Explocity and The Statesman join hands
Explocity shares content with The Statesman for Kolkata and Delhi editions
Tweet-- Kolkota’s favourite morning daily, the 133-year-old Statesman, is sourcing its daily engagements and events content from Explocity Pvt. Ltd. The Statesman, along with its Delhi edition, signed up with Explocity for this vital daily content, given the latter’s expertise in providing city-centric content for two decades.
Over the last 20 years, Explocity Pvt Ltd has become a name synonymous with information on events and happenings in Indian metros like Kolkata, Bangalore, Delhi, Chennai and Hyderabad as well as in New York and Dubai.
Explocity.com delivers the ultimate city experience through city features, events, movies, useful city information and accurate listings of over 2000 retail establishments in each city under various categories including shopping, eating out, nightlife, hotels, business, sightseeing and more.
This is not Explocity’s first venture when it comes to providing content. Explocity has also provided custom publishing services and content for companies like AOL, Google, Café Beat (for Café Coffee Day), Damac Chat (For Damac Properties in Dubai), Spiritz&More (for United Spirits Limited) and others.
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About Explocity
Explocity.com is an aggregation of city-centric portals in New York, Dubai and 6 cities in India (Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad and Kolkata.)
Explocity.com delivers the ultimate city experience through city features, events, movies, useful city information and thousands of accurate updated retail listings in each city under various categories like shopping, eating out and travel.
The company’s products include the popular city guide magazine, “Explocity Guide”, “MyTime™” the daily events and entertainment newsletter, restaurant guide books, Explocity-Kingfisher Great Food Guide (editions in Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad & Pune), and city based glossy titles, 080, 040, 044 and now, 022.
Explocity has also provided custom publishing services and content for companies like AOL, Google, Café Coffee Day, Damac Properties (Dubai), United Spirits Limited and many others in India and abroad. The company produces digital products for a host of clients from Singapore to the United States.
Promoted by Mr. Ramjee Chandran, the Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief, Explocity.com received the first round of funding from ICF Ventures and the second round from Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.
About Ramjee Chandran
Ramjee Chandran's experience in publishing began with the launch of Bangalore This Fortnight (BTF), a hugely popular city-based magazine on March 31, 1989.
In 1996, he launched the Bangalore Monthly and the bangaloremag.com. Both were immediately successful. Prior to his publishing career, Chandran worked as a lobbyist in New Delhi for a leading industrial group. He also has over 20 years’ experience as a writer and his articles have appeared in Indian and international publications. In 2001, Chandran met Rupert Murdoch and this led to Mr. Murdoch investing in the company. Explocity.com employs about 100 trained professionals across 3 countries and is set to launch the third phase of its growth.
About The Statesman Limited
The Statesman is one of India's oldest English newspapers. It was founded in Kolkata in 1875 and is directly descended from The Friend of India (founded 1818). The Englishman (founded 1821) was merged with The Statesman in 1934. The Delhi edition of The Statesman began publication in 1931. The Statesman Weekly is a compendium of news and views from the Kolkata and Delhi editions. Printed on airmail paper, it is popular with readers outside India. The Statesman is a leading English newspaper in West Bengal.
The Statesman has distinguished itself through objective coverage of events, its value as an honest purveyor of news emphasized at times of crisis such as the Bengal Famine of 1943 and the infamous internal Emergency of the mid-1970s. It is forthright in the expression of its views. The Statesman prevailed, as the truth must prevail, and remains a favourite of readers in Kolkata and other parts of India.