The Times Group

Bennett Coleman and Company Limited
Company type	Private
Industry	Mass media
Founded	4 November 1838
Headquarters	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Key people	Samir Jain; (Vice-Chairman and Managing Director) Vineet Jain; (Managing Director) Sivakumar Sundaram ; (Chairman, Executive Committee);
Products	Publishing; broadcasting; radio; films; entertainment; web portals;
Revenue	₹7,394 crore (US$930 million) (2022)
Net income	₹457 crore (US$57 million) (2022)
Owner	Sahu Jain family
Number of employees	11,100 (2014)
Subsidiaries	Times Internet; Bennett University; Times Music; Junglee Pictures; Times Innovative Media Limited; Times Business Solutions Limited; Indiatimes shopping; Times Guaranty Ltd; Times Publishing House Limited; Times Networks;
Website	timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Bennett, Coleman and Company Limited^[3]^[4] (abbreviated as B.C.C.L. and d/b/a The Times Group) is an Indian media conglomerate headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra.^[5] The company, which is a family-owned business, publishes The Times of India newspaper, which is the highest selling daily English-language newspaper in India, in addition to several radio stations, television channels such as Times Now, the film magazine Filmfare, and the women's magazine Femina. The Sahu Jain family continues to own a majority of the stake in the group, and in May 2023, the Times Group was split into two separate business entities between brothers Vineet Jain and Samir Jain, such that its radio and broadcast properties would remain with Vineet Jain and its print properties would be under Samir Jain.^[6]

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^ "Times Group may go for an IPO 'in the long run'". Business Standard. 8 November 2021. Archived from the original on 17 May 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
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^ Cite error: The named reference FT was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Times Group split: Samir Jain takes print; Vineet gets broadcast, radio biz Archived 19 July 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Financial Express. 21 May 2023.

[10K-1] Saini, Sonam (21 November 2019). "BCCL's FY21 consolidated revenue at Rs 5,337.94 crore". exchange4media.com. Archived from the original on 27 May 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2023.

[FY-2] "Times Group may go for an IPO 'in the long run'". Business Standard. 8 November 2021. Archived from the original on 17 May 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2021.

[3] "Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd.: Private Company Information". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 30 July 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2018.

[4] "BENNETT COLEMAN AND COMPANY LIMITED". opencorporates.com. Archived from the original on 30 July 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2018.

[FT-5] Cite error: The named reference FT was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[6] Times Group split: Samir Jain takes print; Vineet gets broadcast, radio biz Archived 19 July 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Financial Express. 21 May 2023.

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