Editing Rediff.com (section)

{{short description|Indian news and entertainment website}}
{{distinguish|Rediffusion|Reddit}}
{{Infobox website
| name = 
| logo = Rediff.com logo.svg
| screenshot = 
| caption = 
| company_type = [[Publicly held company|Public]]
| website_type = [[Web portal]]
| language = English
| foundation = {{start date and age|1996|01|df=yes}}
| company_name = Rediff.com India Limited
| location = [[Mumbai]], India
| key_people = Vishal Mehta (Chairman & MD)<ref name="BT">{{cite web |title=Infibeam founder Vishal Mehta becomes Rediff's new Chairman and Managing Director |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/technology/internet/story/infibeam-founder-vishal-mehta-becomes-rediffs-new-chairman-and-managing-director-448785-2024-10-04 |website=Business Today |language=en |date=4 October 2024}}</ref>
| industry = [[Internet]]
| revenue = {{INR}}36 crores (FY23-24)<ref>{{cite web |title=Rediff.com Appoints Vishal Mehta as Chairman and MD Following Infibeam Acquisition |url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/en-in/news-and-trends/rediffcom-appoints-vishal-mehta-as-chairman-and-md/480705 |website=Entrepreneur |language=en |date=3 October 2024}}</ref>
| owner    = [[Infibeam|Infibeam Avenues Limited]] (since October 2024)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Singh |first1=Navdeep |title=Infibeam Avenues acquires majority stake in Rediff.com, shares jump over 8% |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/news/infibeam-avenues-acquires-majority-stake-in-rediff-com-shares-jump-over-8/articleshow/112221154.cms |website=The Economic Times |date=2 August 2024}}</ref>
| operating_income = 
| net_income = {{INR}}80&nbsp;lakh (2021)
| num_employees = 316 (Dec 2009)
| url = {{URL|https://rediff.com}}
| commercial = Yes
| registration = Optional
| launch_date = {{start date and age|1997|02|08|p=yes}}
| current_status = Active
}}

'''Rediff.com''', stylized as '''rediff.com''', is an Indian news, information, entertainment, and [[shopping]] website. Founded by [[Ajit Balakrishnan]] in 1996, it was the first Indian website to become a mainstream news media organization.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/rediff.com-reports-q1-results-india-revenue-up-42/339965/ |title=Rediff.Com reports Q1 results: India revenue up 42% |work=[[The Financial Express (India)|The Financial Express]] |date=2 July 2008 |access-date=16 July 2010 |archive-date=12 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012112940/http://www.financialexpress.com/news/rediff.com-reports-q1-results-india-revenue-up-42/339965 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Chopra |first=Rohit |date=2019-12-15 |title=How Rediff On The NeT first created a template for the Hindu Right online in the 1990s |url=https://theprint.in/pageturner/excerpt/rediff-on-the-net-first-created-template-for-hindu-right-online-in-1990s/335455/ |access-date=2023-03-02 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}</ref> It is headquartered in [[Mumbai]] with offices in [[Bangalore]], [[New Delhi]], and [[New York City]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=www.ETHRWorld.com |title=Rediff.com appoints Vishal Mehta as Chairman and Managing Director - ETHRWorld |url=https://hr.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/rediff-com-appoints-vishal-mehta-as-chairman-and-managing-director/113857450 |access-date=2024-12-03 |website=ETHRWorld.com |language=en |archive-date=7 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241207030857/https://hr.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/rediff-com-appoints-vishal-mehta-as-chairman-and-managing-director/113857450 |url-status=live }}</ref>

{{As of|2009}}, it had more than 300 employees.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://investor.rediff.com/faq.asp |title=Investor FAQs |work=Rediff.com |access-date=16 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100723125017/http://investor.rediff.com/faq.asp |archive-date=23 July 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> At the time of its founding, internet access had only been available in India for five months with a mere 18,000 users, leaving Rediff.com as one of the earliest Indian [[Web portal|web portals]] and [[Mailbox provider|email providers]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 August 2020 |title=For Rediff boss, early success meant ignoring sceptics, self-learning tools |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/for-rediff-boss-early-success-meant-ignoring-sceptics-self-learning-tools/story-GKXgHtRAtKiaX1PedQUTxL.html |access-date=23 July 2021 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en |archive-date=23 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723082105/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/for-rediff-boss-early-success-meant-ignoring-sceptics-self-learning-tools/story-GKXgHtRAtKiaX1PedQUTxL.html |url-status=live }}</ref>