|
SN
|
POLITICIANS/ PEOPLE WITH POLITICAL CONNECTION
|
POLITICAL PARTY/ POSITION
|
MEDIA OUTLET
|
NAME OF COMPANY
|
OWNERSHIP
DETAIL
|
|
ANDHRA PRADESH
|
|
1
|
Jagan Mohan Reddy
|
MP and son of late CM Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy
|
TV-Saakshi TV
Newspaper- Sakshi
|
TV- Indira Television Limited
Newspaper- Jagati Publications Ltd.
|
|
|
2
|
T Venkatarami Reddy
|
Nephew of Congress MP T Subbirami Reddy
|
Newspaper- Andhra Bhoomi, Deccan Chronicle, Asian Age, Financial Chronicle
|
Deccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd.
|
21% in Deccan
Chronicle Holdings
|
|
3
|
K. Chandrasekhar Ra
|
Telangana Rashtra Samithi Chief
|
TV:T-News
|
Telangana Broadcasting Private Limited
|
|
|
ASSAM
|
|
4
|
Matang Singh
|
Former Minister
of State of Parliamentary Affairs
|
TV- NE TV, Focus TV, NE Bangla, NE Hi Fi, Hamar, HY TV
Radio- Radio Oo la la
|
TV- Positiv Television Private Limited
Radio- Positiv Radio Pvt. Ltd.
|
|
|
5
|
Riniki Bhuyan Sarma
|
Wife of Congress Health Minister of Assam, Hemanta Biswa Sarma
|
TV- News Live, Rang
|
Pride East Entertainments Private Limited
|
|
|
6
|
Anjan Dutta
|
Congress MLA
|
Newspaper- Ajir Dainik Batori
|
Dasharupa Engineering & Publications Pvt.Ltd
|
|
|
7
|
Rockybul Hussain
|
Minister of Assam State( India) For Panchayat & Rural Development, Forest & Environment
|
Newspaper- Janasadharan
|
M/S Janasadharan Printing&Publishers Pvt.Ltd.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DELHI
|
|
9
|
Sukhbir Singh Badal
|
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)
|
TV- PTC, PTC News
|
G-Next Media Private Limited
|
|
|
10
|
Vijay Darda
|
Congress MP Rajya Sabha member. Chairman of Lokmat Media Group
|
TV- IBN-Lokmat
Newspaper- Lokmat
|
TV- IBN Lokmat News Private Limited
Newspaper- Lokmat Newspapers Ltd.
|
|
|
11
|
Rajeev Shukla
|
Minister of state of Parliamentary Affairs. Secretary of All India Congress Committee.
Owns News24 with wife Anuradha Prasad (sister of BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad)
|
TV- News 24, Aapno 24, E24
Radio- Dhamaal 24
Production house- Studio 24
|
TV-News24 Broadcast India Ltd
Radio& Production house- B.A.G. Films & Media Ltd.
|
Also owns a media
institute, International
School of Media and
Entertainment
|
|
12
|
Venod Sharma
|
Chairman of Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee. Former Minister in Narasimha Rao’s government cabinet Congress.
|
TV- India News, Aaj Samaj
|
Information TV
Private Limited
|
|
|
13
|
Chandan Mitra
|
Rajya Sabha MP (BJP)
|
The Pioneer, ‘Namaskar’, the in-flight magazine of Air-India
|
CMYK Printech Ltd
|
|
|
KARNATAKA
|
|
14
|
Anita Kumaraswamy
|
Wife of former CM H.D. Kumaraswamy
|
TV- Kannada Kasturi
|
Kasthuri Medias Pvt. Ltd
|
|
|
KERALA
|
|
15
|
Murali (25 May 1954 - 6 August 2009)
|
Murali was a popular
Malayalam actor. He was the Director of Malayalam Communications. Murali contested the 1999 Lok Sabha polls from the Alappuzha constituency in Kerala as a Left Democratic Front candidate
|
TV- Kairali TV, People TV
|
Malayalam Communications Limited (company owned
by CPI(M))
|
|
|
16
|
Ramesh Chennithala,
M.M.Hassan,
Kunjukutty Aniyankunju,
Vijayan Thomas
|
Promoted by Indian National Congress with the support of non resident Indians.
Kunjukutty Aniyankunju & Vijayan Thomas are Dubai based businessmen.
Sri. M .M. Hassan is a former minister and official spokesman of KPCC.
|
TV- Jai Hind
|
Bharat Broadcasting Network Ltd.
|
The majority stakeholder
of the channel is the
Kerala Pradesh Congress
Committee (KPCC), the top
party body in the state,
with some non-resident
Indian businessmen together
holding about 26%
|
|
17
|
M.K. Muneer,
|
Former
Muslim League minister
|
TV- Indiavision
|
Indiavision Satellite Communications Limited
|
The Kerala Pradesh
Congress Committee
(KMCC) members have
invested about Rs 20 crore
in the Indiavision channel.
|
|
18
|
Rajeev Chandrashekhar
|
A businessman and presently serves as an Independent member of the Parliament of India representing Karnataka and Bangalore Urban in the Rajya Sabha.
|
Asianet and Asianet Plus (Malayalam), Suvarna (Kannada), Vijay (Tamil) and Sitara (Telugu), Best FM and Radio Indigo, Kannada Prabha
|
Jupiter Media and Entertainment Ventures
|
Jupiter Media has 26%
in Kannada Prabha.
|
|
19
|
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Kerala State Committee
|
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Kerala State Committee
|
Newspaper- Deshabhimani
|
Chintha Printing and Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd.
|
|
|
NAGALAND
|
|
20
|
Neiphiu Rio
|
Owns Eastern Mirror.
Currently the Chief Minister of Nagaland
|
Newspaper- Eastern Mirror
|
Nagaland Free Press
|
|
|
0DISHA
|
|
21
|
Jagi Mangat Panda
|
Wife of Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda, Biju Janata Dal (BJD), MP
|
TV- OTV
|
Odisha Television Ltd.
|
She is the director of Ortel
Communications Limited
and Orissa Television
Limited, better known
as OTV, Odisha’s most
popular regional TV channe
|
|
22
|
Soumya Ranjan Patnaik
|
Professor of Political Science at Banares Hindu University. Son in law of former CM of Odisha, JB Patnaik (Congress) and his brother Niranjan Patnaik was Industries Minister
|
Newspaper- Sambad
TV- Kanak TV
Radio- Radio Choklate
|
Eastern Media Pvt. Ltd
|
A 110 crore company
|
|
23
|
Tathagata Satpathy
|
A former MLA and now BJD MP from Odisha. Son of former CM Mrs. Nandini Satapathy who was from the Congress Party
|
He is the editor of Dharitri and Orissa Post. Dharitri (Oriya daily), Orissa Post (English newspaper)
|
“Dharitri Group”
Navajat Printers and Media Private Ltd
|
The ‘Orissa Institute of Media Sciences and Culture’ is another Dharitri initiative
|
|
24
|
Bhatruhari Mahatab
|
BJD MP from Orissa. He is the editor of the Oriya daily. He is the son of former CM of Orissa Harekrushna Mahtab
|
Prajatantra (Oriya daily newspaper)
|
Newspaper brought out under the Prajatantra Prachar Samiti Trust.
|
|
|
25
|
Ranjib Biswal
|
Managing Editor of the newspaper. He is also the chairman of the Prajatantra Prachar Samiti Ranjib Biswal is two times Congress MP from Odisha and an active member of OPCC.
|
Samaya (Oriya daily newspaper) & Saptahika Samaya, a colour Oriya Weekly magazine
|
Ashirbad Prakashan Pvt. Ltd
|
|
|
TAMIL NADU
|
|
26
|
Jayalalithaa
|
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
( AIADMK)chief
|
TV- Jaya TV, Jaya Max, Jaya Plus, J Movie
|
Mavis Satcom Limited
|
|
|
27
|
Kalanithi Maran
|
Karunanidhi’s grandnephew.
Karunanidhi is the Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK) patriarch
|
TV- Sun TV, Sun News, KTV, Sun Music,
Chutti TV, Sumangali Cable. Adithya TV, Chintu TV, Kiran TV, Khushi TV, Udaya Comedy, Udaya Music, Gemini TV, Gemini Comedy, Gemini Movies
Radio-
Suryan FM93.5
Red FM 93.5
Newspaper- Dinakaran
|
TV- Sun TV Network Limited
Suryan FM owned by Kal Radio Ltd
Red FM owned by South Asia FM Ltd
Dinakaran owned by Kal Publications Pvt. Ltd
Kal Radio Ltd and South Asia FM Ltd are subsidiaries of Sun TV Network Ltd
|
Owns 77 per cent of the compan .
|
|
28
|
M. Raajhendran
|
Businessman and close to DMK
|
TV- Raj TV, Raj Digital Plus
|
Raj Television Network Limited
|
M Raajhendran owns 11.3% in Raj Television Network Limited
|
|
29
|
Muthuvel Karunanidhi
|
Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and currently chief Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK)
|
TV- Kalaignar TV
|
Kalaignar TV Pvt. Limited
|
|
|
30
|
S. Ramadoss
|
Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) chief (Father of Union minister Anbumani Ramadoss)
|
TV-Makkal TV
|
Makkal Tholai Thodarpu Kuzhumam Ltd
|
|
|
31
|
H.Vasanthkumar
|
MLA and president, Tamil Nadu commerce
wing of Congress
|
TV-Vasanth TV
|
Vasanth and Co. Media Network Private Limited
|
|
|
32
|
K.V. Thangabalu
|
Congress MP and ex-Union minister
|
TV-Mega TV
|
Silverstar Communications
Limited
|
|
|
WEST BENGAL
|
|
33
|
RP Group (the company was approached by the Trinamool Congress for a bail out)
|
Trinamool Congress
|
TV-Kolkatta TV
|
SST Media Private Limited
|
|
|
34
|
Swapan Sadhan (Tutu) Bose
|
Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP
|
Newspaper- Sangbad Pratidin
|
Pratidin Prakashani
|
|
|
35
|
Mr. Snatanu Ghosh & Smt. Sudeshna Ghosh
|
Trinamool Congress controlled
|
TV- Channel 10
|
Bengal Media Private Limited
|
|
|
36
|
Avik Dutta
|
Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPM controlled
|
TV- 24 Ghanta
|
Zee Akaash News Private Limited. A joint venture between Zee News and Akaash Bangla (AB).
|
|
|
37
|
Avik Dutta
|
Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPM controlled
|
Newspaper- Ganashakti
|
West Bengal State
|
|
|
38
|
Avik Dutta
|
CPI(M) state committee member. Avik Dutta is a former student leader of the CPM and is assistant editor at Ganashakti
|
TV-Aakash Bangla
|
Sky B (Bangla) Private Limited
|
|
MEDIA JOB OF THE WEEK
2011. THE HOOT. All Rights Reserved.
