Vikatan Group
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| Industry | Mass media |
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| Headquarters 🏙️ | Chennai, India |
Area served 🗺️ | India |
Key people | S. S. Vasan S. S. Balan B. Srinivasan |
| Products 📟 | Magazines News channel Digital media |
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The Vikatan Group is a media publication house headquartered in Chennai, India. The media house publishes news through 12 magazines and a news channel under its name.[1] The magazines are circulated in India, predominantly in the state of Tamil Nadu with weekly or monthly editions. The most popular magazine of the Vikatan Group is Ananda Vikatan which was first published in 1928 by S.S.Vasan. The group is currently headed by B. Srinivasan.
History[edit]
Ananda Vikatan was started by Budalur Vaidyanadhaiyar in February 1926. In January 1928, S.S. Vasan bought the rights and relaunched it with the same name and a new format. S.S. Vasan died in Chennai on 26 August 1969, at the age of 65.
By then, his son S.S.Balan had joined Ananda Vikatan as a joint Managing Director. S.S. Balan expanded the group with the publication of the magazine Junior Vikatan. The magazine is known for its investigative journalism. He served as editor, managing director and publisher of the magazine for nearly 50 years till 2006. He died in December 2014 at the age of 78 due to a heart attack.[2]
Ananda Vikatan was then consolidated in the Vikatan Group and FIPP, a global trade media association appointed B Srinivasan as the Managing Director of Vikatan Group.[3] He introduced magazines in multiple genres , expanded in the internet publishing space in 1997, started paid-for contributions in 2005, embraced social in 2010 and built an app presence since 2011.[4] Srinivasan also started Vikatan book publishing, having published more than 1,000 books. In 2018, he appointed a senior management team to look after operations across India.[5]
Publications of the Vikatan Group[edit]
- Ananda Vikatan
- Junior Vikatan
- Chutti Vikatan
- Sakthi Vikatan
- Naanayam Vikatan
- Motor Vikatan
- Pasumai Vikatan
- Doctor Vikatan
- Vikatan Deepavali Malar
- Aval Manamagal
- Aval Kitchen
- TimePass
- Ananda Vikatan TV
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Vijaya, Ramaswamy (2017). Historical Dictionary of the Tamils. Rowman & Littlefiled. p. 212. ISBN 9781538106860. Search this book on
- ↑ Vikatan group chief passes away The Hindu Retrieved 20 December 2014
- ↑ B Srinivasan, MD, Vikatan Group appointed as Director of FIPP Board Exchange4media Retrieved 30 June 2017
- ↑ Vikatan Group revamp to offer a better experience to users: B Srinivasan, Vikatan Group Exchange4media Retrieved 19 June 2017
- ↑ Vikatan Group makes senior appointments across India Exchange4media Retrieved 5 July 2018
External links[edit]
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