Zee, HT, Sun, Network 18 linked to offshore havens

IN Media Watch Briefs | 07/11/2017

The second day's Paradise Papers revelations in the Indian Express link four major media companies with offshore havens. Transactions made by the Zee Group Hindustan Times Group the Sun Group, and Network 18 have been detailed, and a radio company owned for a short period by NDTV news, has been linked with Astro, the Malaysian company whose dealings with Sun TV came under the CBI scanner. NDTV News however exited the radio business much before the CBI enquiry commenced.

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