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income 5.88 billion us 87 million 2014 15 1 net income 3.16 billion us 47 million 2014 15 1 website www.dainikbhaskargroup.com d b corp ltd. informally known as the dainik bhaskar group is india s largest newspaper group with 62 editions published in 4 languages trusted by 4.4 cr readers irs q4 2012 across 14 states . the major newspapers published by the group are dainik bhaskar flagship hindi daily divya bhaskar gujarati daily dainik divya marathi marathi daily saurashtra samachar db star & dna . the group also publishes 3 magazines ; aha zindagi a monthly family magazine in hind bal bhaskar hindi magazine for kids and young bhaskar english magazine for kids are also published by the group . listed on the bombay stock exchange the group is majority owned by the bhopal based agarwal family . contents 1 history 2 newspaper presence 3 business expansion 4 magazine division 5 radio business 6 db mobile app 7 shopping mall 8 references 9 external links history edit dainik bhaskar was first published in bhopal and gwalior . the newspaper was launched in the year 1956 tailored to the market for a hindi language daily . initially named subah savere in bhopal and good morning india in gwalior in 1957 the paper was later renamed bhaskar samachar . in 1958 the paper was renamed once more taking on its current moniker dainik bhaskar . in english the word bhaskar means the rising sun . a graphic of a rising sun accompanied the paper s new name . today dainik bhaskar is the most circulated daily newspaper in india . newspaper presence edit the dainik bhaskar group s publications serve a variety of indian states dainik bhaskar the group s flagship hindi daily serves 12 states offering 40 editions . divya bhaskar a gujarati daily serves 2 states with 7 editions . dainik divya marathi a marathi daily serves the state of maharashtra offering 7 editions . db star serves 3 states with 5 editions . dna serves 2 states with 2 editions . among all of its publications the dainik bhaskar group serves more than 50 % of india s geographical area . the group has a total circulation of more than 6 million copies with 53 print locations . citation needed dainik bhaskar was declared the world s fourth largest circulated daily in 2013 2014 . 2 business expansion edit in 1983 d b corp ltd. attempted to expand by launching dainik bhaskar indore edition . this was the company s first move outside its hometown of bhopal . within four years dainik bhaskar had become indore s most popular newspaper replacing the previous favorite nai duniya . aiming to further increase its presence in the state of madhya pradesh the group launched newspaper editions based in raipur bilaspur ujjain sagar and ratlam . by 1995 dainik bhaskar was the most popular newspaper in madhya pradesh and was declared the fastest growing daily in india by the readership survey . in 1996 dainik bhaskar s next goal was to enter jaipur as the second most circulated newspaper on the first day it was launched with a target circulation of 50 000 . to achieve this lofty goal the group set up an in house team of 700 employees to survey of 200 000 potential newspaper buying households in jaipur . based on survey feedback they returned to each of the surveyed households to show them a prototype of the new dainik bhaskar newspaper and to give them the option to purchase an advance subscription . these customers were offered a subscription price of rs .1.50 discounted from the newsstand price of rs . 2 in addition to a refund in case of dissatisfaction . when dainik bhaskar first launched in jaipur on 19 december 1996 it entered the market as the most circulated newspaper with 172 347 copies sold . rajasthan patrika which had been the most popular newspaper to that point had a circulation of around 100 000 at that time . 2 using the launch strategy that made it successful in jaipur dainik bhaskar later captured all the major cities of rajasthan including jodhpur bikaner kota udaipur and ajmer sikar . by 1999 it became the most popular urban newspaper in rajasthan . next the group targeted chandigarh . it launched a customer survey in january 2000 covering 220 000 households . at that time the english language newspapers in chandigarh sold six times as many copies as the hindi newspapers with the tribune in the lead with a circulation of approximately 50 000 copies . dainik bhaskar s survey revealed that people in chandigarh preferred english newspapers because they were of better quality . as a result the group concentrated on a well designed newspaper that incorporated the local chandigarh dialect in the design mixing hindi and english . when the new paper debuted in chandigarh in may 2000 it entered the market with 69 000 copies . in june 2000 dainik bhaskar entered haryana again as the most circulated newspaper on launch day with 271 000 copies . for its fourth launch outside madhya pradesh db corp ltd. identified ahmedabad gujarat as the city with the highest potential . it surveyed 12 00 000 households with a team of 1050 surveyors 64 supervisors 16 zonal managers and 4 divisional managers . nearly 40 50 % of the surveyors were later absorbed in dainik bhaskar or divya bhaskar . the team was trained to reach out to 8 lakh 800 000 households in ahmedabad and 4 lakh 400 000 households in adjoining districts within 40 days . the newspaper was launched in ahmedabad on 23 june 2003 under the brand name divya bhaskar as most circulated newspaper with 452 000 copies sold . within 15 months the group entered two more cities of gujarat surat and vadodara . to counter this threat the area s leading gujarati newspapers implemented color pages price reductions and several high value customer offers . nevertheless by 2009 divya bhaskar became the largest circulated gujarati daily in the area . citation needed in 2006 dainik bhaskar launched its operations in punjab with its amritsar and jalandhar editions . later it further increased its presence in punjab with the launch of editions in ludhiana and bhatinda . citation needed in 2010 dainik bhaskar entered the jharkhand market with the launch of its ranchi jamshedpur and dhanbad editions . its objective was to cover and capture the entire state of jharkhand . the next year after having launched hindi gujarati and english publications the group decided to create dainik divya marathi . launched from aurangabad maharashtra this new publication was a marathi language daily focusing on the marathwada region where 88 % of the population speaks marathi as its first language . prior to its launch the group surveyed 1.4 lakh 140 000 households in aurangabad . dainik divya marathi became the most popular newspaper as soon as it launched in aurangabad . later the group expanded its market in maharashtra with the creation of editions based in nasik jalgaon ahmednagar solapur akola and amravati . in january 2014 dainik bhaskar entered the market of bihar with the launch of its patna edition . dainik bhaskar became patna s most popular newspaper on its first day of launch with 170 000 copies . citation needed in 2015 db corp launched editions based in the bihari regions of muzzafarpur bhagalpur and gaya . citation needed magazine division edit db corp s magazine publications include aha zindagi live positive magazine a hindi language family magazine published monthly bal bhaskar a fortnightly hindi language magazine for school going 7 to 12 year olds . citation needed young bhaskar a fortnightly english language magazine focusing on infotainment that targets 7 to 12 year olds . the db corp also runs a magazine in education program and publishes a version of young bhaskar for school subscriptions . currently more than 600 schools are members of this program . citation needed radio business edit the group also runs 17 radio stations across 7 states of india under the brand name 94.3 my fm . this is the fifth largest radio network in india . existing stations are based in ahmedabad ajmer indore nagpur amritsar jaipur jabalpur gwalior chandigarh jodhpur udaipur kota bhopal bilaspur raipur surat and jalandhar . the group has recently been awarded with licenses for 13 more new stations . new stations are planned for aurangabad nasik dhule jalgaon sangli akola nanded ahmednagar solapur rajkot bikaner hissar and karnal . db mobile app edit db corp also created db mobile app . the app delivers local news from more than 800 cities . it includes sections on bollywood sports fashion jeevan mantra self help and astrology business and market updates . it also includes a db tv feature for video based news and updates . shopping mall edit db corp owns a shopping mall in bhopal . db city mall was inaugurated in 2009 and currently it is one of the biggest shopping malls in madhya pradesh . db city mall abbreviated from dainik bhaskar city mall . it is located in shyamla hills near professional examination board office bhopal . references edit a b c db corp ltd . 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