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{{short description|Indian magazine editor}}
{{EngvarB|date=August 2014}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Aroon Purie
| image = AROON_PURIE.jpg
| image_size =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1944}}
| birth_place = [[Lahore]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab province]], [[British India]]<ref name="Purie">{{cite news|last1=Purie |first1=Aroon |author-link1=Aroon Purie |title=From the Editor-in-Chief |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/two-nations-still-warring-when-the-entire-world-is-searching-for-peace/1/264478.html |access-date=18 January 2017 |work=[[India Today]] |date=15 June 1998 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170118175857/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/two-nations-still-warring-when-the-entire-world-is-searching-for-peace/1/264478.html |archive-date=18 January 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| alma_mater = [[The Doon School]]<br>[[London School of Economics]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Businessman|Journalist}}
| title = Founder of [[India Today Group]]
| children = 3, including, {{hlist|Kalli Purie|[[Koel Purie]]}}
| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]] (2001)
| relatives = [[Madhu Trehan]] (sister)
}}

'''Aroon Purie''' (born 1944) is the founder-publisher and former editor-in-chief of ''[[India Today]]'' and former chief executive of the [[India Today Group]]. He is the managing director of Thomson Press (India) Limited and the chairman and managing director of ''[[TV Today]]''. He is the recipient of the [[Padma Bhushan]] award.<ref>{{cite news |title=Padma Bhushan for Aroon Purie, Rahul Bajaj |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-miscellaneous/tp-others/padma-bhushan-for-aroon-purie-rahul-bajaj/article27912720.ece |work=The Hindu |date=26 January 2001 |language=en-IN}}</ref> He was also the editor-in-chief of ''[[Reader's Digest]] India''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rd-india.com/newsite/contactus/contactus.asp |title=Reader's Digest India |access-date=4 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040708055331/http://www.rd-india.com/newsite/contactus/contactus.asp |archive-date=8 July 2004 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> In October 2017, he passed control of the India Today Group to his daughter, Kalli Purie.<ref name='firstpost'>{{cite news |last=Ray |first=Shantanu Ray |date=18 October 2017 |title=Aroon Purie hands over reins of India Today to daughter Kallie; appoints her as group vice-chairperson |url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/aroon-purie-hands-over-reins-of-india-today-to-daughter-kallie-appoints-her-as-group-vice-chairperson-4155361.html |work=First Post |access-date=5 December 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Kalli Purie |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/kalli-purie |publisher=India Today |access-date=16 August 2021}}</ref>

==Early life==
Purie graduated from [[The Doon School]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/dame-dilemma-for-doon-president-s-co-ed-suggestion-evokes-mixed-reaction/cid/473014|title=Dame dilemma for Doon - President's co-ed suggestion evokes mixed reaction|website=www.telegraphindia.com|access-date=29 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.digitalproductionme.com/article-3403-50-most-influential-people--broadcast-channels/5/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=12 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121118142812/http://www.digitalproductionme.com/article-3403-50-most-influential-people--broadcast-channels/5/ |archive-date=18 November 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> and earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the [[London School of Economics]]<ref>[http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/IndiaObservatory/alumni.htm Fellows and Prominent Alumni] LSE</ref> in 1965. Bollywood actress [[Koel Purie]] is his youngest daughter.<ref>{{cite news |last=Roy |first=Amit |date=17 December 2014 |title=Red Hot |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1041217/asp/etc/story_4127827.asp |work=The Telegraph |access-date=5 December 2017 }}</ref>

==Career==
He started his career in 1970 at Thomson Press as Production Controller and continues to be its guiding force even though he handed over to his son Ankoor Purie.<ref>{{cite web |title=Thomson Digital :: Leadership |url=https://www.thomsondigital.com/leadership.html |website=www.thomsondigital.com}}</ref> With five facilities across India, it has a national presence. He began the India Today Group with an eponymous magazine in 1975.<ref name='firstpost'/> Today the group is India's most diversified media group with 32 magazines, 7 radio stations, 4 TV channels, 1 newspaper, multiple web and mobile portals, a leading classical music label and book publishing arm.<ref>{{cite web |title=Aroon Purie |url=https://www.dailyo.in/user/12589/aroonpurie |website=www.dailyo.in}}</ref>

===''India Today''===
Vidya Vilas Purie, Aroon Purie's father, launched the fortnightly magazine ''India Today'' in 1975, with his sister [[Madhu Trehan]] as its editor and Aroon Purie as its publisher.<ref name="HT">Bhandare, Namita. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120602062512/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Brunch/Brunch-Stories/70-s-The-decade-of-innocence/Article1-700294.aspx 70's: The decade of innocence]. ''Hindustan Times''. Retrieved 29 July 2012.</ref><ref>[http://www.dnaindia.com/india/slideshow_indias-top-50-influentials_1218058-32#top India's Top 50 Influentials]. [[Daily News and Analysis]]. Retrieved 29 July 2012.</ref> The magazine was born during the [[The Emergency (India)|Emergency]] declared by Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]]. With ''India Today'', Aroon tried to "fill the information gap which exists amongst persons interested in India residing abroad".<ref name="HT"/> With editions in five languages, it is the most widely–read publication in India – a position which, as of 2006, it had held for over a decade – with a readership of over 11 million.<ref>NRS 2006</ref>

He also set the journalistic style for the 24-hour news and current affairs Hindi news channel [[Aaj Tak]] and English news channel [[Headlines Today]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/5933307 |website=www.bloomberg.com |title="Profile"}}</ref>

==Awards and associations==
He was conferred the [[Padma Bhushan]] in 2001, the third-highest civilian award of the government of India, for his contribution to Indian journalism.<ref name="tp">[http://www.televisionpoint.com/lounge/lounge.php?id=1176397777 Aroon Purie Profile] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512015339/http://www.televisionpoint.com/lounge/lounge.php?id=1176397777 |date=12 May 2008 }} Television Point</ref> He has received other honours, including the B.D. Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism (1988),<ref>{{cite web |title=Deputy Commissioner Of Income Tax vs Aroon Purie on 8 April, 2002 |url=https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1403189/ |website=indiankanoon.org}}</ref> 'Journalist of the Year 1990' award by the Indian Federation of Small and Medium Newspapers,<ref name="tp" /> the G.K. Reddy Memorial Award for Outstanding Contribution to Journalism (1993–1994), the Hall of Fame Award from the Advertising Club of Kolkata (2002) and the NT Award for Lifetime achievement from www.Indiatelevision.com (2008).<ref>{{cite web |title=enba 2011: Lifetime Achievement Award for Aroon Purie - Exchange4media |url=https://www.exchange4media.com/media-tv-news/enba-2011lifetime-achievement-award-for-aroon-purie-43284.html |website=Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – exchange4media |language=en}}</ref>

He is associated with several councils, including the Council of Management, Audit Bureau of Circulations (Chairman, 2000–2001).<ref name="tp" /> He is on the Executive Committee of The Editors' Guild of India,<ref name="tp" /> Council of Management All India Management Association (Special Invitee). He was Chairman of the CII National Committee on Media (2001–2002).<ref name="tp" />

He is currently the chairman of [[FIPP]] (Federation of International Periodicals and Publications).<ref name="fipp">[http://www.fipp.com/News.aspx?PageIndex=2002&ItemId=14845 New FIPP chairman Aroon Purie elected] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123120853/http://www.fipp.com/News.aspx?PageIndex=2002&ItemId=14845 |date=23 November 2010 }} FIPP</ref> Aroon Purie is a board member of the [[Global Editors Network]] since its creation in April 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.globaleditorsnetwork.org/board-members/ |title=Global Editors Network board members |access-date=19 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130624172532/http://www.globaleditorsnetwork.org/board-members/ |archive-date=24 June 2013 |df=dmy }}</ref>

==Plagiarism==

A media watchdog, CounterMedia, found the opening two paragraphs—the first 250 words—of Purie's 400-word editorial of 18 October 2010 on the South Indian actor [[Rajnikanth]] to be identical to those in an article by [[Grady Hendrix]] published on 27 September 2010 in ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'', a US-based online magazine.<ref name="indslt">{{cite news |last=Purie |first=Aroon |title=From the Editor-In-Chief |url=http://img.slate.com/media/1/123125/2187915/2239663/2270073/101019_CB_IndiaTodayLetter.pdf |access-date=5 December 2017 }}</ref>

Purie apologised for the mistake, suggesting that it had resulted from [[jet lag]] and claimed that "a couple of sentences lifted from another article were sent to me." In response, Hendrix wrote in ''Slate'': "The jetlag apology wasn't meant to be taken as a serious statement, it was more of an old school attempt to make the problem go away with a silly, 'Whoops, I'm tired!' shrug." Hendrix also wrote that he considered it "a satisfactory closure to the matter."<ref name="Grady Hendrix blog">{{cite news |last=Hendrix |first=Grady |date=20 October 2010 |title=Great Writers Steal |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2010/10/great_writers_steal.html |work=Slate |access-date=5 December 2017 }}</ref>

==References==
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{{PadmaBhushanAwardRecipients 2000–09}}

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