Adani makes foray into media business with Quintillion stake
The Hindu
The relationship “marks a strong beginning of Adani Group’s foray into media”, the statement said.
India's Adani Group is taking a minority stake in local digital business news platform Quintillion, the companies said in statement on Tuesday, marking billionaire Gautam Adani's first bet in the news industry.
The relationship between Adani Media Ventures and Quintillion "marks a strong beginning of Adani Group’s foray into Indian media," the statement said, without quantifying the stake Adani was taking.
The news was first reported in September last year when the company appointed veteran Indian journalist Sanjay Pugalia to lead its media company Adani Media Ventures. Pugalia previously was president of Quint Digital Media , the parent company of Quintillion.
The proposed deal excludes other popular Indian digital media properties affiliated with the Quint such as The News Minute and Youth Ki Awaaz, the companies said.
Bloomberg Media in a separate statement said it was ending its equity joint venture with Quintillion in India, which together ran the business news website BloombergQuint.
It was not immediately clear whether Adani picked up Bloomberg's stake.
Gautam Adani is one of Asia's richest alongside Mukesh Ambani, chairman of oil-to-telecom conglomerate Reliance Industries, which also has interest in India's vibrant media industry.
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