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Newsmaker: AROON PURIE, Editor-in-Chief, India Today 

He is that rarity in the print media business — a promoter who edits a 
publication, vetting story ideas, reading page proofs and querying 
reporters on information. 

But Aroon Purie, the fifty-something editor-in-chief of India Today, is 
rare in more senses than one — quite some years ago, he wrote a book for 
children. 

Since then, Purie has come a long way. His media empire currently straddles 
the print, television, radio and book publishing businesses. 

His profitable (2003 net profit: Rs 25.95 crore) television company TV 
Today Network (which owns the Aaj Tak and Headlines Today channels) is 
getting ready for an IPO. The company has already filed a Draft Red Herring 
Prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Board of India for an IPO — 
shares are to be sold through the 100 per cent book-building route. 

Source:
http://www.business-standard.com/today/story.asp?Menu=54&story=26348