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| Type of business | Public |
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Type of site | Web portal |
| Available in | English |
| Founded | January 1996 |
| Headquarters | Mumbai, India |
| Owner | Infibeam Avenues Limited (since October 2024)[1] |
| Key people | Vishal Mehta (Chairman & MD)[2] |
| Industry | Internet |
| Revenue | ₹36 crores (FY23-24)[3] |
| Net income | ₹80 lakh (2021) |
| Employees | 316 (Dec 2009) |
| URL | rediff |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | February 8, 1997 |
| Current status | Active |
Rediff.com, stylized as rediff.com, is an Indian news, information, entertainment, and shopping website. Founded by Ajit Balakrishnan in 1996, it was the first Indian website to become a mainstream news media organization.[4][5] Rediff.com is headquartered in Mumbai with offices in Bangalore, New Delhi, and New York City.[citation needed]
As of 2009[update], it had more than 300 employees.[6] At the time of its founding, internet access had only been available in India for five months with a mere 18,000 users, leaving Rediff.com as one of the earliest Indian web portals and email providers.[7]
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- ^ "Infibeam founder Vishal Mehta becomes Rediff's new Chairman and Managing Director". Business Today. 4 October 2024.
- ^ "Rediff.com Appoints Vishal Mehta as Chairman and MD Following Infibeam Acquisition". Entrepreneur. 3 October 2024.
- ^ "Rediff.Com reports Q1 results: India revenue up 42%". The Financial Express. 2 July 2008. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
- ^ Chopra, Rohit (15 December 2019). "How Rediff On The NeT first created a template for the Hindu Right online in the 1990s". ThePrint. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
- ^ "Investor FAQs". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 23 July 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
- ^ "For Rediff boss, early success meant ignoring sceptics, self-learning tools". Hindustan Times. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2021.