The Times of India
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. |
| Editor-in-chief | Jaideep Bose |
| Associate editor | Jug Suraiya |
| Founded | 1838 |
| Political allegiance | Classical liberal[1] |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Mumbai |
| Circulation | 3,146,000 Daily |
| OCLC | 23379369 |
| Website | timesofindia.com |
The Times of India (TOI) is a popular English-language broadsheet daily newspaper in India. It is owned and managed by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. which is owned by the Sahu Jain family. The newspaper has the widest circulation among all English-language broadsheets in the world.[2] In 2008, the newspaper reported that (with a circulation of over 3.14 million) it was certified by the Audit Bureau of Circulations as the world's largest selling English broadsheet newspaper and making them as the 8th largest selling newspaper in any language in the World[3]. According to Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2008-R2 it has gained readership by 13.3 million ranking them as the Top English Newspaper in India by readership[4]
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[edit] History
The Times of India was founded on November 3, 1838 as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce[5], during the British Raj. It adopted its present name in 1861. Published every Saturday and Wednesday, The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce was launched as a bi-weekly edition. It contained news from Europe, the Americas, and the Subcontinent, and was conveyed between India and Europe via regular steamships. The daily editions of the paper were started from 1850 and by 1861, the Bombay Times was renamed The Times of India. In the 19th century this newspaper company employed more than 800 people and had a sizable circulation in India and Europe. Originally British-owned and controlled, its last British editor was Ivor S. Jehu, who resigned the editorship in 1950. It was after India's Independence that the ownership of the paper passed on to the then famous industrial family of Dalmiyas and later it was taken over by Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain of the Sahu Jain group from Bijnore, UP.
The Times of India is published by the media group Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. This company, along with its other group companies, known as The Times Group, also publishes The Economic Times, Mumbai Mirror, the Navbharat Times (a Hindi-language daily broadsheet), the Maharashtra Times (a Marathi-language daily broadsheet).
The Times is self declared as a liberal newspaper [1], and is sometimes described as irreverent.[6]
The present management of The Times Group has been instrumental in changing the outlook of Indian journalism. In India, as is elsewhere in the world, the Editor of a newspaper has traditionally been considered as the most notable position in a newspaper set up. The Times of India, however, changed this in the early 1990s, in keeping with the management policy of treating the newspaper as just another brand in the market. The main newspaper and its many sub-editions are now run by individuals often referred to as 'faceless editors'. The paper has diluted the authority of the editor to a great extent, with Managers and Marketing staff involved in selling advertisement space, occupying the top slot in the practical order of hierarchy. The parent company has recently launched a controversial new business initiative, called "Private Treaties," offering to take an equity stake in a company in exchange for advertising. While the management has weakened the Editorial, it has strengthened the technical, circulation, and the business sides of the newspaper, making it the most profitable newspaper in the country.
In January 2007, the Kannada edition was launched in Bangalore and in April 2008 the Chennai edition was launched. The launch of the Chennai edition is considered to be last major English Newspaper battle in.Their main rivals are The Hindu and Hindustan Times in India,which holds second and third position by circulation .[7]
[edit] Editions
The Times of India is printed from the following places (in alphabetical order):
- Ahmedabad
- Bhubaneswar
- Bengaluru
- Bhopal
- Chandigarh
- Chennai
- Delhi
- Goa
- Hyderabad
- Indore
- Jaipur
- Kanpur
- Kolkata
- Lucknow
- Mangalore
- Mumbai
- Mysore
- Nagpur
- Patna
- Pune
- Ranchi
- Surat
[edit] People associated with the Times of India
- Indu Jain, current Chairman
- Samir Jain, Vice-Chairman and Publisher
- Vineet Jain, Managing Director
- Jug Suraiya (associate editor, columnist, "Jugular Vein," cartoonist, "Dubyaman II")
- Swaminathan Aiyar (columnist, "Swaminomics")
- R. K. Laxman ("You Said It" editorial cartoon, featuring the famous Common Man)
- Bachi Karkaria, columnist, "Erratica"
- Shobha De, columnist
- Jaideep Bose, Executive Editor
- M J Akbar, Columnist, "The Siege Within" and former Editorial Team
- Gurcharan Das, Columnist
- K. Subrahmanyam, Columnist and Strategic Affairs commentator
- Gautam Adhikari, former Executive Editor, Editorial Consultant
[edit] Supplements
The Times of India comes with several city-specific supplements, such as Delhi Times, Bombay Times, Hyderabad Times, Lucknow Times, Nagpur Times, Bangalore Times, Pune Times, Ahmedabad Times and Chennai Times, Calcutta Times, The Times of South Mumbai.
Other regular supplements include:
- Times Wellness (Saturdays)
- Education Times
- Times Ascent (Wednesdays)
- ZIG WHEELS
- Times Life (Sundays)
- Wee Wonder
- Rouge
- What's Hot
- Address
Tabloids:
- Mumbai Mirror (website)
- Bangalore Mirror (website)
- Pune Mirror (website)
- Ahmedabad Mirror
- Kolkata Mirror (website)
[edit] Criticism
New York City-based human rights and media activist Partha Banerjee critisises Indian media, including Times of India, of bias in favour of ruling Congress party[8][9]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b Times of India Leader Article declaring its position. www.timesofindia.com
- ^ "Dailies add 12.6 million readers: NRS". The Hindu. August 29, 2006. http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/001200608291820.htm. Retrieved on 2007-10-16.
- ^ "List of newspapers in the world by circulation". International Federation of Audit Bureaux of Circulations. June 30, 2008. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_the_World_by_circulation. Retrieved on 2007-10-16.
- ^ "Times now Masthead of the World". The Times of India. June 30, 2008. http://www.newswatch.in/newsblog/1821. Retrieved on 2007-10-16.
- ^ "The Times of India turns the Times of Colour". Televisionpoint.com. April 26, 2006. http://www.televisionpoint.com/news2006/newsfullstory.php?id=1146042260. Retrieved on 2007-10-16.
- ^ Indian press consider surprise result BBC
- ^ The Times of India consolidating in Chennai televisionpoint.com
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2] "always shown bias for the party in power; in fact, Congress Party"
[edit] External links
- The Times of India website
- The Times of India ePaper (Epaper - Digital Replica of the newspaper)
- Times Syndication Service Content licensing and syndication wing of The Times Group.
