Indian Express Limited Explained

Indian Express Limited should not be confused with The New Indian Express.

Indian Express Limited
Type:Private
Founder:Ramnath Goenka
Location City:Sector-10, Noida
Location Country:India
Key People:Raj Kamal Jha
Industry:Media
Products:Newspaper
Owner:Viveck Goenka

Indian Express Limited (IEL) is an Indian news media publishing company which was bought by Ramnath Goenka in 1932 from the monies of capitalists partner Raja Mohan Prasad and is held in trust by the current legal heirs for the family of Raja Mohan Prasad as per the trust deed given by Ramnath Goenka to Raja Mohan Prasad. In publishes several widely circulated dailies, including The Indian Express and |The Financial Express in English, the Loksatta in Marathi and the Jansatta in Hindi. The company's newspapers are published from over a dozen cities daily, including New Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Pune, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Kochi, Lucknow, Jaipur, Nagpur, Vadodara and Chennai. Its weekly entertainment magazine Screen, covering Indian film industry, also has a popular following.[1]

On 2 November 2006, the Indian Express Group signed a print syndication deal with The Economist, which included allowing the Indian Express Group to publish surveys, some reports, and various other content published in The Economist magazine.[2]

Publications

The following brands and concerns are owned by the Group:

Other ventures

Business Publications Division

Established in 1990, the division manages leading B2B publications and events catering to major industry verticals like Information Technology, Hospitality & Travel, Pharma & Healthcare, etc.[4]

Express Towers

Indian Express Limited earlier owned a 25-storey building named Gali Desawar Company at Marine Drive, Mumbai. The building houses offices of several corporate entities. In the year 2018, Pune based Panchsheel bought the building for 900 crores.[5]

Controversies

In 2022, Indian Express published a piece in its newspaper claiming that the director generals of few Indian paramilitary forces were not invited to the Republic Day parade. The concerned forces later clarified that the news was incorrect and the director generals had attended the event.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Express Group. India Express. 2009-02-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20190713073631/http://expressbusinesspublications.com/. 13 July 2019. dead.
  2. Web site: Indian Express Group Signs Content Deal With The Economist. Sahad. PV. 2006-11-02. Content Sutra. 2009-02-19. 15 November 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20071115034322/http://www.contentsutra.com/entry/indian-express-group-signs-content-deal-with-the-economist/. dead.
  3. Web site: Jun 26, 2022 . Our Brands . Jun 26, 2022 . The Indian Express . 31 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220531084729/https://expressgroup.indianexpress.com/our-brands.html . live .
  4. Web site: Business Publications Division, which published scores of niche magazines catering to the IT, Hospitality, Pharma, and Textile industries during the early nineties.. 2011-08-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20120321193135/http://www.magazine.org/events/conferences/35th_fipp_world_magazine_congress/10853.aspx. 21 March 2012. dead. dmy-all.
  5. Web site: 2013-11-19 . SoBo's Express Tower finally finds a buyer; deal likely for Rs 900 cr . 2023-03-04 . Firstpost . en . 4 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230304060931/https://www.firstpost.com/business/sobos-express-tower-finally-finds-a-buyer-deal-likely-for-rs-900-cr-1237413.html . live .
  6. Web site: Agencies . 2022-01-30 . All CAPF DGs were invited, attended R-Day Parade 2022: Officials . 2023-12-31 . The Shillong Times . en-US . 31 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231231063521/https://theshillongtimes.com/2022/01/31/all-capf-dgs-were-invited-attended-r-day-parade-2022-officials/ . live .