Logo of Firstpost | |
Parent company | Network 18 |
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Status | Live |
Country of origin | India |
Headquarters location | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
Key people | Palki Sharma Upadhyay (Managing Editor) |
Official website | firstpost |
Firstpost is an Indian news website owned by Reliance Industries, which also runs CNN-News18 and CNBC-TV18.
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.[1]
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.[2][3] The event led to a media furor.[4] Thereafter on 31 May 2013, Firstpost took over a satirical website Fakingnews.com for an undisclosed amount.[5]
As of April 2020, Jaideep Giridhar is the executive editor of Firstpost in Mumbai, while Sanjay Singh is the deputy executive editor.[6]
On 26 January 2023, the prime-time show Vantage was launched, hosted by managing editor Palki Sharma, formerly of WION.[7]