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{{Infobox television channel
{{About|the news magazine|the news channel|India Today Television}}
| name            = India Today
{{short description|Indian news magazine}}
| logo            = India_Today_TV_Channel_logo.jpg
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
| logo_size      = 200px
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}
| logo_alt        =
{{Infobox magazine
| launch_date    = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2003|04|07}}
|logo = India Today logo.png
| owner          = [[Living Media]]
|image_file = IndiaToday-20-20061218.jpg
| country        = [[India]]
|image_size = 150px
| language        = [[English language|English]]
|image_caption = 30th anniversary issue of ''India Today''
| area            = India and Worldwide
|editor = Aroon Purie <br />[[Madhu Trehan]] (founding editor)
| picture_format  = 4:3 (576i, SDTV) <br> HDTV (1080p/720p 16:9)
|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>
|staff_writer =
| former_names    = Headlines Today
|frequency =
| replaced        =
|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]]
| web            = {{URL|https://www.indiatoday.in/}}
|company = [[Living Media]]
| online_chan_1  = [https://www.indiatoday.in/livetv Watch Live]
|publisher = Living Media India Limited
|firstdate = 1–15 December 1975
|country = [[India]]
|based= [[Noida, Uttar Pradesh]]<ref name="indiatodaygroup1">{{cite web|url=http://www.indiatodaygroup.com/new-site/publications/ite.html |title=Publications |publisher=India Today Group|access-date=28 September 2010}}</ref>
|language = English
|website = {{URL|indiatoday.in}}
|issn = 0254-8399
}}
}}


'''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>


==References==
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