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Express Group Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Express_Group

Not to be confused with The New Indian Express.

Indian Express Limited
Company typePrivate
IndustryMedia
Founded1932; 93 years ago (1932)
FounderRamnath Goenka
Headquarters
Sector-10, Noida
,
India
Key people
Viveck Goenka
ProductsNewspaper
OwnerViveck Goenka
Websiteindianexpress.com

Indian Express Limited (IEL) is an Indian news media publishing company. It publishes several widely circulated dailies, including The Indian Express and The Financial Express in English, the Loksatta in Marathi and the Jansatta in Hindi. The company's newspapers are published from over a dozen cities daily, including New Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Pune, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Kochi, Lucknow, Jaipur, Nagpur, Vadodara and Chennai. Its weekly entertainment magazine Screen, covering the Indian film industry, also has a popular following.[1]

On 2 November 2006, the Indian Express Group signed a print syndication deal with The Economist, which included allowing the Indian Express Group to publish surveys, some reports, and various other content published in The Economist magazine.[2]

Publications

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The following brands and concerns are owned by the Group:

  • The Indian Express – a national daily (English)
  • The Sunday Express – a news weekly
  • The Financial Express – a business daily
  • Loksatta – Marathi daily
  • Lokprabha – Marathi weekly
  • Jansatta – Hindi daily for North India
  • Screen (magazine) – Periodical dealing with the film and entertainment industry
  • Express Online – the portal for hosting IndianExpress.com, FinancialExpress.com, ScreenIndia.com, Tamil.indianexpress.com, Jansatta.com, Loksatta.com and Lokprabha.com, ExpressCricket.in, and KashmirLive.com[3]

Other ventures

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Business Publications Division

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Established in 1990, the division manages leading B2B publications and events catering to major industry verticals like Information Technology, Hospitality & Travel, Pharma & Healthcare, etc.[4]

Express Towers

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Indian Express Limited earlier owned a 25-storey building named Express Towers at Marine Drive, Mumbai. The building houses offices of several corporate entities. In the year 2018, Pune based Panchsheel bought the building for 900 crores.[5]

Controversies

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In 2022, Indian Express published a piece in its newspaper claiming that the director generals of few Indian paramilitary forces were not invited to the Republic Day parade. The concerned forces later clarified that the news was incorrect and the director generals had attended the event.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "The Express Group". India Express. Archived from the original on 13 July 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2009.
  2. ^ Sahad, PV (2 November 2006). "Indian Express Group Signs Content Deal With The Economist". Content Sutra. Archived from the original on 15 November 2007. Retrieved 19 February 2009.
  3. ^ "Our Brands". The Indian Express. 26 June 2022. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Business Publications Division, which published scores of niche magazines catering to the IT, Hospitality, Pharma, and Textile industries during the early nineties". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  5. ^ "SoBo's Express Tower finally finds a buyer; deal likely for Rs 900 cr". Firstpost. 19 November 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  6. ^ Agencies (30 January 2022). "All CAPF DGs were invited, attended R-Day Parade 2022: Officials". The Shillong Times. Archived from the original on 31 December 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
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