Parent company | Network18 Group |
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Status | Live |
Founded | May 2011 |
Country of origin | India |
Headquarters location | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
Key people | Palki Sharma Upadhyay (Managing Editor) |
Official website |
www |
Firstpost is an Indian news website owned by Network18 Group, which also runs CNN-News18 and CNBC TV18. [1] [2] It has posted misinformation on multiple occasions. [1] [2]
The Network 18 group was originally owned by Raghav Bahl. In January 2012, the group received an investment from Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries through a rights issue of up to ₹2,700 crore. [3]
Firstpost began in 2011 as an online news portal of Network18. [4] In May 2013, the news group was merged with the Indian edition of Forbes India whose four top editorial heads, including editor in chief Indrajit Gupta, were dismissed. [5] [6] The event led to a media furor. [7] Thereafter on 31 May 2013, Firstpost took over a satirical website Fakingnews.com for an undisclosed amount. [8] According to Scroll.in, "Network18, with its online outlet FirstPost, famously lost its primetime anchors in 2014 because of a diktat against criticising Modi." [9]
In 2015, The Caravan reported on censorship in Firstpost over criticism of political leaders such as Arun Jaitley. [10] In January 2019, a weekly English-language print edition of Firstpost began, [4] [11] and then ended in June 2019, with publication of Firstpost continuing online. [12] As of April 2020, Jaideep Giridhar is the executive editor of Firstpost in Mumbai, while Sanjay Singh is the deputy executive editor. [13] On 26 January 2023, the prime-time show Vantage was launched, hosted by managing editor Palki Sharma Upadhyay, formerly of WION. [14]
Fact-checkers have found the Firstpost to have posted incorrect information on multiple occasions. In 2023, it misreported photo of a grave with iron grille to be from Pakistan when it was from Hyderabad, India. [2] In 2023, it falsely reported that Atiq Ahmed's vote had ‘Saved' the UPA Govt in 2008. [15] [1]
Parent company | Network18 Group |
---|---|
Status | Live |
Founded | May 2011 |
Country of origin | India |
Headquarters location | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
Key people | Palki Sharma Upadhyay (Managing Editor) |
Official website |
www |
Firstpost is an Indian news website owned by Network18 Group, which also runs CNN-News18 and CNBC TV18. [1] [2] It has posted misinformation on multiple occasions. [1] [2]
The Network 18 group was originally owned by Raghav Bahl. In January 2012, the group received an investment from Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries through a rights issue of up to ₹2,700 crore. [3]
Firstpost began in 2011 as an online news portal of Network18. [4] In May 2013, the news group was merged with the Indian edition of Forbes India whose four top editorial heads, including editor in chief Indrajit Gupta, were dismissed. [5] [6] The event led to a media furor. [7] Thereafter on 31 May 2013, Firstpost took over a satirical website Fakingnews.com for an undisclosed amount. [8] According to Scroll.in, "Network18, with its online outlet FirstPost, famously lost its primetime anchors in 2014 because of a diktat against criticising Modi." [9]
In 2015, The Caravan reported on censorship in Firstpost over criticism of political leaders such as Arun Jaitley. [10] In January 2019, a weekly English-language print edition of Firstpost began, [4] [11] and then ended in June 2019, with publication of Firstpost continuing online. [12] As of April 2020, Jaideep Giridhar is the executive editor of Firstpost in Mumbai, while Sanjay Singh is the deputy executive editor. [13] On 26 January 2023, the prime-time show Vantage was launched, hosted by managing editor Palki Sharma Upadhyay, formerly of WION. [14]
Fact-checkers have found the Firstpost to have posted incorrect information on multiple occasions. In 2023, it misreported photo of a grave with iron grille to be from Pakistan when it was from Hyderabad, India. [2] In 2023, it falsely reported that Atiq Ahmed's vote had ‘Saved' the UPA Govt in 2008. [15] [1]