Leading technology media company CyberMedia (India) has been ranked as the
top business publishing house in the country as per the report of US based
American Business Media on Business Media Opportunities in India. The report was
prepared by Business Strategic Group of Hong Kong, a major Asian business
intelligence and consultancy firm. The report has also identified IT as the
biggest segment among specialized publications. "I am glad that CyberMedia's
contribution and position in the business publishing is being recognized by an
independent body. I would attribute this success to our strategy of identifying
high growth niche areas such as IT, communications and bio-tech, and focusing on
them," said Pradeep Gupta, chairman and MD of CyberMedia
American Business Media is one of the biggest organizations that deal in
tracking the best practices of leading media companies worldwide, and has 229
member companies with over 3,000 print and electronic titles. Business
Strategies Group of Hong Kong is Asia's leading strategic planning and market
research organization focusing of business to business media.
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CyberMedia is ranked as the No 1 business publisher in a group of six top
publishers who, the report says, "between them, account for 67% of the
market". The other companies that feature in the ranking are ABP Group
(Business World); Living Media (Business Today), Jasubhai Group (Digit, Network
Computing, Developer 2.0, Computer Reseller News); Business India (Business
India); and Express Business Publications Division (Express Computers, Network
Magazine), respectively. The report takes into account revenue only from the
business publications. In CyberMedia's case, it has not taken into account the
revenue from other activities like events and market research.
Circulations |
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Title | Publisher | Freq | Circ. |
Data Quest |
CyberMedia | Fortnightly | 45,000 |
Express Computer |
Indian Express |
Weekly | 45,000 |
Voice&Data | CyberMedia | Monthly | 32,500 |
360 Degrees |
IT Nation |
Fortnightly | 27,000 |
DQ Week |
CyberMedia | Weekly | 25,000 |
Network Magazine |
Indian Express |
Monthly | 25,000 |
Network Computing |
Jasubhai | Monthly | 25,000 |
IT Information Technology |
EFY Enterprises |
Monthly | 20,000 |
Computer Reseller News |
Jasubhai | Fortnightly | 17,500 |
DQ Channels India |
CyberMedia | Fortnightly | 11,000 |
Circulations of major IT publications (B2C) |
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Living Digital |
CyberMedia | Monthly | 95,000 |
PC Quest |
CyberMedia | Monthly | 91,000 |
DIGIT | Jasubhai | Monthly | 74,000 |
CHIP | Tata Infomedia |
Monthly | 55,000 |
Developer 2.0 |
Jasubhai | Monthly | 25,000 |
Linux for You |
EFY Enterprises |
Monthly | 20,000 |
Source: Report by American Business Media on Business Media Opportunities in India |
Calling CyberMedia "one of the best established of the business
publishers in India", the report has also listed three of the group's
publications-Living Digital, PC Quest, and Dataquest-among the top five IT
publications in the country, ranked by circulation figures. The report says that
IT publications account for more than 50% of the specialized business
publications in India. This is the first major report on the business media
market in India.
Top 6 business magazine publishers in India |
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1 | CyberMedia | Leading and oldest-established major technology publisher. Research and events revenues not included in this calculation. |
2 | ABP Group |
Publisher of Business World. |
3 | Living India |
India's largest magazine publisher. Now publishes only one B2B magazine, Business Today. |
4 | Jasubhai | A leading publisher of technology and other business magazines. |
5 | Business India |
Flagship publication is Business India. Some events and other media activities. |
6 | Indian Express BPD |
The Business Publications Division of Indian Express Newspapers has a range of specialist business titles of which Express Computer is the flagship. |
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