Bisnis Indonesia
Encyclopedia
Bisnis Indonesia is a daily newspaper
, published in Jakarta
, Indonesia
. Bisnis Indonesia primarily covers Indonesian financial and business news and issues. It is published by PT Jurnalindo Aksara Grafika (PT JAG), a company founded by three conglomerate businessmen in Indonesia: Sukamdani Sahid Gitosardjono (Sahid Group
), Ciputra (Ciputra Group), Anthony Salim (Salim Group
), and media veteran Eric FH Samola. The first edition published on December 14, 1985.
Arief Budisusilo is now Chief Editor and Linda Tangdialla as Deputy Chief Editor.
Bisnis Indonesia also supplied news content for international news agency including Japan-based NewsNet Asia, Factiva—joint venture Dow Jones, Reuters, and ISI Emerging Markets owned by
Euromoney Institutional Investor Group Co, Chinese news agency Xinhua , and Bloomberg.
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
, published in Jakarta
Jakarta
Jakarta is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta, it is located on the northwest coast of Java, has an area of , and a population of 9,580,000. Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre...
, Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
. Bisnis Indonesia primarily covers Indonesian financial and business news and issues. It is published by PT Jurnalindo Aksara Grafika (PT JAG), a company founded by three conglomerate businessmen in Indonesia: Sukamdani Sahid Gitosardjono (Sahid Group
Sahid Group
Sahid Group is an Indonesian conglomerate with the hotel industry as it core business. The group was founded in 1953 by Sukamdani Sahid Gitosardjono. Currently the group operates 20 hotels across Indonesia under the Sahid Hotels chain....
), Ciputra (Ciputra Group), Anthony Salim (Salim Group
Salim Group
The Salim Group is Indonesia's biggest conglomerate with assets including Indofood Sukses Makmur, the world's largest instant noodle producer, and Bogasari, a large flour-milling operation...
), and media veteran Eric FH Samola. The first edition published on December 14, 1985.
Arief Budisusilo is now Chief Editor and Linda Tangdialla as Deputy Chief Editor.
History
Bisnis Indonesia opened its first office in an ex Singer's sewing machine service center at Jalan Kramat V/8, Central Jakarta. The newspaper gained its momentum from the rise of stock market in 1987 and new policy in banking known as Paket Oktober (Pakto) 1998. Bisnis Indonesia shifted their coverage to focus on micro-economics and business news, in the time when most competitors still reporting heavily on macro-economics issue. This strategy prove fruitful as stock exchange authority ordered all public listed companies to publish their financial report and corporate action. Bisnis Indonesia was regarded the right media to advertise.Bisnis Indonesia also supplied news content for international news agency including Japan-based NewsNet Asia, Factiva—joint venture Dow Jones, Reuters, and ISI Emerging Markets owned by
Euromoney Institutional Investor Group Co, Chinese news agency Xinhua , and Bloomberg.