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{{About|the news magazine|the news channel|India Today Television}}
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| owner          = [[Living Media]]
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| language        = [[English language|English]]
|image_caption = 30th anniversary issue of ''India Today''
| area            = India and Worldwide
|editor = Aroon Purie <br />[[Madhu Trehan]] (founding editor)
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|editor_title = Editor-in-chief
| headquarters    = [[Noida, Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiatodaygroup.com/new-site/publications/ite.html |title=India Today Group |publisher=India Today Group |date= |accessdate=2010-10-09}}</ref>
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|circulation = 1,600,000<ref>[http://mruc.net/irs2012q1-topline-findings.pdf "IRS 2012 Q1 Topline Findings"]. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407092737/http://mruc.net/irs2012q1-topline-findings.pdf |date=7 April 2014}}. mruc.net. Retrieved 31 March 2013.</ref>
| sister_channels = [[Aaj Tak]],  [[Tez]],  Aaj Tak HD
|category = [[News magazine]]
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|company = [[Living Media]]
| online_chan_1  = [https://www.indiatoday.in/livetv Watch Live]
|publisher = Living Media India Limited
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|country = [[India]]
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'''India Today''' (formerly '''Headlines Today''') is a 24-hour [[English language]] [[television network]] based in [[Noida, Uttar Pradesh]] that carries news, current affairs and business programming in India. The channel is owned by [[TV Today Network|TV Today Network Ltd]], which is a part of [[Living Media]].
'''''India Today''''' is a weekly Indian English-language news [[magazine]] published by [[Living Media|Living Media India Limited]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Douglas Bullis|title=Selling to India's Consumer Market|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J4dWLuerJl4C&pg=PA46|access-date=7 May 2016|year=1997|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-1-56720-105-5|page=46}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Advertising N Promotion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QQEiBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA713|access-date=5 May 2016|year=2009|publisher=Tata McGraw-Hill Education|isbn=978-0-07-008031-7|page=713}}</ref> It is the most widely circulated magazine in [[India]], with a readership of close to 8 million.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/current/corporate/irs-2017-india-today-most-read-magazine-in-the-country-business-today-no-1-among-business-magazines/story/268717.html|title=IRS 2017: India Today most-read magazine in the country, Business Today No.1 among business magazines|date=10 February 2018|website=Business Today|access-date=2019-07-20}}</ref> In 2014, ''India Today'' launched a new online opinion-orientated site called the ''DailyO''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.medianama.com/2014/09/223-india-today-dailyo/|title=India Today Group launches Medium clone DailyO|author=Vivek Pai|date=15 September 2014|access-date=27 March 2019|quote=It looks like The India Today Group has launched a new opinion-oriented site called DailyO that provides commentary on news from various categories like politics, sports, life, sci-tech, money, humour and art & culture.|work=Medianama}}</ref>


==History==
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The channel was launched in 2003 as a sister channel of the Hindi [[Aaj Tak]] news channel. It is one of the four  news channels from the TV Today Network stable, the others being [[Aaj Tak]], Tez and [[Delhi Aaj Tak]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k4/nov/nov75.htm|title=Alok Verma to head TV Today spl. projects|date=8 November 2004|publisher=}}</ref> was brought in as the Executive Producer to successfully launch TV Today group's foray into the English news channel category.<ref>{{cite news|title=Aaj Tak English channel may launch in 10 days|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/old-html/headlines/y2k3/feb/feb151.htm|accessdate=3 April 2017|work=Indian Television|date=24 February 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=TV Today's Delhi Aaj Tak likely to launch mid-May |url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/node/23101 |publisher=Indian Television |accessdate=3 April 2017 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207233838/http://www.indiantelevision.com/node/23101 |archivedate=7 February 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Media watchers flagged the channel for unethical use of footage in September 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehoot.org/media-watch/media-practice/unethical-use-of-unrelated-videos-8912|title=Unethical use of  unrelated videos|publisher=}}</ref> and sexist content.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehoot.org/media-watch-briefs/india-today-s-offensive-video-8205|title=India Today's offensive video|publisher=}}</ref>


==Controversies==
==History==
''India Today'' was established in 1975<ref>{{cite book|title=The Far East and Australasia 2003|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LclscNCTz9oC&pg=PA490|access-date=2 June 2016|year=2002|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-1-85743-133-9|page=490}}</ref> by Vidya Vilas Purie (owner of Thompson Press), with his daughter [[Madhu Trehan]] as its editor and his son [[Aroon Purie]] as its publisher.<ref name="HT">Bhandare, Namita. [http://www.hindustantimes.com/Brunch/Brunch-Stories/70-s-The-decade-of-innocence/Article1-700294.aspx "70's: The decade of innocence"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120817115158/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Brunch/Brunch-Stories/70-s-The-decade-of-innocence/Article1-700294.aspx |date=2012-08-17 }}.''Hindustan Times''. Retrieved 29 July 2012.</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/slideshow-india-s-top-50-influentials-1218058#top|title=India's Top 50 Influentials | date=1 January 2009 | publisher=Daily News and Analysis (DNA) | access-date=7 July 2018 }}</ref> At present, ''India Today'' is also published in [[Hindi]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Malayalam]] and [[Telugu language|Telugu]]. The India Today news channel was launched on 22 May 2015.


===Fake TRP Scandal===
In October 2017, Aroon Purie passed control of the India Today Group to his daughter, Kallie Purie.<ref>{{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>
India Today named in FIR filed by Mumbai police in Fake TRP Ratings Scandal.<ref>{{cite news |date=10 October 2020 |title= India Today named in Fake TRP Scandal- Source- Times Now|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/videos/times-now/india/fake-trp-scandal-india-today-named-in-fir-mumbai-police-confirms-to-times-now/77266 |work=Times Now|access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref>
 
===Viewership Manipulation===
India Today was fined Rupees 5 Lakh, for Viewership Manipulation, by BARC.<ref>{{cite news |date=10 October 2020 |title= India Today fined 5 lakh rupees- Source- newstracklive|url=https://english.newstracklive.com/news/india-today-accept-that-barc-put-penalty-on-him-in-fake-trp-case-sc111-nu764-ta764-ta277-1123095-1.html |work=newstracklive|access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref> India Today admitted to being fined for viewership malpractice<ref>{{cite news |date=10 October 2020 |title= India Today fined 5 lakh rupees- Source- India today|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/india-today-group-s-statement-on-claims-made-in-the-trp-scam-case-1730122-2020-10-09 |work=India Today|access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref>
 
===Fake News===
India Today's sister channel, Aaj Tak, a Hindi news channel was fined Rupees 1 Lakh by NSBA (News broadcasting standards authority) for fake news on Sushant Singh Rajput case.<ref>{{cite news |date=10 October 2020 |title= Aaj Tak fined for Fake News |url=https://in.news.yahoo.com/aaj-tak-being-fined-faulty-185406566.html |work=Yahoo news|access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref>
 
== Awards==
* Exchange4media News Broadcasting Awards 2015<ref>{{cite web|title=TV Today Network wins big at ENBA 2015|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/enba-2015-india-today-television-wins-big/1/595343.html|accessdate=3 April 2017}}</ref>


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Revision as of 23:38, 5 May 2021

This article is about the news magazine. For the news channel, see India Today Television.


India Today
India Today logo.png
File:IndiaToday-20-20061218.jpg
30th anniversary issue of India Today
Editor-in-chiefAroon Purie
Madhu Trehan (founding editor)
CategoriesNews magazine
Circulation1,600,000[1]
PublisherLiving Media India Limited
First issue1–15 December 1975
CompanyLiving Media
CountryIndia
Based inNoida, Uttar Pradesh[2]
LanguageEnglish
Websiteindiatoday.in
ISSN0254-8399

India Today is a weekly Indian English-language news magazine published by Living Media India Limited.[3][4] It is the most widely circulated magazine in India, with a readership of close to 8 million.[5] In 2014, India Today launched a new online opinion-orientated site called the DailyO.[6]

History

India Today was established in 1975[7] by Vidya Vilas Purie (owner of Thompson Press), with his daughter Madhu Trehan as its editor and his son Aroon Purie as its publisher.[8][9] At present, India Today is also published in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu. The India Today news channel was launched on 22 May 2015.

In October 2017, Aroon Purie passed control of the India Today Group to his daughter, Kallie Purie.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "IRS 2012 Q1 Topline Findings". Archived 7 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine. mruc.net. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  2. ↑ "Publications". India Today Group. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
  3. ↑ Douglas Bullis (1997). Selling to India's Consumer Market. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-56720-105-5. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  4. ↑ Advertising N Promotion. Tata McGraw-Hill Education. 2009. p. 713. ISBN 978-0-07-008031-7. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "IRS 2017: India Today most-read magazine in the country, Business Today No.1 among business magazines". Business Today. 10 February 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  6. ↑ Vivek Pai (15 September 2014). "India Today Group launches Medium clone DailyO". Medianama. Retrieved 27 March 2019. It looks like The India Today Group has launched a new opinion-oriented site called DailyO that provides commentary on news from various categories like politics, sports, life, sci-tech, money, humour and art & culture.
  7. ↑ The Far East and Australasia 2003. Psychology Press. 2002. p. 490. ISBN 978-1-85743-133-9. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  8. ↑ Bhandare, Namita. "70's: The decade of innocence" Archived 2012-08-17 at the Wayback Machine.Hindustan Times. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  9. ↑ "India's Top 50 Influentials". Daily News and Analysis (DNA). 1 January 2009. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  10. ↑ Ray, Shantanu Ray (18 October 2017). "Aroon Purie hands over reins of India Today to daughter Kallie; appoints her as group vice-chairperson". First Post. Retrieved 5 December 2017.

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