''The Economic Times'' is an Indian English-language business-focused

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. It is owned by

The Times Group Bennett, Coleman and Company Limited, (abbreviated as B.C.C.L. and d/b/a The Times Group), is an Indian media conglomerate headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The company remains a family-owned business with Sahu Jain family owning a majori ...

. ''The Economic Times'' began publication in 1961. As of 2012, it is the world's second-most widely read English-language

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, after ''

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'', with a readership of over 800,000. It is published simultaneously from 14 cities:

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, Ahmedabad,

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, and

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. Its main content is based on the

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, international finance, share prices, prices of commodities as well as other matters related to finance. This newspaper is

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

Other ventures

In June 2009, The Economic Times launched a television channel called

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. In 2018, the house of The Economic Times launched a member-only platform called ET Prime. It claims to be a business storytelling platform. ET Prime's current editor (2022) is Shishir Prasad. The Economic Times also has a portfolio management tool called ET Portfolio. The Economic Times also launche
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Editors

*1960s and 1970s: P. S. Hariharan (1961–1964), D. K. Rangnekar (1964–1979) *1980s: Hannan Ezekiel, Manu Shroff (1985–1990) *Early to mid 1990s: Jaideep Bose, T. N. Ninan,

Swaminathan Anklesaria Aiyar Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar (born 12 October 1938) is an Indian economist, journalist, and columnist. He is consulting editor for the ''Economic Times'' and writes regularly for the ''Economic Times'' and ''The Times of India''. He is also a ...

*2004: Rajrishi Singhal and Rahul Joshi *2010 to 2015: Rahul Joshi *2015 until date: Bodhisatva Ganguli

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Other ventures

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