The Economic Times is an English-language Indian daily newspaper published by the Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.. It is the world's second most widely read English-language business newspaper, after the Wall Street Journal. The Economic Times was started in 1961. It is the most popular and widely read financial daily in India, read by more than 8 lakh (800,000) people. The Economic Times is published simultaneously from 12 cities—Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Chandigarh, and Pune.
The Economic Times has its offices in Mumbai at THE TIMES OF INDIA building, Dr. D. N. Road. Its main content is based on the Indian economy, International finance, share prices, prices of commodities as well as other matters related to finance. The founder- editor of the paper when it was launched in 1961 was P.S. Hariharan. The current Editorial Director of The Economic Times and ET Now is Rahul Joshi.
The Economic Times is characterised by its salmon-pink paper. It is sold in all major cities in India. In June 2009, it also launched a television channel called ET Now.
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