 15   Kota
    3   Ujjain 16   Nagour
    4   Sagar 17   Pali
    5   Ratlam 18 Chandigarh Chandigarh
    6 Chattisgarh Raipur 19 Himachal Pradesh Shimla
    7   Jagdalpur 20 Uttrakhand Dehradun
    8   Bhiali 21 Haryana Panipat
    9   Bilaspur 22   Hissar
    10 Rajasthan Jaipur 23   Faridabad
    11   Ajmer 24 New Delhi National Ed. Delhi
    12   Jodhpur 25 Punjab Amritsar
    13   Bikaner 26 Jalandhar
          27 Ludhiana
  • We are leader in almost all the states and/or very close no. 2 where ever Dainik Bhaskar is present as per the above table.
  • Our Gujarati News paper "Divya Bhaskar" is largest Circulated Newspaper of Gujarat and is present in 2 states with 8 editions; as per the following chart:
    • Divya Bhaskar
    S.N. State Name Editions name
    1 Gujarat Ahmedabad
    2   Rajkot
    3   Jamnagar
    4   Surat
    5   Baroda
    6   Bhavnagar
    7   Bhuj
    8 Maharashtra Mumbai
  • Our other News Paper Brands are Business Bhaskar which is present in 5 states with 7 Editions as per the below chart:
    • Business Bhaskar
    S.N. State Name Editions name
    1 Madhya Pradesh Bhopal
    2   Indore
    3 Chattisgarh Raipur
    4 Haryana Panipat
    5 Punjab Jalandhar
    6   Ludhiana
    7 New Delhi Delhi
  • Besides the above brands, D B Corp Ltd. also Publishes English Newspaper "DNA" on a Franchisee basis from Ahmedabad, Surat and Jaipur.
  • Further, It also Publishes Compact Newspaper "DB Star" from Bhopal, Indore and Jodhpur.
  • D B Corp Ltd. also publishes Largest Daily Newspaper of Saurashtra " Saurashtra Samachar".
  • D B Corp Ltd. also publishes Compact Newspaper "D B Gold" from Surat city.


 

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VISION STATEMENT
Our Dream:
To emerge as a powerful group in the international media scenario in the next 5 years. Though our origin in India and we are rooted in India but our views and conduct are global. We shall study the world media and will follow the policies, which are unparalleled in the world. Our efforts shall not be confined merely to newspapers. We shall move ahead with time and shall reach the heights untouched by others.

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