Mint (newspaper)
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | HT Media |
| Founder(s) | Raju Narisetti |
| Publisher | Vivek Khanna |
| Editor | Vinay Kamat |
| Managing editor | Niranjan Rajadhyaksha, Anil Padmanabhan, Tamal Bandyopadhyay |
| News editor | Anil Penna |
| Founded | 1 February 2007 |
| Political alignment | fiscally conservative, socially liberal |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 2nd Floor, 18-20 Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi 110001 |
| Sister newspapers | Hindustan Times Hindustan Dainik |
| Website | www |
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Mint is an Indian financial daily newspaper published by HT Media, a Delhi-based media group which is controlled by the KK Birla family and also publishes Hindustan Times.[2] It mostly targets readers who are business executives and policy makers. It has been in circulation since 2007.[3]
It is India's first newspaper to be published in the Berliner format. The former editor of the Wall Street Journal India, Raju Narisetti was the founding editor of Mint till he stepped down in 2008.[4] Narisetti was succeeded by Sukumar Ranganathan who served as editor till 2017.[5]
In 2014, Mint and the Journal ended their seven-year editorial partnership [6]
In 2017, former editor of Khaleej Times Vinay Kamat was appointed as Editor replacing Sukumar Ranganathan.[7][8]
History
Launch
Mint began in collaboration with The Wall Street Journal on 1 February 2007, with the Journal's former deputy managing editor, Raju Narisetti as its founding editor.[9]
Relaunch
Mint changed from the Berliner format it popularized in India and became a broadsheet in 2016. According to a press release, Mint and Mint's digital platform Livemint.com would complement each other.[10][11]
Livemint Website
After struggling in the initial years, the Livemint website now gets more visitors than the former leader, The Economic Times. [12]
Notable employees
- Sidin Vadukut, "Handyman",[13] columnist,[14] previously managing editor of livemint.com[15]
References
- ^ "Mint". HT Media. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
- ^ "HT Media launches business daily". Hindustan Times. 31 January 2007.
- ^ "Paradise Papers: Hindustan Times Group set up firm in Bermuda, showed Rs 7 cr loss". The Indian Express. 7 November 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
- ^ "Mint founding editor Raju Narisetti quits, managing editor Sukumar to step in his shoes". Financial Express. 28 December 2008.
- ^ "Mint Editor Sukumar Ranganathan To Take Over As Editor-In-Chief Of Hindustan Times". Huffington Post. 22 September 2017.
- ^ "India's Mint and The Wall Street Journal end their seven-year partnership". QZ.com. 30 September 2014.
- ^ "Vinay Kamat is new editor of Mint". Press Institute of India. 27 December 2017.
- ^ "Vinay Kamat to take over from Sukumar Ranganathan as new editor of Mint". News Laundry. 21 December 2017.
- ^ Kar, Kalyan (16 April 2006). "HT Media to launch business daily; appoints Wall Street Journal's Raju Narisetti as Head of Editorial". Exchange4Media.
- ^ "A Newspaper for the Digital Era - Mint Relaunched". PR Newswire. 12 September 2016.
- ^ "Mint turns broadsheet". Best Media Info. 13 September 2016.
- ^ MANEK, SHREEDHAR (February 10, 2020). "Beating ET: Unboxing Mint's defiance of online media". The Ken. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
- ^ "Apropos of Nothing". Twitter. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
- ^ "Cubiclenama". Mint. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
- ^ "About". Domain Maximus. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
External links
- Official website
- Mint ePaper (E-Paper – Digital Replica of the newspaper)
- Interview with Raju Narisetti, Mint
- Mint Market Info (Money Mint Market Information)