DB Corp, the publisher of newspaper dailies Dainik Bhaskar, Divya Bhaskar, Saurashtra Samachar and Divya Marathi, has posted a loss before tax of Rs 1.21 crore in the Internet segment for the quarter ended September 30, 2014, an improvement from Rs 2.33 crore loss in the same quarter last year but up from Rs 1.03 crore loss in the previous quarter. The total Internet revenues was at Rs 6.26 crore for the quarter, up 55.9% from Rs 4.01 crore in the same quarter last year and up 6.3% from Rs 5.89 crore revenues in the previous quarter. The Internet segment however accounts for just 1.3% of DB Corp's operational income which was at Rs 480.2 crore for the quarter. The company's print business still dominates its operational revenues, accounting for 93.6% DB Corp's operational income for the quarter. Digital business highlights - DB Corp's digital arm DB Digital which operates six portals including Dainikbhaskar, Divyabhaskar, Dailybhaskar, Divyamarathi, Moneybhaskar and Bollywoodbhaskar, mentions that it has crossed the 14 million unique visitor mark. The unique visitors grew by 56% and the pages per visit grew by 83% during the quarter. (Also read: Social trumps search for Indian language publishers online – #NAMAindic) - DB Corp's latest digital property MoneyBhaskar (earlier Businessbhaskar) apparently witnessed a 43% growth in unique visitors and 155% growth in pageviews, however no specific numbers were disclosed. - Dainik Bhaskar's mobile app has 0.25 million active users, up 260% on a quarterly basis. Divya Bhaskar's mobile app has 0.1 million monthly active users, up 111% on a quarterly basis. Interestingly, the company notes that it has…
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