DB Corp Ltd

About us

D B Corp Ltd. is engaged in printing and publication of Newspaper in four languages across 12 states 66 Editions, in Radio Business with "94.3 MY FM" in 7 states and 30 cities along with strong digital business presence with 9 portals and 5 Mobile App
The only print media conglomerate, in four multiple languages, is a dominant player and enjoys leadership position in its all major markets.
'Dainik Bhaskar', the flagship Newspaper brand is established since 1958.

Our Coverage

49% of Indian urban Population resides in D B Corp Market across 12 states.
58% of India’s Land Area is concentrated in our Markets.
Our Hindi daily "Dainik Bhaskar" is present in 11 states with 46 editions.
Our Gujarati daily "Divya Bhaskar" is present in 2 states with 9 editions.
Our Marathi daily "Divya Marathi" is present in 1 state with 6 editions.
Our other noteworthy newspaper brands are Saurashtra Samachar, DB Star and DB Post.

Consistency & Growth

12 States
4 Languages
66 editions of Print Business
9 Portals & 5 Mobile App of Digital Business
30 stations of Radio Business

Infrastructure

Only language paper in India having installed high techno quality KBA machines from Germany
capable of printing 72 pages all color with 255000 copies per hour
55 state of art printing plant spread across 12 states
25 Premium editions in various state with full color capacity
Overall color printing capability of 85% across all plants

Dainik Bhaskar

More than 50-year-old flagship Hindi newspaper of Dainik Bhaskar Group Spread in 11 states with 46 editions
Dainik Bhaskar’, flagship Hindi Newspaper brand continues to maintain its position as world's 4th largest circulated news daily as per the WAN IFRA's World Press Trends 2016 Report.
Dainik Bhaskar Group rises in Bihar to strong Number 2 position as per Hansa Research Readership Survey Report Bihar 2018
Dainik Bhaskar is also the largest circulated paper in Rajasthan as per Audit Bureau of Circulations Jan-to-June 2018.

Divya Bhaskar

Became No.1 from Day 1 of its 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 9 editions

Divya Marathi

D B Corp Ltd has begun its journey in Maharashtra with the launch of Marathi language newspaper Divya Marathi newspaper in Aurangabad, Maharashtra on 29th May, 2011.
IIM-B (Indian Institute of Management- Bangalore) captured launch of Aurangabad Edition of Divya Marathi, in 2011
The newspaper has emerged as the most popular paper in the city from day 1 of its launch.
Divya Marathi is present in Maharashtra with its 6 editions.

MYFM

Launched in 2006, now present at 30 stations in 7 states
Strong Competitive advantage because of knowledge of consumers & advertisers due to presence of our newspapers in these markets
Turned EBIDTA positive, following the complete commissioning of all 13 stations, acquired under batch 1 of Phase 3 during 2017
Radio business EBIDTA grew by 45% YOY to Rs. 116 million (margin 32%)
Radio business PAT grew by 70% YOY to Rs. 55 million (margin 15%)

DB Digital

DB Digital- present in Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi and English language.
News Web Portals- dainikbhaskar.com, divyabhaskar.com, divyamarathi.com, dbpost.com
Other website includes bollywoodbhaskar.com, moneybhaskar.com, jeevanmantra.in, homeonline.com, bhaskareducation.com and 4 actively downloaded applications Dainik and Divya Bhaskar mobile app.
dainikbhaskar.com is the largest Hindi news site (Comscore Mar 18)
divyabhaskar.com is the World’s No.1 website in the Gujarati language (Comscore Mar 18)

Magazines

Aha Zindagi: Aha Zindagi is the new age family magazine on Positive Living , it's content revolves around body, mind and soul.
Bal Bhaskar: Magazine is a hit amongst the children between the age group 6–14. It’s a bouquet of stories, science articles, comics and much more, also comprising of an activity based booklet called as Fun Bhaskar.
Young Bhaskar: Fortnightly 40 page issue packed with information, activity, learning, fun, humour, reasoning, inspiration, stories and much more targeted to young adults, also comprising of an activity based booklet called Twist.

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, dainikbhaskargroup.com with almost 1.6 Mns pageviews daily.

Lifetime Achievement Award

Late Ramesh Chandra Agarwal, Ex. Chairman, DBCL received Rajiv Gandhi Award 2009 for Lifetime achievement in the field of Journalism.

Recent Company Happenings

"MY FM Hikes Ad rates by 15%”

MY FM has increased its ad rates by 15%; effective 15th November 2018, backed by strong growth in listenership across its key markets.

"DBCL delivers impressive ad revenue and topline growth for Q2 FY 19”

DBCL delivers 17% YoY ad revenue growth and 13% topline growth for Q2 FY 19, excluding festive billing impact

"D B Corp will host Qtr 2 & H1 FY 2018 - 19 Un-audited Financial Results Conference call on Thursday, 25th October 2018 at 3:30 PM IST”

D B Corp will host Qtr 2’ FY & H1 2018 - 19 Un-audited Financial Results Conference call on Thursday, 25th October 2018 at 3:30 PM IST

"D B Corp Ltd. to hold its Board Meeting on 25th October, 2018 to consider and approve Un-audited Financial Results for Q2 FY 2018-19”

D B Corp Ltd. to hold its Board Meeting on 25th October, 2018 to consider and approve Un-audited Financial Results for Q2 FY 2018-19.

Milestone

October 2018

Dainik Bhaskar is also the largest circulated paper in Rajasthan as per Audit Bureau of Circulations Jan-to-June 2018

August 2018

Dainik Bhaskar is now at Number 2 Position In Bihar with Average Issue Readership of 9.11 lakh readers, as per Bihar Readership Survey Report 2018 by Hansa Research Group and at No.1 position in Patna with AIR of 5.07 lakhs readers.

Key Information

Results

Q2 FY 18-19

Press Release

Q2 FY 18-19.

Shareholding Pattern

September 2018

Investor Presentation

August 2018

DB Corp Broadcasting Channel's Interviews

Vision statement

TO BE

THE LARGEST

AND MOST ADMIRED

LANGUAGE MEDIA

BRAND ENABLING

SOCIO - ECONOMIC

CHANGE