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| publications =| topics =| genre =| imprints =| revenue =| owner =| numemployees =www.firstpost.com/}}}}Firstpost is an Indian news website owned by Network18 Group, which also runs CNN-News18 and CNBC TV18.WEB, Chatterjee, Swasti, News18, Firstpost Tweet Old Video Of Waterspout As Cyclone Nisarga, BOOM, 2020-06-03,www.boomlive.in/fake-news/news18-firstpost-tweet-old-video-of-waterspout-as-cyclone-nisarga-8354, 2023-07-10, WEB, Media misreport: Viral photo of grave with iron grille is from Hyderabad, not Pakistan, Alt News, 2023-04-30,www.altnews.in/media-misreport-viral-photo-of-grave-with-iron-grille-is-from-hyderabad-not-pakistan/, 2023-07-10, It has posted misinformation on multiple occasions.The Network 18 group was originally owned by Raghav Bahl. In January 2012, the group received an investment from Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries through a rights issue of up to {{currency|2700|INR}} crore.WEB, Reliance enters media by opening purse strings for Network18,indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/reliance-enters-media-by-opening-pursestrings-for-network18/, The Indian Express, 11 January 2014, 4 January 2012, 12 January 2014,indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/reliance-enters-media-by-opening-pursestrings-for-network18/," title="web.archive.org/web/20140112080432indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/reliance-enters-media-by-opening-pursestrings-for-network18/,">web.archive.org/web/20140112080432indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/reliance-enters-media-by-opening-pursestrings-for-network18/, live,

History

Firstpost began in 2011 as an online news portal of Network18. In May 2013, the news group was merged with the Indian edition of Forbes India whose four top editorial heads, including editor in chief Indrajit Gupta, were dismissed.NEWS,www.thehindu.com/news/national/forbes-india-editors-sacked-for-demanding-stock-ownership/article4795699.ece, ‘Forbes India’ editors sacked for demanding stock ownership, The Hindu, 11 January 2014, 9 June 2013, Menon, Meena, 6 January 2014,www.thehindu.com/news/national/forbes-india-editors-sacked-for-demanding-stock-ownership/article4795699.ece," title="web.archive.org/web/20140106170909www.thehindu.com/news/national/forbes-india-editors-sacked-for-demanding-stock-ownership/article4795699.ece,">web.archive.org/web/20140106170909www.thehindu.com/news/national/forbes-india-editors-sacked-for-demanding-stock-ownership/article4795699.ece, live, WEB,www.rediff.com/business/special/why-forbes-editors-in-india-were-sacked/20130614.htm, Why Forbes’ editors in India were sacked, Rediff, 11 January 2014, 11 January 2014,www.rediff.com/business/special/why-forbes-editors-in-india-were-sacked/20130614.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20140111154924www.rediff.com/business/special/why-forbes-editors-in-india-were-sacked/20130614.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20140111154924www.rediff.com/business/special/why-forbes-editors-in-india-were-sacked/20130614.htm, live, The event led to a media furor.NEWS,www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/no-country-for-good-journalists-113111600236_1.html, No country for good journalists?, 16 November 2013, Business Standard, 20 February 2014, Aravind, Indulekha, 26 February 2014,www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/no-country-for-good-journalists-113111600236_1.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20140226111443www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/no-country-for-good-journalists-113111600236_1.html,">web.archive.org/web/20140226111443www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/no-country-for-good-journalists-113111600236_1.html, live, Thereafter on 31 May 2013, Firstpost took over a satirical website Fakingnews.com for an undisclosed amount.NEWS, Firstpost buys current affairs satire portal FakingNews.com,www.hindustantimes.com/business/firstpost-buys-current-affairs-satire-portal-fakingnews-com/story-wdMGZAVsDc1C2o1CBpBycJ.html, 26 August 2020, Hindustan Times, 31 May 2013, en, 7 February 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200207073051/https://www.hindustantimes.com/business/firstpost-buys-current-affairs-satire-portal-fakingnews-com/story-wdMGZAVsDc1C2o1CBpBycJ.html, live, According to Scroll.in, “Network18, with its online outlet FirstPost, famously lost its primetime anchors in 2014 because of a diktat against criticising Modi.“NEWS, Venkataramakrishnan, Rohan, Vadra investigation: Congress attacks NDTV as FirstPost gets praise – what’s going on?,scroll.in/article/809264/vadra-investigation-congress-attacks-ndtv-as-firstpost-gets-praise-whats-going-on, 8 July 2023, Scroll.in, 3 June 2016, In 2015, The Caravan reported on censorship in Firstpost over criticism of political leaders such as Arun Jaitley.WEB, Dev, Atul, Why is Firstpost Being Asked to Refrain from Criticising Three Top Leaders from the BJP?,caravanmagazine.in/vantage/why-firstpost-being-asked-refrain-criticising-three-top-leaders-bjp, 15 August 2015, The Caravan, en, In January 2019, a weekly English-language print edition of Firstpost began,NEWS, Jha, Lata, Firstpost newspaper targeted at niche, discerning audiences,www.livemint.com/industry/media/firstpost-newspaper-targeted-at-niche-discerning-audiences-1548230093820.html, 8 July 2023, Mint (newspaper), Mint, 23 January 2019, en, NEWS, Sirur, Simrin, Bajpai, Shailaja, Choudhary, Ratnadeep, Making news — Zee’s financial woes, Firstpost launch and BJP’s WhatsApp ‘fake news’,theprint.in/plugged-in/making-news-zees-financial-woes-firstpost-launch-and-bjps-whatsapp-fake-news/184231/, 8 July 2023, ThePrint, 28 January 2019, and then ended in June 2019, with publication of Firstpost continuing online.NEWS, Jha, Lata, Network18 suspends publication of Firstpost newspaper,www.livemint.com/industry/media/network18-suspends-the-publication-of-firstpost-newspaper-1559813616620.html, 8 July 2023, Mint (newspaper), Mint, 6 June 2019, en, As of April 2020, Jaideep Giridhar is the executive editor of Firstpost in Mumbai, while Sanjay Singh is the deputy executive editor.WEB,www.firstpost.com/about-firstpost, About Firstpost - Firstpost, Firstpost, en-US, 31 August 2018, 31 August 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180831141222/https://www.firstpost.com/about-firstpost, live, On 26 January 2023, the prime-time show Vantage was launched, hosted by managing editor Palki Sharma Upadhyay, formerly of WION.WEB, Srikanth, Swarna, Palki Sharma’s Vantage - Changing geopolitical landscape through the Indian lens,www.freepressjournal.in/india/fpj-exclusive-palki-sharmas-vantage-changing-geopolitical-landscape-through-the-indian-lens, Free Press Journal, 13 February 2023, en, Fact-checkers have found the Firstpost to have posted incorrect information on multiple occasions. In 2023, it misreported photo of a grave with iron grille to be from Pakistan when it was from Hyderabad, India.WEB, Media misreport: Viral photo of grave with iron grille is from Hyderabad, not Pakistan, Alt News, 2023-04-30,www.altnews.in/media-misreport-viral-photo-of-grave-with-iron-grille-is-from-hyderabad-not-pakistan/, 2023-07-10, In 2023, it falsely reported that Atiq Ahmed’s vote had ‘Saved’ the UPA Govt in 2008.WEB, Varma, Aishwarya, Fact-check: Did Atiq Ahmed’s Vote ‘Save the Upa Govt’ in the 2008 Trust Vote?, TheQuint, 2023-04-18,www.thequint.com/news/webqoof/atiq-ahmed-saved-upa-government-fact-check, 2023-07-10, WEB, Chatterjee, Swasti, News18, Firstpost Tweet Old Video Of Waterspout As Cyclone Nisarga, BOOM, 2020-06-03,www.boomlive.in/fake-news/news18-firstpost-tweet-old-video-of-waterspout-as-cyclone-nisarga-8354, 2023-07-10,

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