The Economic Times Explained

The Economic Times should not be confused with The Economist.

The Economic Times
Type:Daily newspaper
Format:Broadsheet
Foundation:[1] [2]
Owners:The Times Group
Publisher:Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.
Editor:Bodhisatva Ganguli
Headquarters:Times House, DN Road, Mumbai, India
Publishing Country:India
Language:English
Circulation:269,882 daily[3]
Circulation Date:2023
Issn:0013-0389
Oclc:61311680

The Economic Times is an Indian English-language business-focused daily newspaper. It is owned by The Times Group. The Economic Times began publication in 1961. As of 2023, it is the world's second-most widely read English-language business newspaper, after The Wall Street Journal,[4] with a readership of over 900,000. 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]

The Economic Times is sold in all major cities in India.

Other ventures

In June 2009, The Economic Times launched a television channel called ET Now.[6] [7]

In 2018, the house of The Economic Times launched a member-only platform called ET Prime.[8] It claims to be a business storytelling platform. ET Prime's current editor (2022) is Shishir Prasad.[9]

The Economic Times has a portfolio management tool called ET Portfolio.[10] 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 campaigns.[11]

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Far Eastern Economic Review. 1987. Review Publishing Company Limited. 4.
  2. Book: Bhattacherje, S. B. . Encyclopaedia of Indian Events & Dates. 2009. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 978-81-207-4074-7. A230.
  3. Web site: Highest Circulated Daily Newspapers (language wise) . Audit Bureau of Circulations.
  4. Citizens Jain – Why India's newspaper industry is thriving. Auletta. Ken. Ken Auletta. The New Yorker. 1 October 2012. 22 August 2019.
  5. News: Bodhisatva Ganguli new executive editor of The Economic Times . Toms . Manu P . . 26 August 2015 . 18 August 2019.
  6. Web site: Times Group's biz channel is ET Now. Indiantelevision Dot Com Private Limited. 19 January 2009. 24 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20181105012347/http://www.indiantelevision.com/television/broadcasting/tv-channels/news/times-groups-biz-channel-is-et-now. 5 November 2018. dead.
  7. Web site: Sruthijith KK. A New Channel Is Born: ET Now Goes On Air with 'The Economic Times Advantage'. Gigaom. 17 June 2009. 18 August 2019.
  8. Web site: Climate crisis: How India's ET Prime is spicing up its coverage . wan-ifra.org . 27 August 2021 . World Association of News Publishers . 1 April 2022.
  9. Web site: What is ET Prime? . . The Economic Times . 1 April 2022.
  10. Web site: About ET Portfolio . The Economic Times . 1 April 2022.
  11. Web site: www.ETBrandEquity.com . Here's why south stars are taking over national brand campaigns - ET BrandEquity . 2022-10-27 . ETBrandEquity.com . en.
  12. News: Economic Times' first editor PS Hariharan passes away . 28 March 2022 . Economic Times . 14 October 2019.
  13. Web site: Author- D. K. Rangnekar . Sage Publishing . Sage Publishing . 1 April 2022.
  14. Web site: Manu R Shroff @ Archives . IIMA Archives . 2 April 2022.
  15. Web site: TOI Executive Editor Jaideep Bose all set to move out. exchange4media. 29 April 2008. 18 August 2019.
  16. Eye on India: T. N. Ninan Weighs In on India and Its Prospects . Agarwal . Deepa . Khabar . December 2017 . 22 August 2019.
  17. Web site: Rahul Joshi quits BCCL, to join Network18 as CEO News . 2024-05-27 . VCCircle . en-US.
  18. News: Toms . Manu P . Rahul Joshi quits BCCL, to join Network18 as CEO News . VCCircle . 20 August 2015 . 18 August 2019.
  19. Web site: Following Rahul Joshi's exit, ET elevates Bodhisatva Ganguli to Executive Editor . Hasan . Abid . exchange4media . 26 August 2015 . 18 August 2019.