Mint (newspaper)

Mint (newspaper)
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 that also publishes Hindustan Times. Published since 2007, it is a niche newspaper that specializes in business and politics.
It publishes a single national edition distributed in New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Pune, Ahmedabad and Chandigarh. Unlike most mainstream newspapers from India, Mint is not published on Sunday. Every Saturday, it prints its sister magazine, Mint Lounge.
It is India's first newspaper to be published in the Berliner format. The former editor of the Wall Street Journal India, Raju Narisetti ran mint from its founding in 2007 to 2008. Narisetti was succeeded by Sukumar Ranganathan, who served as editor till 2017.
In 2014, Mint and the Journal ended their seven-year editorial partnership. The companies now have a content syndication agreement as well as a subscriptions bundle.
In 2017, former editor of Khaleej Times Vinay Kamat was appointed as Editor, replacing Sukumar Ranganathan.
In November 2020, Sruthijith Kurupichankandy, better known as SK, was appointed Editor-in-chief.short description|Indian financial daily newspaper}}
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 that also publishes Hindustan Times. Published since 2007, it is a niche newspaper that specializes in business and politics.
It publishes a single national edition distributed in New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Pune, Ahmedabad and Chandigarh. Unlike most mainstream newspapers from India, Mint is not published on Sunday. Every Saturday, it prints its sister magazine, Mint Lounge.
It is India's first newspaper to be published in the Berliner format. The former editor of the Wall Street Journal India, Raju Narisetti ran mint from its founding in 2007 to 2008. Narisetti was succeeded by Sukumar Ranganathan, who served as editor till 2017.
In 2014, Mint and the Journal ended their seven-year editorial partnership. The companies now have a content syndication agreement as well as a subscriptions bundle.
In 2017, former editor of Khaleej Times Vinay Kamat was appointed as Editor, replacing Sukumar Ranganathan.
In November 2020, Sruthijith Kurupichankandy, better known as SK, was appointed Editor-in-chief.
History
Launch
Mint began in collaboration with The Wall Street Journal on 1 February 2007, with the Journals former deputy managing editor, Raju Narisetti as its founding editor.
Relaunch
In 2016, Mint changed from the Berliner format it popularized in India and became a broadsheet. Mint also publishes Mint Lounge as a Saturday cultural edition.
Product
Editorial Coverage and Political Leaning
Mint's editorial coverage and its style of presentation is noted for its refreshing clarity and accessibility - facets that were uncommon in business journalism from India. Shortly after its launch and in years thereafter, competitors continued to imitate Mint's innovations. Some notable examples include: the change of writing style to include outside voices (3rd party characters) in news articles to bring in better perspective; reducing the use of business or financial jargon or using explainer paragraphs in articles to make them more inclusive; using data and visualisations on a routine basis to better explain complex topics.
Mint's name and brand colours sought to represent its differentiated product offering and departure from hackneyed business reporting. It has come to be known for its in-depth coverage of companies, sharp macro economic analysis and insightful opinions. It is also well regarded for its coverage of personal wealth topics under Mint Money.
Mint is known to be a fiscally conservative and socially liberal newspaper. It has no explicit political party preferences. However, it has consistently supported deregulation of sectors and having lesser government intervention across the board.
Website
After struggling in the initial years, the Livemint website is now the second most read business news website in India, behind The Economic Times. After HT Media Limited acquired VCCircle from News Corp in 2020, the Livemint website also shares content with the VCCircle and TechCircle websites. The three websites have sort of become one product, though they still operate independently as well. The Deals, Tech and Startups page on the Mint newspaper routinely gets content from both VCCircle and TechCircle.
Notable employees (past and present)
Niranjan Rajadyaksha
Anil Padmanabhan
Tamal Bandyopadhyay
Melissa Bell
Mitra Kalita
Samanth Subramanian
Pallavi Singh
Sidin Vadukut, columnist, previously managing editor of livemint.com
Liz Mathew
Sanjiv Shankaran
Jacob Koshy
Padmaparna Ghosh
Utpal Bhaskar
Asit Ranjan Mishra
Prashant K Nanda
Seema Chowdhry
Priya Ramani
Anindhita Ghose
Shalini Umachandran
Cordelia Jenkins
PR Sanjai
Mobis Philipose
Jose Martin Tharakan
Anil Penna
Nabeel Mohideen
Monika Halan
Satish John
References
External links
Mint ePaper (E-Paper – Digital Replica of the newspaper)
Interview with Raju Narisetti, Mint
Mint Market Info (Money Mint Market Information)
2007 establishments in Delhi
Business newspapers published in India
English-language newspapers published in India
Hindustan Times
National newspapers published in India
Newspapers published in Delhi
Newspapers established in 2007