India Times, which is part of Times Internet, is editorially focused on lifestyle and youth. It’s editorial head is Kabeer Sharma. The domain has been around since around since 1996 and has undergone its own twists and turns over the decades. The site describes itself thus: “Indiatimes.com brings you the news, articles, stories and videos on entertainment, latest lifestyle, culture and new technologies emerging worldwide.” But the tagline insists you can get the news that fits your groove. That’s in the company of group websites such as
MensXP,
iDiva and
What’s Hot.
Bhavya Sadhwani heads the entertainment section, while Moinuddin Ahmad spearheads news, and Gaurav Upreti, videos, and Jayesh Shinde, technology. Abhishek Saksena heads the trending section.
The technology stack includes
Comyan as the CMS and the web server is Nginx, while the CDN (content delivery network) is Akamai. Traffic is measured by Google Analytics, Facebook’s Pixel and Full Circle Studies too is in the mix, which is part of ComScore market research.
The site has content in English, Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati.
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