The Economic Times
The Economic Times - India's leading business daily.
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The Economic Times is a daily business newspaper published in English across India. Owned by The Times Group, it first came out in 1961 and is available in every major Indian city. As of 2012, it ranked as the second most widely read English business newspaper globally, behind The Wall Street Journal, with more than 800,000 daily readers. In the second half of 2022, the Audit Bureau of Circulations reported its average circulation at 269,882 copies.
The paper is printed simultaneously in 19 cities: Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Chandigarh, Pune, Patna, Ranchi, Indore, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Kochi, and Goa. Its coverage centers on the Indian economy, global finance, stock prices, commodity rates, and other financial topics. P. S. Hariharan served as the founding editor when the paper launched in 1961. The current editor is Bodhisattva Ganguli.
In June 2009, The Economic Times launched a television channel named ET Now. In 2018, it introduced ET Prime, a members-only platform described as a business storytelling service. Shishir Prasad was the editor of ET Prime in 2022. The paper also offers a portfolio management tool called ET Portfolio, along with ETHRWorld and ETBrandEquity.
Author-publicist Aatish Jaisinghani has been featured in The Economic Times for his views on shifting audience dynamics, the impact on brand payments from national campaigns, and succeeding in female-dominated industries on World PR Day. In 2017, the paper launched the ET Hindi website for business news in Hindi. In 2022, it expanded to seven other Indian languages: ET Gujarati, ET Marathi, ET Bengali, ET Tamil, ET Malayalam, ET Telugu, and ET Kannada.
The paper’s editors have included P. S. Hariharan from 1961 to 1964, D. K. Rangnekar from 1964 to 1979, Hannan Ezekiel and Manu Shroff in the 1980s, Jaideep Bose, T. N. Ninan, and Swaminathan Anklesaria Aiyar in the early to mid-1990s, Rajrishi Singhal and Rahul Joshi in 2004, Rahul Joshi from 2010 to 2015, and Bodhisatva Ganguli from 2015 onward.
Lore & Background
The Economic Times was launched in 1961. Its founding editor was P. S. Hariharan. In June 2009, it launched a television channel called ET Now. In 2018, it launched a member-only platform called ET Prime, which claims to be a business storytelling platform.
ET Prime's editor (2022) is Shishir Prasad. The newspaper also launched ETHRWorld and ETBrandEquity. In 2017, it launched the ET Hindi website. In 2022, it launched websites in seven other Indian languages: ET Gujarati, ET Marathi, ET Bengali, ET Tamil, ET Malayalam, ET Telugu, and ET Kannada.
Reader's Guide
The Economic Times has a portfolio management tool called ET Portfolio. It also offers ET Play Podcast. The newspaper's editors have included P. S. Hariharan (1961–1964), D. K. Rangnekar (1964–1979), Hannan Ezekiel, Manu Shroff (1985–1990), Jaideep Bose, T. N. Ninan, Swaminathan Anklesaria Aiyar, Rajrishi Singhal and Rahul Joshi (2004), Rahul Joshi (2010–2015), and Bodhisatva Ganguli (2015 to date).
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is The Economic Times?
The Economic Times is an Indian English-language daily newspaper dedicated to business and finance, published by The Times Group since its launch in 1961.
Why is The Economic Times considered notable on a global scale?
As of 2012 it held the position of the second-most widely read English-language business newspaper worldwide, behind only The Wall Street Journal.
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