Mint (newspaper)

''Mint'' is an Indian financial daily newspaper published by HT Media, a Delhi-based media group which is controlled by the K. K. Birla family that also publishes ''Hindustan Times''. It mostly targets readers who are business executives and policy makers. It has been in circulation since 2007.

Of the five business dailies published in India, Mint rose to the number two position immediately after its launch and has remained there (behind The Economic Times ever since. It publishes a single national edition that is printed and distributed in New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Pune, Ahmedabad and Chandigarh. Unlike most mainstream newspapers from India, Mint is not published on Sunday. It instead offers its readers Mint Lounge every Saturday, a weekend magazine focused on intelligent lifestyle, fashion, food, books, science and culture.

Mint's editorial coverage and its style of presentation is noted for its refreshing clarity and accessibility - facets that were uncommon in business journalism from India. Shortly after its launch and in years thereafter, competitors continued to imitate Mint's innovations.

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'' until he stepped down in 2008. Narisetti was succeeded by Sukumar Ranganathan, who served as editor till 2017.

In 2014, ''Mint'' and the ''Journal'' ended their seven-year editorial partnership

In 2017, former editor of ''Khaleej Times'' Vinay Kamat was appointed as Editor, replacing Sukumar Ranganathan.

In November 2020, Sruthijith Kurupichankandy, better known as SK, was appointed Editor-in-chief.

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.

Relaunch

In 2016, ''Mint'' changed from the Berliner format it popularized in India and became a broadsheet. According to a press release, ''Mint'' and ''Mint''s digital platform Livemint.com would complement each other. ''Mint'' also publishes ''Mint Lounge'' as a Saturday cultural edition.

Website

After struggling in the initial years, the Livemint website is now the second most read business news website in India, behind ''The Economic Times''. After HT Media Limited acquired VCCircle from News Corp in 2020, the Livemint website also shares content with the VCCircle and TechCircle websites. The three websites have sort of become one product, though they still operate independently as well. The Deals, Tech and Startups page on the ''Mint'' newspaper routinely gets content from both VCCircle and TechCircle.

Notable employees (past and present)

* Niranjan Rajadyaksha
* Anil Padmanabhan
* Tamal Bandyopadhyay
* Melissa Bell
* Mitra Kalita
* Samanth Subramanian
* Sidin Vadukut, columnist, previously managing editor of livemint.com
* Liz Mathew
* Sanjiv Shankaran
* Jacob Koshy
* Padmaparna Ghosh
* Utpal Bhaskar
* Asit Ranjan Mishra
* Prashant K Nanda
* Seema Chowdhry
* Priya Ramani
* Anindhita Ghose
* Shalini Umachandran
* Cordelia Jenkins
* PR Sanjai
* Mobis Philipose
* Jose Martin Tharakan
* Anil Penna
* Nabeel Mohideen
* Monika Halan

References

External links

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''Mint'' ePaper
(E-Paper – Digital Replica of the newspaper)

Interview with Raju Narisetti, ''Mint''

Mint Market Info
(Money Mint Market Information)
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