Tag: Jagran New Media

  • Jagran New Media launches Rocketship Films for enhanced audiovisual storytelling

    Jagran New Media launches Rocketship Films for enhanced audiovisual storytelling

    Mumbai: Jagran New Media, the digital wing of Jagran Prakashan Ltd, is proud to announce the launch of its in-house audio-visual production venture, Rocketship Films. This launch marks a significant milestone for the company’s growth towards creating new avenues for new-age innovative storytelling in an audio-visual format and content production, solidifying Jagran New Media’s stature in the publishing industry.

    The new production house marks the intersection of creativity with commerce and will focus on content that inspires, educates & provokes thought. The in-house production venture is a solution to the ever-changing content consumption of the new-age digital-savvy audiences. This venture specialises in crafting compelling audio-visual narratives, video production/post-production, voiceover narrations, animations, creative solutions, new-age animations, and much more.

    On the launch, Bharat Gupta, CEO of Jagran New Media, said, “India’s internet audience is undergoing a transformative change with a meteoric rise in video consumption. The launch of Rocketship Films aligns perfectly with our expansion plans, elevates business growth, and engages wider audiences simultaneously. Some of our earlier work makes us confident that our brilliant team will bridge market gaps with compelling audio-visual narratives, solidifying our path to scalable and sustainable creative success.”

    Commenting on the launch, Jagran New Media COO Gaurav Arora said, “Owing to the in-depth understanding of the publishing industry & having worked with a diverse set of brands over the years, we’re confident that the launch of Rocketship Films will seamlessly bridge the gap between the ever-evolving audience sensibilities & the clients’ need to reach their audiences with emerging content formats. As part of our four revenue pillars, including inventory, syndication, production house, and subscription, the new venture reinforces the third pillar and builds upon our vision. With this expansion, these revenue pillars will collectively contribute to the sustained growth and reach diverse audiences with well-timed content across the various digital properties of Jagran New Media, continuing our legacy to produce factual, credible &

    engaging content. Rocketship Films has already produced some thumb-stopping content, so take a minute to check out the website!”

    He added, “Our team of experienced creative professionals is equipped to craft narratives that resonate with our audience and inspire action. We are quite exhilarated to set new benchmarks in creating result-driven storytelling for brands through various collaborations. We are confident that Rocketship Films will foster a profound and enduring connection with our clients.”

    The production house will assist brands with its plethora of services to create relevant and meaningful content that drives brand loyalty, customer engagement, and retention. Handled by the best and most experienced minds from the advertising & creative industries, Rocketship Films aligns with Jagran New Media’s mission of delivering relevant, engaging, and insightful content to its vast digital audience. Rocketship Films is already gaining value through association with several renowned brands like Dabur, ITC, Hyundai, LinkedIn, Pulsar, etc., and is assured to rewrite the branded storytelling playbook with capabilities across video production, ideation & scripting, creative consultation, visual effects animation, and more.

     

  • Jagran New Media’s HerZindagi expands into the Tamil market

    Jagran New Media’s HerZindagi expands into the Tamil market

    Mumbai: Jagran New Media’s lifestyle website HerZindagi.com announced its entry into the Indic language landscape with the launch of its Tamil site, following its success in Hindi and English. HerZindagi.com in Tamil brings to its readers an array of content tailored for women, across the topics of fashion, beauty, shopping, recipes, travel, kitchen hacks, finance, and more. With this launch, Jagran New Media expands its reach to a new section of readers across the globe. It is one of many steps in its incredible growth trajectory and expansion plan to bring the magic of HerZindagi to everyone.

    Jagran New Media CEO Bharat Gupta said, “Indian digital users are growing exponentially, especially from tier two and three cities. It is no surprise that 75 per cent of that growth is coming from Indic language users, compared to a mere three per cent of English language users in India. With a brand like HerZindagi, which has already won the trust of its readers in the Hindi heartland, it is the logical next step for us to take this exciting platform to the readers in the south of India.”

    Associate VP and business head of health & lifestyle verticals Megha Mamgain said, “Our teams are carefully studying the interests of Tamil readers and creating content that captures regional nuances, is relatable, accurate, and adds value to the lives of our readers. We hope to serve this carefully created content to Tamil readers in India and across the world. Using what we’ve learned from the success of HerZindagi.com in Hindi, we hope to put the interests of Tamil women readers front and center.”

    HerZindagi, the company added, has a user base of over 19 million. HerZindagi was launched in 2018 with the aim of creating a platform to serve the interests of women. HerZindagi has consistently served original, credible, and relatable content. In a digital environment where male users and GenZ took precedence, HerZindagi brought the focus to the needs and wants of the mature women of today.

    Strengthened by the trust of its millions of users, HerZindagi is now expanding its reach with this Tamil launch. With this launch, HerZindagi.com is expanding its reach in the South Indian market with the larger intent to launch in Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam in the upcoming months.

    With the same commitment to serving original, expert-backed content that is utility-based, HerZindagi Tamil offers to bring value and enrich the lives of its readers. The content has been crafted keeping in mind the interests and sensibilities of the Tamil audience. Along with text articles, the site also offers Google Web Story format, which will allow users to experience the rich media, tappable stories that are created for a mobile first experience.

  • India TV appoints Puja Sethi as group editor of digital

    India TV appoints Puja Sethi as group editor of digital

    Mumbai: India TV has roped in Puja Sethi as group editor of digital. Sethi, a senior journalist and digital strategist, brings over two decades of rich experience on board. Her last stint was with Zee Digital as a group editor.

    In the past, she has held senior leadership positions at Indiatimes, Jagran New Media, and myUpchar, amongst others. Her career has evolved around broadcast, print, and digital journalism. She is an alumnus of the prestigious Lady Shri Ram College and Miranda House, Delhi University.

    In her role at India TV, she would be responsible for managing the editorial. In addition, she will focus on strategic and innovative solutions and the development of an integrated digital strategy that cuts across paid, social and search.

    On her appointment, India TV managing director Ritu Dhawan said, “We welcome Sethi to the family. We are sure she will add value to India TV’s digital ecosystem and help us attain the predetermined organisational goals.”

    “I am extremely excited to take over the role of spearheading the digital strategy for India TV. I am looking forward to expanding the reach of our digital properties and further expanding the digital portfolio,” said Sethi.

  • Jagran New Media launches Gujaratijagran.com

    Jagran New Media launches Gujaratijagran.com

    Mumbai: Jagran New Media expands its digital footprint in the state of Gujarat with the launch of GujaratiJagran.com. It is said that Gujarati is the most widely spoken regional language, both nationally and internationally. The aim is to bring real-time news and information to the state of Gujarat and to the Gujarati-speaking population. Users will have access to a one-stop destination for national and local news updates, as well as exclusive content covering entertainment, markets, stocks, lifestyle, and astrology, among other things.

    The inauguration ceremony was graced by Gujarat chief minister Bhupendra Bhai Patel in Ahmedabad. At the launch, Minister of social justice and empowerment Pradip Kumar and minister for labour, skills development and employment Brijesh Merja, to name a few, were present.

    Jagran New Media CEO Bharat Gupta said, “It is vital to recognise the potential of regional languages, as we are proud to have accomplished this feat in the Hindi heartland. Our goal is to provide our users with trusted local, reliable, and factual information that is instantly available online. As a content-first platform, we believe in providing engaging, credible, and factual content, which is the biggest challenge in the online news ecosystem. Languages are an important part of our culture, and as a leading news and publishing platform, we are excited to launch Jagran.com in Gujarati, which will improve and enrich our audience. As we proceed, language expansion will play a vital role in our audience growth strategy and take us closer to our mission of inclusive and progressive India.”

    Speaking on the announcement, Jagran.com editor-in-chief Rajesh Upadhyay said, “We take this opportunity to serve the Gujarati-speaking audience base, nationally and internationally. It will be our goal to showcase the grandeur and the essence of the state through carefully crafted news and informational pieces that are accessible to audiences all over the world. There are many parts of our country where relevant, credible, and trusted knowledge and information are missing owing to a scarcity of language content. Through this platform, we will showcase content which is especially created for Gujarati-speaking readers. With the launch of Gujarati Jagran, we bring to the Gujarati speaking audiences our unique brand of solution journalism, which differentiates Jagran from the crowd.’’

    GujratiJagran.com aims to bring the Jagran Group’s journalism to the readers of Gujarat and spread across the globe. This initiative ensures access to the vast news network of Jagran, factual and investigative reports from Jagran Prime and fact-checked stories from Vishwas News. The website will cover updates from the local and different parts of the country, catering to news, politics, stock market, sports, astrology, lifestyle and health.

  • Jagran New Media continues to grow; crosses 100 mn users mark

    Jagran New Media continues to grow; crosses 100 mn users mark

    Mumbai: Jagran New Media (JNM), a digital arm of Jagran Prakashan said that it has surpassed 100 million users in the news/information category. According to the report ‘Comscore MMX Multi-Platform: June’22,’ as JNM reported, the company registered a growth of 19 per cent in total unique visitors to 100.60 million. With 384 million total views and 485 million minutes time spent, JNM said that it has witnessed an annual growth of four per cent in total unique visitors and consolidated its position as one of India’s top ten news and information publishers, which augurs well for monetisation.

    Jagran New Media provides real-time content across genres, with news and politics being the primary drivers. Education, lifestyle, health, auto, and technology are also significant contributors to this growth, it said.

    Jagran New Media CEO Bharat Gupta said, “Content, technology, and policy are the new building blocks for any new-age media company. Our mission is to produce factual and credible content that enables and empowers the new India through knowledge, information, and POV towards better health, better education, and better growth, leading to an inclusive and progressive society. We have made significant investments in content + technology to provide an engaging and secure experience at the product end, while also protecting the digital expansion of Cookie Fadeout through the use of the DMP.” 

    “News/information category witnessed a drop in FY 2021-22. The algorithm change aimed at making the news ecosystem more expert-driven, authoritative, and trust-based, as well as the post-UP election traffic, were the two big reasons for this drop. Eight out of the top 10 news and information companies witnessed a sharp annual decline. Thanks to our audience-first strategy, wherein we have different products for different audience segments, which helped Jagran New Media witness growth. In all, we are gearing up for the next billion users by way of a scalable and sustainable business model,” he further explained.

    Jagran New Media chief revenue officer Gaurav Arora said, “We are all set for the festive season and are hopeful of an action-packed season this year. Our primary goal at Jagran is to reach out to our advertisers with innovative solutions across genres. The segmented approach has previously yielded results, and we are currently aiming high in the auto, tech, lifestyle, FMCG, and gaming categories as part of our overall revenue plan. We are introducing new products and IP’s to enable brand solutions that are out of the ordinary.”

    Jagran New Media has an array of offerings under the media and publishing category. Within the Hindi news and information category, the company’s flagship brand, Jagran.com, further consolidated its position with constant growth in terms of users, page views, and time spent. It clocked a reach of 44.61 million unique visitors, 166 million total views, and 229 million total minutes of reach.

    In the education category, JagranJosh.com said that it has 43.79 million total unique visitors, 124 million total views, and 140 million minutes of spent time and registered a growth of 98 per cent in total unique visitors, 86 per cent in total views, and 87 per cent in total minutes. JagranJosh.com also registered an annual growth of 138 per cent in total unique visitors, 167 per cent in total views, and 171 per cent in total minutes.

    In the health segment, Onlymyhealth.com maintained its leadership position in the Indian health-information category with 7.09 million total unique visitors, 11 million total views, and 13 million total minutes time spent, registering a monthly growth of 30 per cent in total unique visitors, 41 per cent in total views, and 30 per cent in total minutes, and an annual growth of 91 per cent in total unique visitors, 23 per cent in total views, and a 28 per cent increase in total minutes.

    In the women’s and lifestyle category, HerZindagi.com maintained 18.22 million total unique visitors, 28 million total views, and 31 million total minutes. JNM consolidated its video presence by clocking 67.18 million video views and witnessed a growth of 120 per cent during the month of June’22 (Source: YT analytics).

  • Radio City becomes first Indian network to offer curated playlists on Apple Music

    Radio City becomes first Indian network to offer curated playlists on Apple Music

    MUMBAI: For a radio station, both talk shows and music, play an equally important role in order to entertain listeners. The uniqueness that any radio station has is its exclusive list of songs. As iPhone users cannot enjoy the feature of FM radio on their phones, Radio City has stepped in to give them the experience on their devices.

    Radio City has an exclusive collaboration with Apple Music to offer thematic playlists to users. The exclusive tie-up will allow music lovers across the country to enjoy a world-class music experience through dynamic playlists curated by the FM player in India.

    The playlists will be inspired by Radio City’s popular shows like Love Guru, Radio City Top 25, Suno Na Dilli and Kasa Kaay Mumbai; two other thematic playlists include Flashback Cassette and Chillout Zone. Featuring songs from the 80s, 90s, 2000s to the recent hits, the playlists will span across different genres, from older melodies to the grooviest of all tracks. At the same time, all playlists will be dynamic and will be updated based on current trends and consumer preferences.

    Radio City CEO Abraham Thomas said, “We are known for our well-researched and mood-mapped music. Curating playlists on Apple’s platform will help us utilize these strengths to offer our listeners content that enhances their music experience. Furthermore, the availability of our playlists on Apple Music will make it easier for our listeners to enjoy quality music on a device of their choosing, at a time and place of their convenience.”

    Jagran New Media COO – digital Rachna Kanwar said, “Radio City’s tie-up with Apple Music will add tremendously to our mobile-first approach. Our highly curated playlists will be the first of its kind by any Indian radio network on Apple Music. Digital audiences will be able to discover, first hand and on a highly engaging platform like Apple Music the results of our complex research analytics. Radio City’s analytics engine blends years of consumer preferences, helping us deliver the most enjoyable and relevant music experience to have ever been offered by an Indian radio network.”

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    Radio City becomes the first Indian radio network to offer curated playlists on Apple Music