Following the resignation of Suharto on 21 May 1998, some journalists decided to set up an online news portal.
NextDetikcom was originally founded by Budi Darsono former Tempo and DeTIK journalist , Yayan Sopyan former DeTIK journalist , Abdul Rahman former journalist , and Didi Nugrahadi.
He has maintained the site's independent, neutral and unbiased media stance. In 2019, Detikcom expanded into a media group called Detik Network, which consists of , , , , , and. It receives approximately 180 million visits per day.
NextThe founders focused on continuously updating breaking news, as well as more analytical news articles.
DeTIK had upset the repressive regime of long-serving president by publishing interviews with senior military officers who were critical of civilian politicians. The domain name detik. Country of origin Owner URL Current status Active Detikcom stylized as detikcom is an Indonesian company owned by subsidiary.
NextThe tabloid had also dared to speculate on who would succeed Suharto..
On 3 August 2011, Detikcom was acquired by Trans Media under CT Corp, owned by.
The portal is consistently ranked among Indonesia's 10 most-visited websites and is among the top 250 in the world. DeTIK was effectively banned on 21 June 1994, when Information Minister withdrew its publication license together with and Editor magazine.
NextDetikcom's first office was a small room at Lebak Bulus Stadium in.
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