East West Media Group
{{Short description|Media Conglomerate in Dhaka, Bangladesh}}
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| formation = 2009
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| headquarters = Bashundhara Residential Area, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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| region_served = Bangladesh
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| language = Bengali
| leader_title = Managing Director
| leader_name = Sayem Sobhan Anvir
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| parent_organization = Bashundhara Group
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| website = {{URL|www.ewmgl.com}}
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East West Media Group PLC is a media conglomerate located in Bashundhara Residential Area, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is a subsidiary of Bashundhara Group.{{cite web |title=East West Media Group Limited |url=http://www.ewmgl.com/ |website=East West Media Group Limited |access-date=15 December 2016}}{{cite news |title=Press Council serves notices on 2 dailies |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-225620 |work=The Daily Star |date=9 March 2012 |access-date=15 December 2016}} Mostafa Kamal Mohiuddin is the chairman of the Media Group.{{cite news |title=Bashundhara, police land 'understanding' |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2011/04/07/bashundhara-police-land-understanding |work=bdnews24.com |access-date=15 December 2016}} Novelist and former editor of Kaler Kantho Imdadul Haq Milan is the brand ambassador of the Media Group. {{Cite news |url=https://www.banglanews24.com/english/national/news/bd/91709.details |title=Shahed Ali joins Kaler Kantho as Acting Editor |work=Banglanews24.com |date=4 October 2021}} Naem Nizam is Director of the group.{{Cite news |title=Naem Nizam is no longer CEO of News 24, Radio Capital |url=https://bdnews24.com/media-en/2021/11/05/naem-nizam-is-no-longer-ceo-of-news-24-radio-capital |access-date=2022-01-22 |work=bdnews24.com}}
History
The company was established in 2009. In 2016, the company was awarded by the National Board of Revenue for being a high tax payer.{{cite news |title=Star, Prothom Alo owning companies and editors awarded as top taxpayers |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/business/star-prothom-alo-owning-companies-and-editors-awarded-top-taxpayers-1320100 |work=The Daily Star (Bangladesh) |date=25 November 2016 |access-date=15 December 2016}}{{cite news |title=NBR names 141 top taxpayers |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/business/nbr-names-141-top-taxpayers-1318480 |work=The Daily Star (Bangladesh) |date=22 November 2016 |access-date=15 December 2016}}
On 18 August 2024, the offices of East West Media was vandalized.{{Cite news |date=19 August 2024 |title=Miscreants vandalize Kaler Kantho building |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/355299/miscreants-vandalize-kaler-kantho-building |access-date=19 August 2024 |work=Dhaka Tribune}}
Subsidiaries
- Daily Sun{{cite news |title=Daily Sun, Kaler Kantho, Bangladesh Protidin sued |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=34584 |url-status=dead |work=The Daily Star (Bangladesh) |date=8 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108080812/http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/latest_news.php?nid=34584 |archive-date=8 January 2012 |access-date=15 December 2016}}
- Bangladesh Pratidin A Bangla Language newspaper and the largest circulated Newspaper in Bangladesh.{{cite news |title=Standards to be set for talk shows |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/standards-be-fixed-talk-shows-139174 |work=The Daily Star (Bangladesh) |date=7 September 2015 |access-date=15 December 2016}}
- Kaler Kantho
- Banglanews24.com – Online news portal.{{cite news |title=Death race on Dhaka streets |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/death-race-dhaka-streets-1322680 |work=The Daily Star (Bangladesh) |date=30 November 2016 |access-date=15 December 2016}}
- News24 – HD satellite news channel.{{cite news |title=Logo of new TV channel News24 unveiled |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/logo-new-tv-channel-news24-unveiled-575116 |work=The Daily Star (Bangladesh) |date=20 February 2016 |access-date=15 December 2016}}
- T Sports- Sports channel.{{Cite news |title=T-Sports: A new era for Bangladesh's sports |url=https://www.daily-sun.com/printversion/details/518226/TSports:-A-new-era-for-Bangladesh’s-sports |access-date=2021-05-31 |work=Daily Sun (Bangladesh) |language=en}}
- Radio Capital An FM radio Station based in Dhaka.{{cite news |title=13 TV, 14 FM radio stations to get licence |url=http://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2013/nov/27/13-tv-14-fm-radio-stations-get-licence |url-status=dead |work=Dhaka Tribune |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220155510/http://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2013/nov/27/13-tv-14-fm-radio-stations-get-licence |archive-date=20 December 2016 |access-date=15 December 2016}}
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Category:Mass media companies of Bangladesh
Category:Companies based in Dhaka
Category:Bangladeshi companies established in 2009
Category:Mass media companies established in 2009
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