The Economic Times

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{{short description|Indian financial newspaper}}
{{distinguish|The Economist|Financial Times}}
{{Missing information|the paper's history and reception|date=November 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = The Economic Times
| logo = [[File:The Economic Times logo.svg|frameless|class=skin-invert]]
| image = The Economic Times front cover, 9 July 2021.png
| caption = The 9 July 2021 front page of {{nowrap|''The Economic Times''}}
| type = Daily [[newspaper]]
| format = [[Broadsheet]]
| founded = {{Start date and age|1961|3|6|df=yes}}<ref>{{cite book|title=Far Eastern Economic Review|year=1987|publisher=Review Publishing Company Limited|page=4}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Bhattacherje|first=S. B. |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Events & Dates|year=2009|publisher=Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd|isbn=978-81-207-4074-7|page=A230}}</ref>
| owners = [[The Times Group]]
| publisher = Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.
| editor = Bodhisatva Ganguli
| headquarters = Times House, [[Dadabhai Naoroji Road|DN Road]], [[Mumbai]], India
| publishing_country = India
| sister_newspapers = {{unbulleted list|''[[The Times of India]]''|''[[Navbharat Times]]''|''[[Maharashtra Times]]''|''[[Ei Samay Sangbadpatra]]''|''[[Vijaya Karnataka]]''}}
| language = English
| circulation = 269,882 daily<ref name=ABCIND>{{cite web| url= http://www.auditbureau.org/files/JD%202022%20Highest%20Circulated%20(across%20languages).pdf | title= Highest Circulated Daily Newspapers (language wise) | publisher= [[Audit Bureau of Circulations (India)|Audit Bureau of Circulations]]}}</ref>
| circulation_date = 2023
| ISSN = 0013-0389
| oclc = 61311680
| website = {{official URL}} <br>
([https://bfsi.economictimes.indiatimes.com/ BFSI vertical])
}}

'''''The Economic Times''''' is an Indian English-language business-focused [[daily newspaper]]. [[Publishing|Published]] 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]]'',<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/10/08/citizens-jain|title=Citizens Jain – Why India's newspaper industry is thriving|last=Auletta|first=Ken|author-link=Ken Auletta|magazine=The New Yorker|date=1 October 2012|access-date=22 August 2019}}</ref> with a daily readership of over 800,000.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Subramaniam |first1=Samanth |title=Supreme Being |url=https://caravanmagazine.in/reportage/supreme-being |access-date=16 June 2025 |work=[[The Caravan]] |date=30 November 2012}}</ref> According to the [[Audit Bureau of Circulations (India)|Audit Bureau of Circulations]], the newspaper's [[Print circulation|circulation]] averaged 269,882 copies during the latter half of 2022.<ref name=ABCIND/> It is published simultaneously from 19 cities: [[Mumbai]], [[Bangalore]], [[Delhi]], [[Chennai]], [[Kolkata]], [[Lucknow]], [[Hyderabad]], [[Jaipur]], [[Ahmedabad]], [[Nagpur]], [[Chandigarh]], [[Pune]], [[Patna]], [[Ranchi]], [[Indore]], [[Bhopal]], [[Bhubaneshwar]], [[Kochi]], and [[Goa]]. Its main content is based on the [[Economy of India|Indian economy]], international finance, share prices, prices of commodities as well as other matters related to finance. 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.vccircle.com/bodhisatva-ganguli-made-et-executive-editor/|last=Toms |first=Manu P |title=Bodhisatva Ganguli new executive editor of The Economic Times |publisher=[[VCCircle]] |date=26 August 2015 |access-date=18 August 2019}}</ref>

==Other ventures==
In June 2009, ''The Economic Times'' launched a television channel called [[ET Now]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.livemint.com/Consumer/c9nz7D6LQF6Ruq0SqNOKHP/Channel-war--Making-sense-of-business-news.html | title=Channel war | first=Rahul | last=Sharma | work=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]] | date=13 July 2009}}</ref> In 2018, the house of ''The Economic Times'' launched a member-only platform called ET Prime.<ref>{{cite web |title=Climate crisis: How India's ET Prime is spicing up its coverage |url=https://wan-ifra.org/2021/08/climate-crisis-how-indias-etprime-is-spicing-up-its-coverage/ |website=wan-ifra.org |date=27 August 2021 |publisher=World Association of News Publishers |access-date=1 April 2022}}</ref> It claims to be a business storytelling platform. ET Prime's current editor (2022) is Shishir Prasad.<ref>{{cite web |title=What is ET Prime? |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/prime/about-us |website=The Economic Times |publisher=The Economic Times |access-date=1 April 2022}}</ref>

''The Economic Times'' has a portfolio management tool called ET Portfolio.<ref>{{cite web |title=About ET Portfolio |url=https://etportfolio.economictimes.indiatimes.com/Login.htm |publisher=The Economic Times |access-date=1 April 2022}}</ref> The ''Economic Times'' also launched ETHRWorld and ETBrandEquity. Author-Publicist Aatish Jaisinghani has also been featured on [[Economic Times Awards|Economic Times]] for his take on the shift in audience dynamics and the impact on brand remunerations with National brand campaignsm<ref>{{Cite web |last=www.ETBrandEquity.com |title=Here's why south stars are taking over national brand campaigns - ET BrandEquity |url=https://brandequity.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/marketing/heres-why-south-stars-are-taking-over-national-brand-campaigns/94997054 |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=ETBrandEquity.com |language=en}}</ref> as well as thriving in female dominated industries on World PR Day.<ref>{{Cite web |last=www.ETBrandEquity.com |title=World PR Day: Thriving in female-dominated industries - ET BrandEquity |url=https://brandequity.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/marketing/world-pr-day-thriving-in-female-dominated-industries/111780982 |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=ETBrandEquity.com |language=en}}</ref>

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 language|Gujarati]]; ET [[Marathi language|Marathi]]; ET [[Bengali language|Bengali]]; ET [[Tamil language|Tamil]]; ET [[Malayalam]]; ET [[Telugu language|Telugu]]; and ET [[Kannada]].

==Editors==
*1960s and 1970s: P. S. Hariharan (1961–1964),<ref>{{cite news |title=Economic Times' first editor PS Hariharan passes away |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/media/entertainment/media/economic-times-first-editor-ps-hariharan-passes-away/articleshow/71572911.cms |access-date=28 March 2022 |publisher=Economic Times |date=14 October 2019}}</ref> D. K. Rangnekar (1964–1979) <ref>{{cite web |title=Author- D. K. Rangnekar |url=https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/author/d-k-rangnekar |website=Sage Publishing |access-date=1 April 2022}}</ref>
*1980s: Hannan Ezekiel, Manu Shroff (1985–1990) <ref>{{cite web |title=Manu R Shroff @ Archives |url=https://archives.iima.ac.in/faculty/Manu-R-Shroff.html |website=IIMA Archives |access-date=2 April 2022}}</ref>
*Early to mid 1990s: Jaideep Bose,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.exchange4media.com/advertising-news/toi-executive-editor-jaideep-bose-all-set-to-move-out-30730.html|title=TOI Executive Editor Jaideep Bose all set to move out|website=exchange4media|date=29 April 2008|access-date=18 August 2019}}</ref> T. N. Ninan,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.khabar.com/magazine/features/eye-on-india-t-n-ninan-weighs-in-on-india-and-its-prospects |last=Agarwal |first=Deepa |title=Eye on India: T. N. Ninan Weighs In on India and Its Prospects |magazine=Khabar |date=December 2017 |access-date=22 August 2019}}</ref> [[Swaminathan Anklesaria Aiyar]]
*2004: Rajrishi Singhal and Rahul Joshi <ref>{{Cite web |title=Rahul Joshi quits BCCL, to join Network18 as CEO News |url=https://www.vccircle.com/rahul-joshi-quits-bccl-join-network18-group-ceo |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=VCCircle |language=en-US}}</ref>
*2010 to 2015: Rahul Joshi<ref>{{cite news|last=Toms |first=Manu P |url=https://www.vccircle.com/rahul-joshi-quits-bccl-join-network18-group-ceo/|title=Rahul Joshi quits BCCL, to join Network18 as CEO News |publisher=VCCircle
|date=20 August 2015 |access-date=18 August 2019}}</ref>
*2015 to date: Bodhisatva Ganguli<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.exchange4media.com/print/following-rahul-joshis-exit-et-elevates-bodhisatva-ganguli-to-executive-editor_61401.html|title=Following Rahul Joshi's exit, ET elevates Bodhisatva Ganguli to Executive Editor |last=Hasan |first=Abid |website=exchange4media |date=26 August 2015 |access-date=18 August 2019}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of newspapers in India by circulation]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==

*{{Official website}}
*[https://www.etplay.com/ ET Play Podcast]

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