The Economic Times
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The Economic Times is an Indian English-language business-focused daily newspaper. Owned by The Times Group, The Economic Times began publication in 1961 and it is sold in all major cities in India. As of 2012, it is the world's second-most widely read English-language business newspaper, after The Wall Street Journal,[4] with a readership of over 800,000. It is published simultaneously from 14 cities: Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Chandigarh, Pune, Indore, and Bhopal. Its main content is based on the Indian economy, international finance, share prices, prices of commodities as well as other matters related to finance. This newspaper is published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. The founding editor of the paper when it was launched in 1961 was P. S. Hariharan. The current editor of The Economic Times is Bodhisattva Ganguli.[5] Following the July Revolution in Bangladesh, The Economic Times was seen producing several false reports on the government of Bangladesh and Bangladesh Army, as part of the larger anti-Bangladesh disinformation campaign by Indian media.[6][7]
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | The Times Group |
| Publisher | Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. |
| Editor | Bodhisatva Ganguli |
| Founded | 6 March 1961[1][2] |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Times House, DN Road, Mumbai, India |
| Country | India |
| Circulation | 269,882 daily[3] (as of 2023) |
| Sister newspapers | |
| ISSN | 0013-0389 |
| OCLC number | 61311680 |
| Website | economictimes |
Other ventures
In June 2009, The Economic Times launched a television channel called ET Now.[8] In 2018, the house of The Economic Times launched a member-only platform called ET Prime.[9] It claims to be a business storytelling platform. ET Prime's current editor (2022) is Shishir Prasad.[10]
The Economic Times has a portfolio management tool called ET Portfolio.[11] The Economic Times also launched ETHRWorld and ETBrandEquity. Author-Publicist Aatish Jaisinghani has also been featured on Economic Times for his take on the shift in audience dynamics and the impact on brand remunerations with National brand campaignsm[12] as well as thriving in female dominated industries on World PR Day.[13]
In 2017, The Economic Times launched the ET Hindi website for the business news in Hindi. In 2022, The Economic Times launched its website in the seven other Indian languages, creating: ET Gujarati; ET Marathi; ET Bengali; ET Tamil; ET Malayalam; ET Telugu; and ET Kannada.
Editors
- 1960s and 1970s: P. S. Hariharan (1961–1964),[14] D. K. Rangnekar (1964–1979) [15]
- 1980s: Hannan Ezekiel, Manu Shroff (1985–1990) [16]
- Early to mid 1990s: Jaideep Bose,[17] T. N. Ninan,[18] Swaminathan Anklesaria Aiyar
- 2004: Rajrishi Singhal and Rahul Joshi [19]
- 2010 to 2015: Rahul Joshi[20]
- 2015 to date: Bodhisatva Ganguli[21]
See also
References
External links
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