
D B Corp Ltd
D B Corp Ltd Company History
DB Corp is in the business of publishing newspapers, radio broadcasting, digital platform for news and event management.
2005
Demerger of the publication business of Writers & Publishers Limited into our Company.
2005
2006
SMEL acquired 17 licenses for its FM Radio operations and launched operations in Jaipur.
Issuance of 152,610 Equity Shares of our Company to Cliffrose Investment Ltd pursuant to a
scheme of demerger.
ÂDainik Bhaskar launched in Punjab
Our Company launched Ujjain, Sagar Editions of ÂDainik Bhaskar and Rajkot Edition of Divya
Bhaskar.
2006
2007
Our Company launched Hindi edition of ÂDainik Bhaskar from Ludhiana.
SMEL launched 13 FM radio stations at various locations in India.
Our Company launched new edition of ÂDivya Bhaskar Âin Gujarat.
Our Company entered into a publication license agreement with Diligent Media Corporation
Limited to print, edit, publish, circulate, and market the Newspaper DNA-Daily News & Analysis
including its supplements, ÂAfter Hrs.Â, ÂDNA SportÂ, ÂDNA AcademyÂ, ÂDNA LifeÂ, ÂDNA MEÂ
and ÂDNA YAÂ in the entire state of Gujarat.
Demerger of internet division of Indiainfo with our Company.
2007
2008
Our CompanyÂs name was entered in the Guinness Book of World Records for hosting the largest tea party for the social theme of public participation in development of Indore city. The tea party was organised by our Company in association with Hindustan Unilever Limited and Tea Board of India.
One Subsidiary, SMEL launched three FM radio stations at Kota, Jabalpur and Raipur.
Our CompanyÂs new brand "DB Star" was published from Indore and Bhopal.
Our Company launched "Business Bhaskar" in Bhopal, Indore, Raipur, Panipat, New Delhi,
Jalandhar and Ludhiana.
Our Company entered into a publication license agreement with Diligent Media Corporation
Limited to print, edit, publish, circulate, and market editions of DNA-Daily News & Analysis
including its supplements, ÂAfter Hrs.Â, ÂDNA SportÂ, ÂDNA AcademyÂ, ÂDNA LifeÂ, ÂDNA MEÂ
and ÂDNA YAÂ in the entire state of Rajasthan.
2008
2009
Launch of highly successful maiden public issue of DB Corp Ltd from 10th Dec to 15th Dec which was oversubscribed by over 39 times a record oversubscription in 23 months for any IPO
Installation of KBA Printing Machines imported from Germany at Jaipur and Ahmedabad
2009
2010
D B Corp Ltd. launched 50th Edition by launching Bhatinda Edition
D B Corp Ltd. launched its 12th state of Jharkhand with launch of 49th Edition in Ranchi on 22nd August 2010. The launch for reader was very successful, with around 135000 subscribed copies on the day one of the launch and thus becomes most popular News Paper from day 1 of the launch.
D B Corp Ltd. launched 51st Edition by launching Jammu Edition
D B Corp Ltd. launched 51st Edition by launching Jammu Edition
Dainik Bhaskar wins award at INMA Awards, 2010 in the category of "Marketing Solutions for Advertising Clients
2010
2011
Dainik Bhaskar voted as ICMR's (Indian Council for Market Research) Star Brand
Awards won by D B Corp Ltd at CMO Asia Awards 2011 for EXCELLENCE IN BRANDING AND MARKETING function held at SINGAPORE
DB Corp Limited extended its presence to 4th language Marathi with launch of its 60th edition Dainik Divya Marathi newspaper in Aurangabad
D B Corp Ltd. launched 61st Edition by launching DNA Indore Edition
D B Corp Ltd. launched 4th Edition by launching Ahmednagar
2011
2012
D B Corp Ltd. launched 4th Edition by launching Ahmednagar
DB Corp Limited Announces Successful Launch of 5th Edition of Dainik Divya Marathi from Sholapur, Maharashtra.
DB Corp Ltd. Announces Launch of Dainik Bhaskar School for Media Training Association with Dale Carnegie.
2012
2013
DB Corp Ltd Announces successful launch of 6th Edition of Divya Marathi from Akola, Maharashtra.
DB Corp Ltd Announces the successful launch of 7th Edition of Divya Marathi from Amravati.
2013
2014
DB Corp Ltd announces successful launch of Dainik Bhaskar Newspaper from Patna-Bihar.
CARE Assigns highest AAA Rating to DBCL.
2014
2015
Dainik Bhaskar Announces successful launch of Dainik Bhaskar Newspaper from Gaya Edition
Dainik Bhaskar Strengthens Radio Business Acquires 14 frequencies in the Phase III auctions My FM extends presence to 7 states and 30 cities
2015
2016
" Launch of DB Post".
Company has added one more portal to the bouquet of portals in the service of its customers which aims at facilitating dream come true for every aspirant of one s own home.
Launch of 4 Radio Stations on 12th December 2016 in cities of Aurangabad, Ahmednagar, Nanded and Sangli.
Commencement of 3 Radio Stations, out of 13 newly acquired Radio stations during Phase 3 Radio Auctions in the cities of Hisar on 29th July 2016, Karnal on 30th July 2016 and in Rajkot on 7th August 2016.
Dainik Bhaskar is WorldÂs 4th largest Circulated Newspaper.
2016
2017
Launch of 2 Radio Stations in the city of Nasik and Jalgaon.
Launch of 2 Radio Stations in the city of Solapur and Dhule.
Launch of 2 Radio Stations in the city of Bikaner and Akola.
Dainik Bhaskar Announces successful launch of Dainik Bhaskar Newspaper from Surat Edition.
Dainik Bhaskar launched its Jhunjhunu edition.
Dainik Bhaskar launched its Gangapurcity edition.
2017
2018
Dainik Bhaskar is also the largest circulated paper in Rajasthan as per Audit Bureau of Circulations Jan-to-June 2018.
Dainik Bhaskar Group has maintained its leadership as largest Newspaper Group of Urban India.
Dainik Bhaskar Group won 4 awards at ACEF Brand and Marketing.
Dainik Bhaskar Group won 3 Silver and 1 Bronze at the Afaqs Awards.
2018
2019
Dainik Bhaskar Group has maintained its leadership as largest Newspaper Group of Urban India.
2019
2020
Dainik Bhaskar further strengthened its readership base to 67.06 lakh readers and with a moving average method of readership calculation, the relative position is likely to be improved with every passing quarters.
2020