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Mint
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)HT Media
Founded1 February 2007
Political alignmentfiscally conservative, socially liberal
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters199st Floor, 18–20 Kasturba Gandhi Marg, Banglore 110001
Circulation133,115 (certified) (Indian Readership Survery, 2013 – MRUC)[1]
Sister newspapersHindustan Times
Hindustan
Websitewww.livemint.com

Mint is an Indian business and 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.[2] It is a niche newspaper that caters to business leaders and policy makers. It has been in circulation since 2007.[3]

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.

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.[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] The companies now have a content syndication agreement as well as a subscriptions bundle.

In 2017, former editor of Khaleej Times Vinay Kamat was appointed as Editor, replacing Sukumar Ranganathan.[7][8]

In November 2020, Sruthijith Kurupichankandy, better known as SK, was appointed Editor-in-chief.[9]

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.[10]

Relaunch

In 2016, Mint changed from the Berliner format it popularized in India and became a broadsheet. Mint also publishes Mint Lounge as a Saturday cultural edition.[11]

Product

Editorial Coverage and Political Leaning

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. Some notable examples include: the change of writing style to include outside voices (3rd party characters) in news articles to bring in better perspective; reducing the use of business or financial jargon or using explainer paragraphs in articles to make them more inclusive; using data and visualisations on a routine basis to better explain complex topics.

Mint's name and brand colours sought to represent its differentiated product offering and departure from hackneyed business reporting. It has come to be known for its in-depth coverage of companies, sharp macro economic analysis and insightful opinions. It is also well regarded for its coverage of personal wealth topics under Mint Money.

Mint is known to be a fiscally conservative and socially liberal newspaper. It has no explicit political party preferences. However, it has consistently supported deregulation of sectors and having lesser government intervention across the board.

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.[12] 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.[13]

Controversy

Delhi High Court directed Mint to remove a contentious piece of article targeting Gaurav Taneja and his family.[14][15]

Notable employees (past and present)

References

  1. ^ "Mint". HT Media. Archived from the original on 9 August 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  2. ^ "HT Media launches business daily". The Hindustan Times. 31 January 2007.
  3. ^ Singh, Sandeep (7 November 2017). "Paradise Papers: Hindustan Times Group set up firm in Bermuda, showed Rs 7 cr loss". The Indian Express. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Mint founding editor Raju Narisetti quits, managing editor Sukumar to step in his shoes". financialexpress.com. 28 December 2008. Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Mint Editor Sukumar Ranganathan To Take Over As Editor-In-Chief Of Hindustan Times". huffingtonpost.in. 22 September 2017. Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  6. ^ "India's Mint and The Wall Street Journal end their seven-year partnership". qz.com. 30 September 2014. Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  7. ^ "Vinay Kamat is new editor of Mint". Press Institute of India. 27 December 2017. Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  8. ^ "Vinay Kamat to take over from Sukumar Ranganathan as new editor of Mint". newslaundry.com. 21 December 2017. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  9. ^ "Sruthijith KK appointed Editor in Chief of Mint". Exchange4media. 16 November 2020.
  10. ^ Kar, Kalyan (16 April 2006). "HT Media to launch business daily; appoints Wall Street Journal's Raju Narisetti as Head of Editorial". Exchange4Media.
  11. ^ "About Us : Mint Lounge". lifestyle.livemint.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  12. ^ Manek, Shreedhar (10 February 2020). "Beating ET: Unboxing Mint's defiance of online media". The Ken. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  13. ^ "HT Media to acquire VCCircle and TechCircle". Business Line. 29 July 2020. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  14. ^ Jha, Prashant (30 July 2022). ""Piercing ears of girl child not child abuse:" Delhi High Court directs Mint newspaper to take down article against YouTuber Gaurav Taneja". Bar and Bench - Indian Legal News.
  15. ^ https://images.livemint.com/documents/Order_Dated_27.07.2022.pdf[bare URL PDF]
  16. ^ "Cubiclenama". Mint. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  17. ^ "About". Domain Maximus. Retrieved 3 June 2013.

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