Intisari (Digest) is an Indonesian general-interest online media owned by Kompas Gramedia via its specific interest magazine and online subsidiary Grid Network. It was previously a monthly magazine published since 1963 to 2024. The magazine has a format similar to that of Reader's Digest.
History
Intisari was first published in 1963 by Petrus Kanisius Ojong (1920–1980) and Jakob Oetama (1931–2020), with assistance from J. Adi Subrata and Irawati.[1] It was the company's first publication.
Intisari was intended to open the horizons of Indonesian society. Its first edition had no cover and was 14 x 17.5 cm in size, in black and white and 128 pages thick.[2] In its first publication, 11,000 copies were printed. Later editions would reach 350,000 copies.[1]