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IBT Media
Legal namestring
IBT Media Inc.
Websiteurl
corp.ibt.com
Company typeenum
Private
Founded yearint
2005
Operating statusenum
Operating
Ownership categoryenum
Headcount rangeband
251–500
akta.pro rankint
HeadquartersNew York, United States
HQ citystring
New York
HQ countrystring
United States
HQ regionstring
North America
Markets served

Serves global market

Offices4 records

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City, Country, Type, Description, Source

Keyword5 values
digital news publishing, business news media, financial journalism, international news coverage, digital advertising
NAICS code3 codes
  • Newspaper Publishers513110
  • Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers5131
  • Broadcasting and Content Providers516
Product category
Digital News Media
Social media profiles1 record
Revenue model1 record
1Advertising Revenue
TypeAdvertising
Description

IBT Media generates revenue through advertising on its digital news platforms, serving ads to its audience of over 20 million monthly readers across multiple international editions.

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Marketing channels1 record

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Title, Type, Stage, Description, Source

Distribution channels1 record

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Title, Type, Scope, Target buyer, Description, Source

Cost components5 values
Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure
GTM typeB2C
B2C
Offering typeDigital Commerce or Conte…
Digital Commerce or Content
Core offering1 text field

IBT Media operates International Business Times (IBT), a global digital news publishing platform delivering business news, financial news, market analysis, and editorial coverage across five regional editions (US, UK, Australia, India, Singapore). The platform reaches over 20 million monthly readers in 190 countries, monetized primarily through digital advertising. The company also operates specialty content verticals such as Medical Daily and editorial sections including Social Capital.

Differentiator
Functional benefit
Problem solved
Product overview1 text field

IBT Media operates International Business Times (IBT) as its core digital news platform, providing business and financial news coverage from the US and globally. The company has built a multi-edition network spanning five regional platforms (US, UK, Australia, India, Singapore) that reach over 20 million monthly readers across 190 countries. In addition to its core news operations, IBT Media has expanded into specialized content verticals including Social Capital, a section recognizing business leaders, and publishes annual rankings such as the Hottest Fintech Startups list.

Product and service2 records
1International Business Times (IBT)
CategoryDigital news / Business journalism
Description

Flagship digital news platform providing business news and financial news from the US and around the world, reaching over 20 million monthly readers across 190 countries. Targeted at business professionals, investors, and decision-makers.

2IBT Media US Edition
Scale indicator2 records

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Recent move6 records

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Date, Type, Title, Description, Source

Expansion highlight4 records

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Type, Description

Peers10 records
1Business Insider
TypeDirect peer
Description

Business Insider (Insider) is a digital-first business and financial news publisher with a global audience and advertising-led model. It directly competes with IBT Media for business reader attention and digital ad budgets across similar demographics.

2TheStreet
TypeDirect peer
Description

TheStreet is a financial news and investing analysis site covering markets, personal finance, and trading. It targets a similar investor persona and competes for the same financial-news advertising dollars as IBT Media.

3CNBC
TypeBroad incumbent
Description

CNBC is a major business and financial news broadcaster with a large digital property covering markets, business, and investing. It is a broader incumbent serving overlapping audiences and competing for digital advertising spend.

4Seeking Alpha
TypeEmerging player
Description

Seeking Alpha is a crowdsourced investment analysis platform covering stocks, ETFs, and markets. It overlaps with IBT's investor-analysis audience and competes for financial-news attention and advertising dollars.

5Bloomberg Media
TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Bloomberg Media is the consumer publishing arm of Bloomberg, covering global business, finance, and technology. It is a broader incumbent that competes with IBT for international business readership and ad inventory, though its scale and subscription model dwarf IBT's reach.

6Morning Brew
TypeEmerging player
Description

Morning Brew is a fast-growing digital business news brand distributed primarily via email newsletters and adjacent content verticals. It is an emerging player reaching a similar business-professional audience with differentiated delivery formats that compete for attention and ad budgets.

7Fortune
TypeDirect peer
Description

Fortune is a business and financial news publisher covering markets, companies, and leadership. It targets the same investor and executive reader base as IBT Media and competes for premium business advertising CPMs.

8Quartz
TypeDirect peer
Description

Quartz is a digital-native global business news outlet focused on economics, markets, and the intersection of business and technology. It overlaps directly with IBT's editorial positioning and global audience targeting.

9Newsweek
TypeOthers
Description

Newsweek is the publication at the center of IBT Media's 2018 sale dispute. While not a clean competitive peer today, the brand is historically a general-interest news outlet; resolution of ownership is materially relevant to IBT Media's strategic posture.

10Forbes
TypeDirect peer
Description

Forbes is a global business news brand publishing business, investing, and entrepreneurship content via a digital-first platform with multiple regional editions. It competes directly with IBT Media in business journalism and digital advertising.

Market position
Strengths5 records

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Weaknesses5 records

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Competitive moat3 records

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Key risks6 records

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Headline, Details, Source

Key highlights6 records

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Headline, Details, Source

Customer concentration

Classification, Details

Segment1 record

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Title, Type, Primary, Description, Pain point addressed, Use case, Source

Ideal customer profile1 record

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Profile, Firmographic size, Sales motion, Sales cycle length, Buying structure, Purchase trigger, Buyer persona, Geography, Industry vertical, Primary use case, Description, Pain points, Evidence proof points, Target buyer

Technology focused
No
API detail
Has APIbool
No

Docs URL, Description

AI maturity
App detail

Has app

Core technology
Revenue estimate
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Number of profiles
Profiles4 records

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Name, Designation, Designation category, Overview, Profile commentary, Source

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Funding overview

Funding stage, Last funding date, Total funding USD

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Round, Amount USD, Date, Pre money valuation, Total investors, Investors, News

Investors

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Name, Type, Date of entry, Rounds participated, Website

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A1 record

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Name, Acquisition type, Announced date, Completed date, Status, Website, News

Investment

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Name, Round, Announced date, Lead investor, Website, News

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

IBT Media

Digital News Mediacorp.ibt.com

IBT Media firmographics

Firmographics
Name
IBT Media
Legal name
IBT Media Inc.
Website
https://corp.ibt.com
Company type
Private
Founded year
2005
Operating status
Operating
Headcount range
251–500 employees
Ownership category
akta.pro rank

Where IBT Media is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city
New York
HQ country
United States
HQ region
North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

IBT Media business model

Business model
GTM type
B2C
Offering type
Digital Commerce or Content
Cost components
Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

  1. Advertising Revenue: IBT Media generates revenue through advertising on its digital news platforms, serving ads to its audience of over 20 million monthly readers across multiple international editions.

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

IBT Media product offering

Product offering

Core offering

IBT Media operates International Business Times (IBT), a global digital news publishing platform delivering business news, financial news, market analysis, and editorial coverage across five regional editions (US, UK, Australia, India, Singapore). The platform reaches over 20 million monthly readers in 190 countries, monetized primarily through digital advertising. The company also operates specialty content verticals such as Medical Daily and editorial sections including Social Capital.

Product overview

IBT Media operates International Business Times (IBT) as its core digital news platform, providing business and financial news coverage from the US and globally. The company has built a multi-edition network spanning five regional platforms (US, UK, Australia, India, Singapore) that reach over 20 million monthly readers across 190 countries. In addition to its core news operations, IBT Media has expanded into specialized content verticals including Social Capital, a section recognizing business leaders, and publishes annual rankings such as the Hottest Fintech Startups list.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

  • International Business Times (IBT) Flagship digital news platform providing business news and financial news from the US and around the world, reaching over 20 million monthly readers across 190 countries. Targeted at business professionals, investors, and decision-makers.
  • IBT Media US Edition

Companies that use IBT Media

Customer profile

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

IBT Media technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API
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API docs
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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

IBT Media partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

IBT Media competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Direct peers

  • Business Insider: Business Insider (Insider) is a digital-first business and financial news publisher with a global audience and advertising-led model. It directly competes with IBT Media for business reader attention and digital ad budgets across similar demographics.
  • TheStreet: TheStreet is a financial news and investing analysis site covering markets, personal finance, and trading. It targets a similar investor persona and competes for the same financial-news advertising dollars as IBT Media.
  • Fortune: Fortune is a business and financial news publisher covering markets, companies, and leadership. It targets the same investor and executive reader base as IBT Media and competes for premium business advertising CPMs.
  • Quartz: Quartz is a digital-native global business news outlet focused on economics, markets, and the intersection of business and technology. It overlaps directly with IBT's editorial positioning and global audience targeting.
  • Forbes: Forbes is a global business news brand publishing business, investing, and entrepreneurship content via a digital-first platform with multiple regional editions. It competes directly with IBT Media in business journalism and digital advertising.

Broad incumbents

  • CNBC: CNBC is a major business and financial news broadcaster with a large digital property covering markets, business, and investing. It is a broader incumbent serving overlapping audiences and competing for digital advertising spend.
  • Bloomberg Media: Bloomberg Media is the consumer publishing arm of Bloomberg, covering global business, finance, and technology. It is a broader incumbent that competes with IBT for international business readership and ad inventory, though its scale and subscription model dwarf IBT's reach.

Emerging players

  • Seeking Alpha: Seeking Alpha is a crowdsourced investment analysis platform covering stocks, ETFs, and markets. It overlaps with IBT's investor-analysis audience and competes for financial-news attention and advertising dollars.
  • Morning Brew: Morning Brew is a fast-growing digital business news brand distributed primarily via email newsletters and adjacent content verticals. It is an emerging player reaching a similar business-professional audience with differentiated delivery formats that compete for attention and ad budgets.

Others

  • Newsweek: Newsweek is the publication at the center of IBT Media's 2018 sale dispute. While not a clean competitive peer today, the brand is historically a general-interest news outlet; resolution of ownership is materially relevant to IBT Media's strategic posture.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

IBT Media social profiles

Digital presence

IBT Media financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

IBT Media leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

IBT Media funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

IBT Media M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A1 record

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about IBT Media

What does IBT Media do?

IBT Media operates International Business Times (IBT), a global digital news publishing platform delivering business news, financial news, market analysis, and editorial coverage across five regional editions (US, UK, Australia, India, Singapore). The platform reaches over 20 million monthly readers in 190 countries, monetized primarily through digital advertising. The company also operates specialty content verticals such as Medical Daily and editorial sections including Social Capital.

Is IBT Media a public or private company?

IBT Media is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.

When was IBT Media founded?

IBT Media was founded in 2005. It employs 251 to 500 people.

Where is IBT Media based?

IBT Media is headquartered in New York, United States, in the North America region.

How does IBT Media make money?

One revenue line is on record: advertising Revenue.

Who are IBT Media's main competitors?

Direct peers on record are Business Insider, TheStreet, Fortune, Quartz and Forbes. Broad incumbents are CNBC and Bloomberg Media. Emerging players are Seeking Alpha and Morning Brew. Newsweek is listed as an others.

Does IBT Media have an API?

No public API is recorded for IBT Media.

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GlobeNewswireNew York Supreme Court Awards Newsweek Nearly $11 Million Judgment Against Former Owner IBT Media Inc.The New York Supreme Court entered a final judgment against IBT Media Inc. totaling nearly $11 million, including $6.5 million in principal and over $4 million in interest. The award covers payroll-tax obligations Newsweek paid on IBT's behalf, and the court rejected IBT's defenses.Tech TimesScrutiny: Is Dev Pragad Newsweek’s Savior or a Liar?IBT Media claims it invested $55 million in Newsweek and transferred its assets to Dev Pragad's company, while Pragad claims he saved a bankrupt Newsweek. A court dispute over $6.5 million in damages and a voided 2018 sale is ongoing.Tech TimesTrust for Sale: The Systematic Reputation Laundering of Newsweek’s Dev PragadIBT Media declared the 2018 Newsweek acquisition deal null and void in April 2026, citing unpaid conditions. Dev Pragad, who claims ownership, has spent years building a paid PR machine to mask the dispute, including Harvard board connections and royal sponsorships.Financial PostIBT Media Inc. Notifies NW Media Holdings Corp. Newsweek Transaction Never Consummated and Irrevocably NullIBT Media Inc. has delivered a final notice to NW Media Holdings Corp. declaring that the 2018 Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (MIPA) — which purported to transfer Newsweek LLC out of IBT — was never consummated and is irrevocably null and void. At the center of IBT's position is the assertion that NW Media never paid the $5,000 purchase price required at closing, a condition precedent that IBT contends was never satisfied. Additionally, IBT states that NW Media failed to make any of the 20 quarterly payments of $81,045.95 totaling $1.5 million as required under MIPA Section 5(f), with NW Media's CFO confirming the non-payment under oath in January 2026.GlobeNewswireIBT Media Inc. Notifies NW Media Holdings Corp. Newsweek Transaction Never Consummated and Irrevocably NullIBT Media Inc. has delivered a final notice to NW Media Holdings Corp. declaring that the 2018 Membership Interest Purchase Agreement purported to transfer Newsweek LLC out of IBT was never consummated and is irrevocably null and void. At the center of IBT's position is the assertion that NW Media never paid the $5,000 purchase price required at closing and failed to make 20 quarterly payments totaling $1.5 million as required under MIPA Section 5(f). IBT states it is asserting its rights as the owner of the Newsweek brand and assets, with NW Media's CFO having confirmed the non-performance under oath in January 2026.The Canadian Press NewsJura Announces Adoption of Semi-Annual ReportingJura Energy will adopt semi-annual reporting under the SAR pilot program, exempting it from filing interim statements for the periods ending March 31, 2026 and September 30, 2026. The company confirms it meets eligibility criteria, including annual revenues under $10 million and a clean disclosure record.GlobeNewswireIBT Media Inc. Notifies NW Media Holdings Corp. Newsweek Transaction Never Consummated and Irrevocably NullIBT Media Inc. delivered a final notice to NW Media Holdings Corp. declaring the 2018 Membership Interest Purchase Agreement transferring Newsweek LLC null and void. IBT asserts NW Media never paid the $5,000 purchase price or 20 quarterly installments totaling $1.5 million, and NW Media's CFO confirmed non-payment under oath.PrwebIBT Media Inc. Formally Declares Newsweek Transaction Never Consummated and Irrevocably NullIBT Media Inc. has formally notified NW Media Holdings Corp. that the 2018 Membership Interest Purchase Agreement transferring Newsweek LLC out of IBT was never completed and is irrevocably null and void. At the center of the dispute is IBT's assertion that NW Media never paid the $5,000 purchase price required at closing, which IBT contends was a condition precedent that prevented the seller's obligation to complete the transaction from ever arising. IBT's CEO testified under oath that payment was never made, and NW Media has never claimed to have made the payment.International Business TimesIBT Media Inc. Notifies NW Media Holdings Corp. That Newsweek Transaction Was Never Consummated and Is Irrevocably NullIBT Media sent NW Media Holdings a notice that its 2018 agreement to transfer Newsweek was never consummated and is null. IBT says NW Media never paid the $5,000 purchase price and missed 20 quarterly payments totaling about $1.5 million. The letter asserts IBT's ownership of the Newsweek brand and assets.IBTimes IndiaIBT CEO Awards 2024: Yellow.ai's Raghu Ravinutala RecognizedRaghu Ravinutala, CEO and co-founder of Yellow.ai, was recognized in the IBT CEO Awards 2024 for his leadership in conversational AI. Under his guidance, Yellow.ai has expanded globally, secured strategic partnerships, and advanced AI capabilities. He remains committed to further enhancing the platform and expanding its footprint.