Kompas Gramedia Group
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| Conglomerate | |
| Founded | June 28, 1965 |
| Founder | P. K. Ojong and Jakob Oetama |
| Headquarters | Jakarta, Indonesia |
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Area served
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Indonesia |
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Key people
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Jakob Oetama, President Director Lilik Oetama, CEO |
| Website | www.kompasgramedia.com |
Kompas Gramedia is the largest media conglomerate in Indonesia.
After the success of the magazine Intisari (released 17 August 1963), P. K. Ojong and Jakob Oetama launched a national newspaper called Kompas. The newspaper's first issue was released on 28 June 1965.
Their aim was to breach the huge gap in daily news and information that that was lacking at that time. Kompas has since become a large circulation newspaper with an audited circulation in 2005 of 600,000 copies a day. The KGG also operates the largest printing plants in Indonesia.
Kompas began its first issue on 28 June 1965 and was based in Central Jakarta with a circulation of 4,800 copies. Since 1969, Kompas newspaper has dominated sales nationwide. In 2004, daily circulation reached 530,000 copies, its special Sunday edition even reaching 610,000 copies. Readership is expected to reach 2.25 million people in Indonesia. Kompas Daily Print had an average circulation of 500,000 copies per day, reaching an average of 1,850,000 people per day.
The newspaper is distributed to all parts of Indonesia. Kompas is not just the largest circulating printed media in Indonesia, but is also the largest circulating newspaper in southeast Asia. Since the introduction of the iPad, Kompas Newspaper was the first printed media in southeast Asia to make a digital newspaper version for the iPad. But until early 2014, Kompas News Portal is still the second after Detik.com.
PT Indopersda Primamedia, one of KGG other business units, has been publishing regional newspapers since 1988. At present, the company publishes 18 regional newspapers, including:
Gramedia Bookstore in Jakarta was first established on 2 February 1970. Gramedia Bookstores is owned and managed by PT Gramedia Asri Media (GAM), a wholly owned subsidiary of KGG. GAM is the retail distribution channel for KGG which also handles foreign publishers and partners. The first Toko Buku Gramedia is Jalan Gajah Mada, in West Jakarta.
KGG went on to set up PT Gramedia, a printing plant in Jakarta in 1972 in order to meet the ever-increasing needs of the newspapers and magazines. Toko Buku Gramedia offers books, stationery, office supplies, sport supplies, high-technology products, and others.
In 1973 KGG formed PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama (GPU) and began publishing its first titles. This company enjoyed outstanding success and today publishes more than 600 titles a year.
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