A
detailed break-up of the launches in the first seven months
of the current year. |
| |
| Category |
Morning
newspaper (English) |
| Publisher |
Alternative
News Network (ANN) |
| Publication |
Kashmir
Images |
| Brief |
Alternative
News Network (ANN), a newly created media company, launched
its Jammu edition of 'Kashmir Images', an English daily published
from Srinagar since 1996. With the formal launch of the Jammu
edition on March 15, 2006, 'Kashmir Images' has become the
first and only newspaper of Jammu and Kashmir with simultaneous
two editions – Jammu and Srinagar. |
|
|
| Category |
Morning
newspaper (English) |
| Publisher |
The Times
of India Group |
| Publication |
Delhi Mirror |
| Brief |
The
TOI Group launches 'Delhi Mirror', a daily patterned after
'Mumbai Mirror' in Delhi. |
|
| Category |
Evening/Afternoon
newspaper (English) |
| Publisher |
Mid Day
Multimedia Ltd |
| Publication |
Mid Day
(Bangalore) |
| Brief |
Mid-Day',
the eveninger from Mumbai, forayed into Bangalore with the
launch of its eveninger on June 27, 2006. Tariq Ansari, MD,
Mid Day Multimedia Ltd, said that the Bangalore edition would
be on similar lines as the Mumbai Edition. |
|
|
| Category |
Afternoon
Edition of a Morning newspaper (English) |
| Publisher |
Bennett,
Coleman and Company (BCCL) |
| Publication |
Mumbai
Mirror (Mumbai) |
| Brief |
Mumbai
Mirror, the compact from Bennett, Coleman and Company (BCCL)
launched an afternoon edition on July 11, 2006. Rahul Kansal,
Brand Director, said that the content of the afternoon edition
had been designed to suit the afternoon readers' taste. He
further added that afternoon readership was a huge market
and that Mumbai Mirror wanted to expand its reach |
|
|
| Category |
Business
daily (English) |
| Publisher |
Diligent
Media |
| Publication |
DNA Money
(Indore) |
| Brief |
The
Daily News & Analysis (DNA), launched its Mumbai edition's
business supplement, DNA Money as a business daily in Indore
on January 17,2006.Suresh Balakrishnan, Marketing Head, Diligent
Media said that there was market for such a paper in Indore,
as there was no other financial daily coming from there or
from central India. Besides, Dainik Bhaskar would benefit
from having a strong foothold there.Diligent Media Corporation,
which owns DNA, is a joint venture between two industry majors,
the Dainik Bhaskar Group and Zee TV. |
|
|
| Category |
Business
daily (English) |
| Publisher |
Alternative
News Network (ANN) |
| Publication |
JK Business
Echo |
| Brief |
Alternative
News Network (ANN) published 'JK Business Echo', the first
financial daily of the state of Jammu & Kashmir. Explaining
the idea behind the launch, Zafar Choudhary, Resident Editor
and co-founder ANN said that the business daily was brought
about to meet the local need for a business daily that would
address the local scenario, which none of the other business
dailies did. |
|
|
| Category |
Business
daily (English) |
| Publisher |
Indian
Express Group |
| Publication |
Financial
Express |
| Brief |
Financial
Express launched its second edition in Gujarat state in English,
making it the tenth edition from the Financial Express stable.
The new edition will have two sections – the main section
will focus on national and international business news, economy
news, along with the state pages for news from the region.The
second section, called ‘Corporates and Markets’,
will highlight company news, market news and analysis and
stock listings. |
|
|
| Category |
Business
daily (English) |
| Publisher |
Business
Standard |
| Publication |
Business
Standard |
| Brief |
Business
Standard has launched its Lucknow edition, the daily’s
eighth edition, from June 1, 2006. Mukul Choudhari Senior
Manager, Brand and Communication, Business Standard said that
they felt the need for a business daily in Lucknow, with the
place not having a single business daily . |
|
|
| Category |
Business
& Political Daily (English) |
| Publisher |
Colours
Multimedia Pvt Ltd |
| Publication |
Political
& Business Daily |
| Brief |
Chandigarh-based
group, Colours Multimedia Pvt Ltd, launched a newspaper 'Political
& Business Daily' in Delhi. Puneet Nanda, Publisher and
Managing Editor of 'Political & Business Daily' said that
the paper will have strong political content, with one-third
of the paper devoted to political coverage - both at national
and state levels. Apart from that, the paper would also cover
the stock market, commodities, mutual funds and derivatives. |
|
|
| Category |
Non-English
Newspaper |
| Publisher |
Bhaskar
Group |
| Publication |
Dainik
Bhaskar, 12th edition (Ujjain) |
| Brief |
Dainik
Bhaskar' launched its 21st edition in Ujjain on January 16,
2006. Bhaskar Group's Sanjeev Kotnala said that the launch
would help to futher strengthen the group's leadership in
the country. |
|
|
| Category |
Non-English
Newspaper |
| Publisher |
Sun Network |
| Publication |
Dinakaran |
| Brief |
Tamil
daily 'Dinakaran' was re-launched on February 27, 2006 by
its new owners, the Sun Network. While the 'look and feel'
of the publication had undergone significant transformation,
the price of the paper was reduced to Re. 1 |
|
|
| Category |
Non-English
Newspaper |
| Publisher |
Prabhat
Khabar |
| Publication |
Prabhat
Khabar (Hindi) (Siliguri edition) |
| Brief |
Phrabhat
Khabar', one of the leading dailies from the Indian regions
of Jharkhand, Bihar and West Bengal, launched its seventh
edition from Siliguri on March 10, 2006. Siliguri, a growing
hub of international trades, provides considerable tourism
prospects. Perceiving a huge potential for the Hindi print
media in the place, the company forayed into Siliguri. |
|
|
| Category |
Non-English
Newspaper |
| Publisher |
Dainik
Jagran |
| Publication |
Dainik
Jagran (Hindi) (Siliguri edition) |
| Brief |
Dainik
Jagran launched it Siliguri edition on July 1, 2006 , making
it the 30th edition from the stable. Sunil Gupta, Director,
Dainik Jagran, explaining the reason behind launching the
Siliguri edition said that Siliguri was a growing trade centre,
and with the opening of the Nathula Pass (Sino-Indian border)
on July 6, 2006, in Sikkim, the place would scale new heights
and get strategic importance at the national scenario, which
would benefit both the country as well as the Dainik Jagran
group. |
|
|
| Category |
Non-English
Newspaper |
| Publisher |
Jagran |
| Publication |
Dainik
Jagran (Hindi) (Indore edition) |
| Brief |
Dainik
Jagran launched its Indore edition on April 20, 2006. The
newspaper content would be as per Jagran's policy and tradition.
A spokesperson commenting on the reason for entering the Indore
market said that the city being a big business and trading
hub, has immense potential. |
|
|
| Category |
Non-English
Newspaper |
| Publisher |
Raj Express |
| Publication |
Raj Express
(Hindi) (Indore edition) |
| Brief |
Raj
Express' was launched in Indore on May 28, 2006. The paper
touched a figure of 149,489 copies (as per the print order)
on the day of the launch. |
|
|
| Category |
Non-English
Newspaper |
| Publisher |
HT Media |
| Publication |
Hindustan
(Hindi) (Meerut edition) |
| Brief |
Hindustan',
the Hindi offering from HT Media launched its all colour Meerut
edition on February 24. The Meerut edition would provide the
readers local, national, international, sports and business
news. The daily would also have four supplements to cater
to the diverse interests of the readers of Meerut. |
|
|
| Category |
Non-English
Newspaper |
| Publisher |
Sahara
Group |
| Publication |
Roznama
Rashtriya Sahara (Urdu) (Kolkota) |
| Brief |
Roznama
Rashtriya Sahara' added fifth edition to its stable when the
Sahara Group forayed into Kolkata, launching the Urdu daily.
The new edition, which will be a mix of national and local
news, will be priced at Rs 2.50 on weekdays and Rs 3 on Sundays. |
|
|
| Category |
Non-English
Newspaper |
| Publisher |
Akai Osai
(Tamil) |
| Publication |
Alai Osai |
| Brief |
Priced
at Rs.3, 'Alai Osai', previously a political eveninger, that
went defunt, was relaunched as a morning paper, with the intention
of catering both to an audience who seek to be politically
aware and at the same time targeting the rest of the segment
with other contents. The paper would try to attract its readers
by having editorial content containing path breaking political
reporting. |
|
|
| Category |
Non-English
Evening newspaper |
| Publisher |
Rajasthan
Patrika |
| Publication |
News Today
(hindi) |
| Brief |
Priced
at Rs. 1, the eveninger ‘News Today’ was launched
to cater to the varied tastes of India’s fastest growing
cities, Jaipur. Sidharth Kothari, director, Rajastan Patrika
said that ‘News Today’ would provide the advertisers
fresh scope in terms of reaching out to readers, so far unreached,
'the working class Indian', people who don't have any time
to browse through the mainstream newspapers, but are interested
in detailed analyses and updates. ‘News Today’
aims at capturing the reader’s attention by coalescing
both local, regional and international happenings as well
as the news from the world of entertainment, IT, electronics,
automobiles, family, and business.The eveninger would give
emphasis to unique editorial properties and rich content.The
newspaper would also enable the advertiser to extend its reach
to the more serious readers and get noticed by cutting the
advertisement clutter that usually occurs with the morning
paper. |
|
|
| Category |
Non-English
Evening newspaper |
| Publisher |
Freedom
Media Pvt Ltd |
| Publication |
Aaj Ekhon
(Bengali) |
| Brief |
Freedom
Media Pvt Ltd launched a Bengali eveninger, 'Aaj Ekhon' ,
modelled on the Mumbai's popular 'Mid-Day'. 'Aaj Ekhon' was
developed based on the findings of a market research agency.
‘Aaj Ekhon’ is a 16-page part-colour tabloid with
a cover price of Re 1. |
|
|
| Category |
Magazines
- Photography |
| Publisher |
GM Publishing |
| Publication |
Better
Photography (Hindi) |
| Brief |
Better
Photography' launched its Hindi edition on June 27, 2006.
Krishna Tewari, GM Publishing , said that the magazine launched
in Hindi would not just help in bridging the information gap
between the English and Hindi speakers, but also give a chance
to the budding photographers from the Hindi speaking belt
to showcase their work. |
|
|
| Category |
Magazines
- Automobiles |
| Publisher |
Vikatan
Group |
| Publication |
Motor Vikatan |
| Brief |
The
Vikatan group launched an auto magazine in Tamil language
in March 2006. 'Motor Vikatan', the new offering from the
group is targeting both the need of the general public, come
about as result of Chennai making its presence felt as a global
auto destination, as well as, because of the presence of an
audience keenly interested in automobiles. B Srinivasan, JMD,
Vikatan Group said , ".. We are talking about a very
practical perspective, of content of relevance to a single
car or bike owner as well as a truck or bus fleet owner, and
it’s not just about flashy cars and pull out posters.”
|
|
|
| Category |
Magazines
- Automobiles |
| Publisher |
Infomedia
India Ltd |
| Publication |
Overdrive
(Hindi) |
| Brief |
Infomedia
India Ltd (IIL), the publisher of 'Overdrive' magazine, released
its Hindi version on the first week of April 2006. The Hindi
quarterly would include all the essential information regarding
vehicles like their features, specifications, mileage and
prices, etc. There would also be a comprehensive section for
both new and second hand cars buyers. |
|
|
| Category |
Magazines
- Lifestyle |
| Publisher |
Watch Market
Review Group |
| Publication |
HOT (Hands
on Time) |
| Brief |
One
of India's oldest publication houses, The Watch Review Group
launched HOT (Hands on Time), a quarterly magazine on March
17,2006. According to Sunil Karer, Publisher, the magazine
would be helpful to the global luxury marketers in getting
valuable insights into the mindsets of the luxury connoisseurs
in India. It would also help the rapidly growing Indian consumers
of luxury to keep abreast of the latest luxury objects of
desires that are making waves in the rest of the world. He
also said that the magazine would balance both Indian with
international content. The advertisement rate of Rs 1 lakh
per full colour page spells luxury and clearly indicates that
the magazine would house only luxury brands. |
|
|
| Category |
Magazines
- Lifestyle |
| Publisher
|
Paradise
Publishing |
| Publication |
Paradise |
| Brief |
Paradise
Publishing launched 'Paradise', a glossy lifestyle magazine
for Gurgaon and South Delhi regions of the NCR. The monthly
magazine would cater to educated housewives, working couples,
parents and retailers of the two regions, and would be covering
issues like parenting, wellness, leisure, grooming and food
reviews. |
|
|
| Category |
Magazines
- Lifestyle |
| Publisher |
Outlook |
| Publication |
Life &
Style |
| Brief |
The
Outlook group launched 'Life & Style', its monthly lifestyle
magazine on April 10, 2006. The magazine aims at catering
to the elite section of the society by covering luxury, leisure
and style, which will range from luxury goods, exotic holidays,
fine food and wine. Besides, the magazine would also be providing
the readers information on the best fitness regimes, spas
and the most beautiful homes. |
|
|
| Category |
Magazines
- Health |
| Publisher |
Marvel
Designs |
| Publication |
Wellness |
| Brief |
Marvel
Designs launched 'Wellness' on the May 11, 2006 The company
aims to reach out to the health conscious individual. The
publisher Anish Bajaj said that the magazines is for their
active, discerning and affluent readers who believe in taking
care of their families, careers and the future. |
|
|
| Category |
Magazines
- Men |
| Publisher |
India Today |
| Publication |
Men's Health
(lifestyle) |
| Brief |
India
Today launched 'Men's Health' a lifestyle magazine in May-June
2006. 'Men's Health' magazine aims at attracting its readers
by being a service Bible for men in the fields of style, fashion,
relationships, sex, health, sport, fitness, nutrition, food,
weight loss, adventure, gadgets and gizmos. |
|
| Category |
Magazines
- Men |
| Publisher |
Images
Multimedia |
| Publication |
M |
| Brief |
M',
a bi-monthly, Priced at Rs 50, was launched by Images Multimedia
in Mumbai on April 13,2006, in answer to the aspirational
needs for a better lifestyle of the topmost socio-economically
placed, urban male from 24 to 45, as a consumer, who is evolving
in response to the changing city life, social roles and attitudes.
The magazine is centered around the concept 'Men: Informed
In Style'. Amithabh Taneja, Editor-in-Chief of Images group
of publications speaking about the magazine said that when
talking about a men's magazine, the first thing that comes
to mind is mostly wine, women and health, but 'M' goes beyond
that and addresses topics about life, style and wealth. |
|
|
| Category |
Magazines
- Movies |
| Publisher |
SMS Impact
Media |
| Publication |
South Movies
Scenes |
| Brief |
The
SMS Impact Media based in Bangalore launched its first magazine
'South Movies Scenes' that focusses on the film industry in
the four South Indian states. Prathibha, Editor and Publisher
during the initial stage of the issue had said that the magazine
had received an encouraging response from the advertisers
and the people had received the first issue positively. She
also added that they were targetting to touch 50,000 copies
without diluting the quality of the magazine |
|
|
| Category |
Magazines
- Science/Medicine |
| Publisher |
CyberMedia |
| Publication |
BioSpectrum
Asia life sciences magazine |
| Brief |
CyberMedia
has launched Asia's first magazine dedicated to the life science
industry – ‘BioSpectrum Asia’ in Singapore.
The bi-monthly print magazine was launched on March 24, 2006,
during the Bio Singapore Forum Annual General Meeting, a leading
life science event in Singapore. Pradeep Gupta, Chairman and
Managing Director of CyberMedia (India) Ltd, said that the
launch in Singapore would help 'BioSpectrum' which happens
to be India's first exclusive biotechnology business magazine,
to extend its territory into the Asia-Pacific region's life
science industry to cover path-breaking happenings. He also
added that the magazine's launch in Singapore would give it
a unique platform to address a cosmopolitan audience in the
life sciences arena. According to him the launch signified
another initiative of CyberMedia's ongoing global expansion. |
|
| Category |
Magazines
- Multimedia |
| Publisher |
Hakuna
Matata & UK-based Zoo Publishing |
| Publication |
3dCreative |
| Brief |
Hakuna
Matata, a Chennai-based partnership firm, in association with
UK-based Zoo Publishing, launched a animation magazine '3dCreative',
in May,2006. Managing Partner, J Muthuraman, Hakuna Matata
said that the idea was born while hunting for an animation
magazine that would deliver apt industry news on the happenings
in the animation industry in India, with a right mix of tutorial
content packaged crisply. Another reason for bringing out
the magazine was a dearth of good magazine in India, inspite
the market being huge. |
|
|
| Category |
Magazines
- Sports/leisure |
| Publisher |
Wisden
Group and Infomedia India Ltd. |
| Publication |
Cricinfo
Magazine |
| Brief |
Cricinfo
Magazine's first issue was launched in January, 2006 by the
Wisden Group and Infomedia India Ltd. Aimed at the discerning
reader, it aims to present the best cricket writing and photography
from across the world. Every issue is packed with insights,
analysis and comment from the world¹s best cricket minds,
in-depth interviews with the biggest names in the sport, comprehensive
match coverage, compelling original features and breathtaking
photography; plus production and design to match. |
|
| Category |
Magazines
- Computers/internet |
| Publisher |
IDG (International
Data Group) |
| Publication |
PC World |
| Brief |
IDG
(International Data Group) launched its flagship brand, PC
World, in India in July, 2006, making it IDG’s third
title in India, through its subsidiary IDG India. IDG Founder
and Chairman, Patrick McGovern said that the magazine would
provide the end-users of technology with useable, credible
and trustworthy information thus contributing to the rapid
growth of the technology industry. |
|
|
| Category |
Magazines
- Computers/internet |
| Publisher |
Next Gen
Publishing Ltd |
| Publication |
Computeractive |
| Brief |
Next
Gen Publishing Ltd. (NGPL), a Forbes Group and HDFC Ltd. Enterprise
in parntership with VNU Business Media Europe’s Licensing
and syndication division, Global Publishing partnerships (VNU
GPP), had launched 'Computeractive' in India in January 2006.
The Magazine was published under license through Next Gen
Publishing, based in Mumbai, India. Targeted at the everyday
home and office computer user, Computeractive is a computing
and technology lifestyle magazine that offers expert information
and advice on how to buy and maximise computing productivity
in a simple, jargon free style that every computer user can
understand. It simplifies technology and makes it understandable,
fun and accessible to the common man. |
|
|
| Category |
Magazines
- Outsourcing |
| Publisher |
CMP-CyberMedia |
| Publication |
Global
Services |
| Brief |
CyberMedia
, in partnership with CMP Media launched its inaugural issue
of "Global Services" on February 2, 2006.The magazine,
'Global Services', a monthly, is aimed at global buyers of
business and technology services and would be published for
readers across the world. The magazine will provide its readers
with a framework for laying strategies for globally sourcing
people, processes and technologies. The magazine's agenda
is to provide its readers with a framework for laying strategies
for globally sourcing people, processes and technologies.
Hoshie Ghaswalla, Managing Director, CMP CyberMedia LLC, said
that the ‘Global Services’ platform had two obectives,
the first one was to facilitate global service delivery for
the customers and service providers of outsourcing services.
The other objective was to provide cost effective marketing
solutions to the service providers in this industry. The primary
reader would be the customer of outsourced ITO and BPO services,
with a predominant readership in the US and Western Europe.
The providers of ITO and BPO services across supplier destinations
would also be part of this readership group. The magazine
would be blend of global outsourcing news and happenings,
research backed analysis, trends, vendor issues and expert
views. |
|
|
| Category |
Magazines
- Education/careers |
| Publisher |
India Today
Group |
| Publication |
Aspire |
| Brief |
The
India Today group launched ‘India Today Aspire’,
a new monthly magazine on education and careers on February
20, 2006. Ashish Bagga, Publisher, India Today Group said
that the magazine's aim was to provide content on career and
education opportunities to its readers on regular basis. Aroon
Purie, Editor-in-Chief, India Today Group, said regarding
the magazine, 'The magazine, we believe, will be of interest
not just to the 16-25 age group, but also those great champions
of academics, their parents as well as education professionals.”
Poorie also added that the magazine aims to act like a personal
counselor, career guide and a life coach all rolled into one.
The TAM AdEx data for Jan-Dec 2005 had stated that ads from
educational institutions contribute to the highest share at
6.8 per cent to the total ad pie of print publication.And
it seems India Today group eyes to exploit this yet untapped
market in the magazine publication segment. |
|
|
| Category |
Magazines
- News |
| Publisher |
The Chitralekha
Group |
| Publication |
Chitralekha
Gujarati (Gujarati) |
| Brief |
The
Chitralekha Group, publishers of the news weekly magazine,
'Chitralekha Gujarati', launched its edition in the US and
Canada in January. Mitrajit Bhattacharya, publisher, 'Chitralekha
Gujarati said that it was a natural extension to take their
brand to the largest 'Non Resident Gujarati' (NRG) market.
The magazine, meant for the Gujarati NRI's, is printed in
Gujarati.. The aim of the magazine is to update the NRG community
with the latest information in their own language. |
|
| Category |
Magazines
- Drinks & Beverages |
| Publisher |
The House
of Bilimorias |
| Publication |
Liquid |
| Brief |
Liquid
was launched on 3 May, 2006 by The House of Bilimorias, A
bimonthly, Liquid will cover the bar culture within India’s
drinks industry and carries an in-depth understanding of global
premium drinks and bar industry. The magazine was launched
to cater to the growing need of the premium bar, drinks and
restaurant industries for information and news. |
|
|
| Category |
Magazines
- Aviation |
| Publisher |
Business
Standard |
| Publication |
Open Sky |
| Brief |
Business
Standard launched an aviation magazine 'Open Sky' on May 05,
2006. Rakesh Shah, VP, Marketing, Business Standard answering
the reason for bringing out such a magazine said that with
a great deal of developments taking place on the aviation
industry front and with more people flying nationally and
internationally, the magazine was brought about to cater to
this sector of people. |
|
|
| Category |
Magazines
- Beauty and Skin Care |
| Publisher |
Source
Publishers |
| Publication |
New Age
Salon |
| Brief |
Source
Publishers launched it bi-monthly magazine, 'New Age Salon'
in June 2006. The magazine will cater to all the recognised
salons across the country as well as beauty conscious readers.
The magazine aims to be the professional salon industry's
most complete connection between salon professionals, salon
owners and providers of professional salon services and products. |
|
|
| Category |
Magazines
- Women |
| Publisher |
Outlook
Group |
| Publication |
Marie Claire |
| Brief |
Outlook
Group's Marie Claire, a monthly, hit the stands on June 1,
2006. The magazine’s unique concept ‘let me be
me’ as suggested by its tagline, would be blended with
features on fashion and beauty, a strong editorial bank, as
well as successful local associations as it has been done
internationally. Marie Claire (India) would have the India
women in mind while being produced for them. |
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