Type: | Daily newspaper |
Format: | Broadsheet |
Owners: | Deccan Chronicle Holdings Limited |
Chiefeditor: | Kaushik Mitter[1] |
Foundation: | 1938 |
Language: | English |
Oclc: | 302708964 |
Headquarters: | 36, Sarojini Devi Road, Secunderabad, Telangana, India |
Circulation: | 1,333,668[2] |
Sister Newspapers: | Andhra Bhoomi |
Deccan Chronicle is an Indian English-language daily newspaper founded by Rajagopal Mudaliar in the 1930s and currently owned by Samagrah Commercial Pvt Limited. It is published in Hyderabad, Telangana, by Deccan Chronicle Holdings Limited (DCHL). The newspaper's name derives from the originating place, the Deccan regions of India. Deccan Chronicle has eight editions in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. They also publish from Chennai and Bengaluru.[3] In 2007 and 2008, DCHL launched its new business divisions. New online initiatives in the sports, education, matrimony, robotics, campus news paper for schools and colleges, and jobs. J. Krishnan was appointed the head of new business initiatives, and the CEO of Netlink Technologies (wholly owned subsidiary of DCHL) and Deccan Chargers. Vivek Kumar and Bibhuti Acharya headed the new business divisions.
The DCHL is owned by Samagrahah in terms of the duly approved Resolution Plan.
See main article: articles and Deccan Chargers. The Indian Premier League cricket franchise of the Hyderabad Deccan Chargers was owned by Deccan Chronicle. The Deccan Chargers represented the city of Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League. Gayatri Reddy and WPP GroupM were the owners of the Deccan Chargers.[4]
The DCHL (and its defunct Deccan Chargers) is owned by Samgrahah & Committee of Creditors.[5]