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{{short description|Indian financial daily newspaper}}
{{short description|Indian financial daily newspaper}}
{{Multiple issues|{{Self-published|date=July 2022}}}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2024}}
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{{Infobox newspaper
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Mint
| name = Mint
| logo = Mint (newspaper) logo.svg
| logo = [[File:Mint (newspaper) logo.svg|frameless|180px]]
| logo_size = 225px
| image = [[File:Mint cover 03-28-10.jpg|225px|border]]
| image = [[File:Mint cover 03-28-10.jpg|225px|border]]
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| owners = [[HT Media]]
| owners = [[HT Media]]
| founder = [[Raju Narisetti]]
| founder = [[Raju Narisetti]]
| publisher = Jaideep Mehta
| campus_editor =  
| editor = Shruthijith KK
| campus_chief =  
| maneditor = Niranjan Rajadhyaksha, Anil Padmanabhan, Tamal Bandyopadhyay
| photo_editor =  
| newseditor = Anil Penna
| staff_writers =  
| campuseditor =
| founded = 1 February 2007
| campuschief =
| sportseditor =
| photoeditor =
| staff =
| foundation = 1 February 2007
| political = fiscally conservative, socially liberal
| language = English
| language = English
| ceased publication =  
| ceased_publication =  
| headquarters = 1st Floor, 18–20 Kasturba Gandhi Marg, [[New Delhi]] 110001
| headquarters = <nowiki>199 Street, Floor 18–20, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi, 110001</nowiki>
| Circulation = 133,115 (certified) (Indian Readership Survery, 2013 - MRUC)<ref>{{cite web|title=Mint|url=http://www.htmedia.in/brandPage_hindustan.aspx?Page=Page-HTMedia-mint|publisher=HT Media|access-date=3 June 2013}}</ref>
| circulation = 133,115 (certified) (Indian Readership Survey, 2013 – MRUC)<ref>{{cite web |title=Mint |url=http://www.htmedia.in/brandPage_hindustan.aspx?Page=Page-HTMedia-mint |publisher=HT Media |access-date=3 June 2013 |archive-date=9 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130809214742/http://www.htmedia.in/brandPage_hindustan.aspx?Page=Page-HTMedia-mint |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| sister newspapers = ''[[Hindustan Times]]''<br />''[[Hindustan]]''
| sister_newspapers = ''[[Hindustan Times]]''<br />''[[Hindustan (newspaper)|Hindustan]]''
| ISSN =
| website = {{URL|https://www.livemint.com/}}
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| website = {{URL|http://www.livemint.com/}}
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'''''Mint''''' is an [[India]]n [[financial|financial daily]] [[newspaper]] published by [[HT Media]], a Delhi-based media group which is controlled by the [[KK Birla|KK Birla family]] and also publishes ''[[Hindustan Times]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/ht-media-launches-business-daily/story-I96yMvEYJBQ9FkGDhIQWnM.html|title=HT Media launches business daily|date=31 January 2007|publisher=[[The Hindustan Times]]}}</ref> It mostly targets readers who are business executives and policy makers. It has been in circulation since 2007.<ref>{{cite news |title=Paradise Papers: Hindustan Times Group set up firm in Bermuda, showed Rs 7 cr loss |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/paradise-papers-shobhna-bhartia-hindustan-times-appleby-bermuda-firm-4925776/ |access-date=6 June 2018 |publisher=The Indian Express |date=7 November 2017}}</ref>
'''''Mint''''' is an Indian business and [[financial|financial daily]] [[newspaper]] published by [[HT Media]], a Delhi-based media group which is controlled by the [[K. K. Birla|K. K. Birla family]]. The family also publishes ''[[Hindustan Times]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/ht-media-launches-business-daily/story-I96yMvEYJBQ9FkGDhIQWnM.html |title=HT Media launches business daily |date=31 January 2007 |newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]]}}</ref> Mint was launched in 2007 and specializes in business and politics.<ref>{{cite news |title=Paradise Papers: Hindustan Times Group set up firm in Bermuda, showed Rs 7 cr loss |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/paradise-papers-shobhna-bhartia-hindustan-times-appleby-bermuda-firm-4925776/ |first=Sandeep |last=Singh |access-date=6 June 2018 |work=The Indian Express |date=7 November 2017}}</ref>


It is India's first newspaper to be published in the [[Berliner (format)|Berliner format]]. The former editor of the ''[[The Wall Street Journal Asia|Wall Street Journal India]]'', [[Raju Narisetti]] was the founding editor of ''Mint'' till he stepped down in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/archive/mint-founding-editor-raju-narisetti-quits-managing-editor-sukumar-to-step-in-his-shoes/403356/|title=Mint founding editor Raju Narisetti quits, managing editor Sukumar to step in his shoes|date=28 December 2008|website=financialexpress.com}}</ref> Narisetti was succeeded by Sukumar Ranganathan who served as editor till 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2017/09/22/mint-editor-sukumar-ranganathan-to-take-over-as-editor-in-chief-of-hindustan-times_a_23219661/|title=Mint Editor Sukumar Ranganathan To Take Over As Editor-In-Chief Of Hindustan Times|date=22 September 2017|website=huffingtonpost.in}}</ref>
It publishes a single national edition distributed in [[New Delhi]], [[Mumbai]], [[Bangalore]], [[Hyderabad]], [[Chennai]], [[Kolkata]], [[Pune]], [[Ahmedabad]] and [[Chandigarh]]. Mint is not published on Sunday. Every Saturday, it prints its sister magazine, Mint Lounge. It was India's first newspaper to be published in the [[Berliner (format)|Berliner format]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Blog: India’s Mint: Six years later, it’s India’s “best financial newspaper” |url=https://garciamedia.com/blog/pindias_mint_six_years_later_its_indias_best_financial_newspaper_p/ |access-date=11 January 2025 |website=García Media |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=26 April 2018 |title=HT Mint outsources Cornerstone to promote their brand in Tamilnadu and Bangalore |url=https://www.medianews4u.com/ht-mint-outsources-cornerstone-promote-brand-tamilnadu-bangalore/ |access-date=11 January 2025 |language=en-US}}</ref> The former editor of ''[[The Wall Street Journal Asia|The Wall Street Journal India]]'', [[Raju Narisetti]] ran ''Mint'' from its founding in 2007 to 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.financialexpress.com/archive/mint-founding-editor-raju-narisetti-quits-managing-editor-sukumar-to-step-in-his-shoes/403356/ |title=Mint founding editor Raju Narisetti quits, managing editor Sukumar to step in his shoes |date=28 December 2008 |website=The Financial Express |access-date=30 January 2018 |archive-date=31 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131200637/http://www.financialexpress.com/archive/mint-founding-editor-raju-narisetti-quits-managing-editor-sukumar-to-step-in-his-shoes/403356/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Narisetti was succeeded by Sukumar Ranganathan, who served as an editor until 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2017/09/22/mint-editor-sukumar-ranganathan-to-take-over-as-editor-in-chief-of-hindustan-times_a_23219661/ |title=Mint Editor Sukumar Ranganathan To Take Over As Editor-In-Chief Of Hindustan Times |date=22 September 2017 |website=huffingtonpost.in |access-date=30 January 2018 |archive-date=31 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131200755/http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2017/09/22/mint-editor-sukumar-ranganathan-to-take-over-as-editor-in-chief-of-hindustan-times_a_23219661/ |url-status=live}}</ref>


In 2014, ''Mint'' and the ''Journal'' ended their seven-year editorial partnership <ref>{{cite web|url=https://qz.com/273501/indias-mint-and-the-wall-street-journal-end-their-seven-year-partnership/|title=India’s Mint and The Wall Street Journal end their seven-year partnership|date=30 September 2014|website=qz.com}}</ref>
In 2014, ''Mint'' and ''The Wall Street Journal'' ended their seven-year editorial partnership.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://qz.com/273501/indias-mint-and-the-wall-street-journal-end-their-seven-year-partnership/ |title=India's Mint and The Wall Street Journal end their seven-year partnership |date=30 September 2014 |website=Quartz |access-date=30 January 2018 |archive-date=31 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131081122/https://qz.com/273501/indias-mint-and-the-wall-street-journal-end-their-seven-year-partnership/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The companies now have a content syndication agreement as well as a subscriptions bundle. In 2017, former editor of ''[[Khaleej Times]]'' Vinay R. Kamat was appointed as Editor, replacing Sukumar Ranganathan.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pressinstitute.in/News/vinay-kamat-is-new-editor-of-mint/ |title=Vinay Kamat is new editor of Mint |date=27 December 2017 |agency=Press Institute of India |access-date=30 January 2018 |archive-date=31 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131200712/http://www.pressinstitute.in/News/vinay-kamat-is-new-editor-of-mint/ |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newslaundry.com/shorts/vinay-kamat-sukumar-ranganathan-mint |title=Vinay Kamat to take over from Sukumar Ranganathan as new editor of Mint |date=21 December 2017 |website=newslaundry.com |access-date=30 January 2018 |archive-date=16 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116151758/https://www.newslaundry.com/shorts/vinay-kamat-sukumar-ranganathan-mint |url-status=live}}</ref> In November 2020, Sruthijith Kurupichankandy, better known as SK, was appointed Editor-in-chief.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.exchange4media.com/announcements-news/sruthijith-kk-appointed-editor-in-chief-of-mint-109069.html |title=Sruthijith KK appointed Editor in Chief of Mint |website=Exchange4media |date=16 November 2020}}</ref>


In 2017, former editor of ''[[Khaleej Times]]'' Vinay Kamat was appointed as Editor replacing Sukumar Ranganathan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pressinstitute.in/News/vinay-kamat-is-new-editor-of-mint/|title=Vinay Kamat is new editor of Mint|date=27 December 2017|agency=Press Institute of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/shorts/vinay-kamat-sukumar-ranganathan-mint|title=Vinay Kamat to take over from Sukumar Ranganathan as new editor of Mint|date=21 December 2017|website=newslaundry.com}}</ref>
== History ==
 
In 2020, Shruthijit KK was appointed as Editor replacing Vinay Kamat
 
==History==
===Launch===
===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.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kar|first=Kalyan|title=HT Media to launch business daily; appoints Wall Street Journal's Raju Narisetti as Head of Editorial|url=http://www.exchange4media.com/peoplemovement/movement_fullstory.asp|date=16 April 2006|website=Exchange4Media}}</ref>
''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.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kar |first=Kalyan |title=HT Media to launch business daily; appoints Wall Street Journal's Raju Narisetti as Head of Editorial |url=http://www.exchange4media.com/peoplemovement/movement_fullstory.asp |date=16 April 2006 |website=Exchange4Media}}</ref>


===Relaunch===
===Relaunch===
''Mint'' changed from the Berliner format it popularized in India and became a broadsheet in 2016. According to a press release, ''Mint'' and ''Mint''{{’}}s digital platform Livemint.com would complement each other.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.co.in/news-releases/a-newspaper-for-the-digital-era---mint-relaunched-593072001.html|title=A Newspaper for the Digital Era - Mint Relaunched|date=12 September 2016|website=prnewswire.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://bestmediainfo.com/2016/09/mint-turns-broadsheet/|title=Mint turns broadsheet|date=13 September 2016|website=bestmediainfo.com}}</ref> ''Mint'' also publishes ''Mint Lounge'' as a Saturday cultural edition.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Us : Mint Lounge|url=https://lifestyle.livemint.com/about-us|access-date=2021-08-04|website=lifestyle.livemint.com}}</ref>
In 2016, ''Mint'' changed from the [[Berliner (format)|Berliner]] format it popularised in India and became a [[broadsheet]]. ''Mint'' also publishes ''Mint Lounge'' as a Saturday cultural edition.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us : Mint Lounge |url=https://lifestyle.livemint.com/about-us |access-date=4 August 2021 |website=lifestyle.livemint.com |archive-date=16 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116151807/https://lifestyle.livemint.com/about-us |url-status=live}}</ref>


==Website==
==Livemint website==
After struggling in the initial years, the Livemint website now gets more visitors than the former leader, ''[[The Economic Times]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://the-ken.com/story/mint-beats-et/|title=Beating ET: Unboxing Mint’s defiance of online media|first=SHREEDHAR|last=MANEK|date=February 10, 2020|access-date=February 10, 2020|publisher=[[The Ken]]}}</ref>
After struggling in the initial years, the Livemint website is now the second most read business news website in India, behind ''[[The Economic Times]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://the-ken.com/story/mint-beats-et/ |title=Beating ET: Unboxing Mint's defiance of online media |first=Shreedhar |last=Manek |date=10 February 2020 |access-date=10 February 2020 |publisher=[[The Ken]] |archive-date=16 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116152557/https://the-ken.com/story/mint-beats-et/ |url-status=live}}</ref> After HT Media Limited acquired VCCircle from News Corp in 2020, the Livemint website also shares content with the VCCircle and TechCircle websites. The Deals, Tech and Startups page on the ''Mint'' newspaper routinely gets content from both VCCircle and TechCircle.<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 July 2020 |title=HT Media to acquire VCCircle and TechCircle |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/ht-media-to-acquire-vccircle-and-techcircle/article32219721.ece |url-status=live |access-date=17 December 2021 |website=[[Business Line]] |language=en |archive-date=16 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116152559/https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/ht-media-to-acquire-vccircle-and-techcircle/article32219721.ece}}</ref>


==Notable employees==
==Notable employees (past and present)==
* [[Sidin Vadukut]], columnist,<ref>{{cite web|title=Cubiclenama|url=http://www.livemint.com/Search/Link/Author/Sidin%20Vadukut|publisher=Mint|access-date=3 June 2013}}</ref> previously managing editor of livemint.com<ref>{{cite web|title=About|url=http://www.whatay.com/about/|publisher=Domain Maximus|access-date=3 June 2013}}</ref>
* [[Tamal Bandyopadhyay]]
* [[Melissa Bell (journalist)|Melissa Bell]]
* [[Mitra Kalita]]
* [[Samanth Subramanian]]
* [[Pallavi Singh]]
* [[Sidin Vadukut]], columnist,<ref>{{cite web |title=Cubiclenama |url=https://www.livemint.com/Search/Link/Author/Sidin%20Vadukut |publisher=Mint |access-date=3 June 2013 |archive-date=16 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116152607/https://www.livemint.com/authors/sidin%20vadukut |url-status=live}}</ref> previously managing editor of livemint.com{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}
* [[Priya Ramani]]


 
==References==
{{Reflist}}Sruthijith KK appointed Editor in Chief of Mint - <ref>https://www.exchange4media.com/announcements-news/sruthijith-kk-appointed-editor-in-chief-of-mint-109069.html</ref>
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
* {{official website|http://www.livemint.com/|mobile=http://m.livemint.com/}}   
<!-- per [[WP:ELMINOFFICIAL]], choose one official website only -->
* {{official website|https://www.livemint.com/}}   
* [http://epaper.livemint.com/ ''Mint'' ePaper] (E-Paper – Digital Replica of the newspaper)  
* [http://epaper.livemint.com/ ''Mint'' ePaper] (E-Paper – Digital Replica of the newspaper)  
* [http://www.ifra.net/wiki/interview-with-raju-narisetti-mint Interview with Raju Narisetti, ''Mint'']
* [http://www.ifra.net/wiki/interview-with-raju-narisetti-mint Interview with Raju Narisetti, ''Mint'']
* [http://money.livemint.com/ Mint Market Info] (Money Mint Market Information)
   
   
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Mint
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)HT Media
Founder(s)Raju Narisetti
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters199 Street, Floor 18–20, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi, 110001
Circulation133,115 (certified) (Indian Readership Survey, 2013 – MRUC)[1]
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. The family also publishes Hindustan Times.[2] Mint was launched in 2007 and specializes in business and politics.[3]

It publishes a single national edition distributed in New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Pune, Ahmedabad and Chandigarh. Mint is not published on Sunday. Every Saturday, it prints its sister magazine, Mint Lounge. It was India's first newspaper to be published in the Berliner format.[4][5] The former editor of The Wall Street Journal India, Raju Narisetti ran Mint from its founding in 2007 to 2008.[6] Narisetti was succeeded by Sukumar Ranganathan, who served as an editor until 2017.[7]

In 2014, Mint and The Wall Street Journal ended their seven-year editorial partnership.[8] The companies now have a content syndication agreement as well as a subscriptions bundle. In 2017, former editor of Khaleej Times Vinay R. Kamat was appointed as Editor, replacing Sukumar Ranganathan.[9][10] In November 2020, Sruthijith Kurupichankandy, better known as SK, was appointed Editor-in-chief.[11]

History[edit | edit source]

Launch[edit | edit source]

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.[12]

Relaunch[edit | edit source]

In 2016, Mint changed from the Berliner format it popularised in India and became a broadsheet. Mint also publishes Mint Lounge as a Saturday cultural edition.[13]

Livemint website[edit | edit source]

After struggling in the initial years, the Livemint website is now the second most read business news website in India, behind The Economic Times.[14] After HT Media Limited acquired VCCircle from News Corp in 2020, the Livemint website also shares content with the VCCircle and TechCircle websites. The Deals, Tech and Startups page on the Mint newspaper routinely gets content from both VCCircle and TechCircle.[15]

Notable employees (past and present)[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Mint". HT Media. Archived from the original on 9 August 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "HT Media launches business daily". 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. ↑ "Blog: India's Mint: Six years later, it's India's "best financial newspaper"". García Media. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  5. ↑ "HT Mint outsources Cornerstone to promote their brand in Tamilnadu and Bangalore". 26 April 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  6. ↑ "Mint founding editor Raju Narisetti quits, managing editor Sukumar to step in his shoes". The Financial Express. 28 December 2008. Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ "India's Mint and The Wall Street Journal end their seven-year partnership". Quartz. 30 September 2014. Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  9. ↑ "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.
  10. ↑ "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.
  11. ↑ "Sruthijith KK appointed Editor in Chief of Mint". Exchange4media. 16 November 2020.
  12. ↑ Kar, Kalyan (16 April 2006). "HT Media to launch business daily; appoints Wall Street Journal's Raju Narisetti as Head of Editorial". Exchange4Media.
  13. ↑ "About Us : Mint Lounge". lifestyle.livemint.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  14. ↑ 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.
  15. ↑ "HT Media to acquire VCCircle and TechCircle". Business Line. 29 July 2020. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  16. ↑ "Cubiclenama". Mint. Archived from the original on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2013.

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