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Edition

''Financial Chronicle'', edited by Shubhrangshu Roy, was simultaneously launched from

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and

Chennai Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...

on 16 April 2008. The

Bangalore Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...

edition was launched on 25 May, and the

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the secon ...

edition on 20 June. With the launch of the

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edition on 14 April 2009, ''Financial Chronicle'' completed its launch objective of five-city simultaneous publication within the first year itself. ''Financial Chronicle'' has had the shortest run-up to a newspaper launch in the history of Indian print journalism. It also has the record of reaching the maximum number of publication centres in the shortest span of time. ''Financial Chronicle''s e-paper was launched midnight of 15–16 April 2008. This makes FC the first paper to be launched electronically on the internet before its print launch. FC began its journey five days-a-week, Monday through Friday. It launched a Weekend tabloid edition beginning 10 September 2011. ''Financial Chronicle'' also publishes four weekly all-colour feature sections.

Format

''Financial Chronicle'' is a business broadsheet printed in white newsprint in 20 pages format on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays and 16 pages format on Wednesdays. Its Weekend issue is published in 32 pages in tabloid format on Saturdays.

Management

The paper is owned by Deccan Chronicle Holdings Limited (listed on Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange). Its flagship publication is ''Deccan Chronicle'' - an English daily widely circulated in the state of Andhra Pradesh and the second largest English daily in Chennai. Deccan Chronicle is also published from Bangalore. At launch, Financial Chronicle set up an editorial advisory board that included legendary agricultural scientist Dr M S Swaminathan, and eminent public personalities including, former telecom regulator Mr Nripendra Mishra, Mindtree founder Mr

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and Lok Sabha MP Mr Sachin Pilot. Mr T Venkattram Reddy is Chairman of the company. FC was the first Indian business daily to have appointed an Ombudsman. Former Sebi chairman Mr M Damodaran was appointed as the first Ombudsman of the paper. Mr Shubhrangshu Roy is Chief Operating Officer and Editor-in-chief of ''Financial Chronicle''.

Associate partner

''Financial Chronicle'' had a tie-up with ''

International Herald Tribune The ''International Herald Tribune'' (''IHT'') was a daily English-language newspaper published in Paris, France for international English-speaking readers. It had the aim of becoming "the world's first global newspaper" and could fairly be said ...

'' which published the IHT World Business with Reuters as a four-page daily add-on, incorporating international news, views, analyses and features. The association ended with the global withdrawal of ''International Herald Tribune'' as a newspaper brand and its replacement with the ''International New York Times''.

References

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