{{short description|Indian English-language daily newspaper}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = The New Indian Express | logo = TNIE Masthead 2016.svg | image = The New Indian Express front page design as of April 2011.jpg | caption = The April 2011 redesigned front page of
''The New Indian Express'' | type = [[Daily newspaper]] | format = [[Broadsheet]] | founded = 1932 in [[Madras]], [[British Raj|British India]], Bifurcated from ''[[The Indian Express]]'' and renamed in 13 August 1999 | owners = Express Publications (Madurai) Limited | publisher = Express Publications | chief_editor = Santwana Bhattacharya | headquarters = Chennai – 600 058 | political_position = [[Centre-left]] | language = English | website = {{URL|https://www.newindianexpress.com/|newindianexpress.com}} | oclc = 844203788 | circulation = }} '''''The New Indian Express''''' is an Indian English-language [[broadsheet]] daily newspaper published by the [[Chennai]]-based Express Publications. It was founded in 1932 as ''[[The Indian Express]]'', under the ownership of Chennai-based [[P. Varadarajulu Naidu]]. [[File:The New Indian Express, Coimbatore press (2).JPG|thumb|The New Indian Express and Dinamani, Coimbatore press]] Santwana Bhattacharya was appointed Editor-in-Chief on 1 July 2022,{{Cite web |date=2022-07-25 |title=The New Indian Express appoints Santwana Bhattacharya as new Editor |url=http://www.allaboutnewspapers.com/the-new-indian-express-appoints-santwana-bhattacharya-as-new-editor/ |access-date=2022-08-14 |website=All About Newspapers |language=en-US |archive-date=13 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813061422/http://www.allaboutnewspapers.com/the-new-indian-express-appoints-santwana-bhattacharya-as-new-editor/ |url-status=live }} replacing G.S. Vasu. ==History== ''Indian Express'' was first published on 5 September 1932, in [[Madras]] (now [[Chennai]]) by an [[ayurveda|Ayurvedic]] doctor and [[Indian National Congress]] member P Varadarajulu Naidu, publishing from the same [[Publisher|press]] where he ran the ''Tamil Nadu'' Tamil weekly. But soon, on account of financial difficulties, he sold it to [[S. Sadanand]], founder of ''[[The Free Press Journal]]'', another English newspaper. In 1933, ''The Indian Express'' opened its second office in [[Madurai]] and launched the [[Tamil language|Tamil]] daily ''[[Dinamani]]'' on 11 September 1934. Sadanand introduced several innovations and reduced the price, but later sold part of his stake in the form of convertible [[debentures]] to Ramnath Goenka due to financial difficulties. When ''The Free Press Journal'' further went into financial decline in 1935, Sadanand lost ownership of ''Indian Express'' after a long controversial court battle with Goenka, where blows were exchanged. Finally, a year later, Goenka bought the rest of the 26 per cent stake from Sadanand, and the paper came under his control, who took the already anti-establishment tone of the paper to greater heights.{{Citation needed|date=January 2008}} At that time it had to face stiff competition from the well-established ''[[The Hindu]]'' and the ''Mail'', besides other prominent newspapers. In the late 1930s, the circulation was no more than 2,000.{{Citation needed|date=January 2008}} In 1939 Goenka bought out ''[[Andhra Prabha]]'', a prominent [[Telugu language|Telugu]] daily. It gained the name [[Three Musketeers]] for the three dailies.{{Citation needed|date=January 2008}} In 1940 the whole premises were gutted by fire. ''The Hindu'', its rival, helped considerably in re-launching the paper, by getting it printed temporarily at one of its Swadesimithran's press and later offering its recently vacated premises in Madras at 2, Mount Road later to become the landmark [[Express Estates]].{{Citation needed|date=January 2008}} This relocation helped the ''Express'' obtain better high-speed printing machines. In later years, [[Ramnath Goenka|Goenka]] started the [[Mumbai]] edition with the landmark [[Express Towers]] as his office when the ''Morning Standard'' was bought by him in 1944. Two years later it became the Mumbai edition of ''The Indian Express''. Later on, editions were started in cities like [[Madurai]] (1957), [[Bangalore]] (1965) and [[Ahmedabad]] (1968). The ''[[The Financial Express (India)|Financial Express]]'' was launched in 1961 from Mumbai, a Bangalore edition of ''Andhra Prabha'' was launched in 1965, and [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] dailies ''Lok Satta'' and ''Jansatta'' in 1952, from Ahmedabad and Baroda. The [[Delhi]] edition started was when the Tej group's ''Indian News Chronicle'' was acquired in 1951, which from 1953 became the Delhi edition of ''Indian Express''. In 1990 it bought the Sterling group of magazines and, along with it, the ''Gentleman'' magazine. After Goenka's demise in 1991, two of the family members split the group into ''Indian Express'' Mumbai with all the north Indian editions, while the southern editions were grouped as Express Publications (Madurai) Limited with [[Chennai]] as headquarters. ==Editions== ''The New Indian Express'' is now published from all 22 major cities in [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Karnataka]], [[Kerala]], [[Odisha]], [[Tamil Nadu]] [[Telangana]] and Morning Standard from [[Delhi]]. ==Circulation== [[Image:The New Indian Express Masthead.png|thumb|right|270px|Masthead from 1999 until 2008]] ''The New Indian Express'' has a net paid circulation of 595,618 copies.Source: ABC J-D, 2010 ''NIE'' achieves its biggest penetration (paid sales per head of population) in the state of Kerala. In Kerala, the newspaper has a circulation of 1,24,005 copies. It claims to be the first Indian newspaper to give insurance benefits to its subscribers.{{Citation needed|date=April 2007}} It is published in a geographical area that covers approximately 24 per cent of the national population. ''The New Sunday Express'' (the Sunday edition of the NIE) is arguably the flagship publication, with magazine supplements incorporating national and international themes and sections on developmental issues, society, politics, literature, arts, cinema, travel, lifestyle, sports, new-age living, self-development and entertainment. ==Recent changes== [[File:City Express Bengaluru.jpg|thumb|220px|''City Express'' (Bengaluru) front page design as of September 2016]] [[File:The New Sunday Express front page design as of April 2011.jpg|thumb|right|220px|''The New Sunday Express'' front page design as of April 2011]] During late 2007/early 2008, there was a big shakeout of editorial staff, with many old hands leaving to make way for new. In April 2008, the newspaper underwent a major, drastic and exceptionally modern layout and design makeover and launched a huge advertising campaign. ===''Indulge''=== In October 2007, ''The New Indian Express'' launched a 40-page Friday magazine supplement (now, total colour) called '''''Indulge''''' exclusively for the Chennai edition. In September 2010, the lifestyle pullout began a Bangalore edition.{{Cite web |last=Bhula |first=Pooja |date=2024-02-05 |title=Who Owns Your Media: New Indian Express through disputes, dreams, on road to recovery |url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2024/02/05/who-owns-your-media-new-indian-express-through-disputes-dreams-on-road-to-recovery |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=Newslaundry |language=en}} == Websites == The New Indian Express Group of Companies also publishes ''[[Dinamani]]'' in Tamil and the following magazines: ''[[Cinema Express]]'' (Tamil), ''[[Samakalika Malayalam Vaarika]]'' (Malayalam), in addition to the website ''Edex Live''.{{Cite web|last=Jain|first=Nitish|date=March 3, 2021|title=Impact of COVID-19 on Education – Edex Live interviews Nitish Jain (President, SP Jain)|url=https://www.spjain.org/blog/news/impact-of-covid-19-on-education-edex-live-interviews-nitish-jain-president-sp-jain|access-date=2021-08-11|website=SP Jain News|archive-date=11 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811060740/https://www.spjain.org/blog/news/impact-of-covid-19-on-education-edex-live-interviews-nitish-jain-president-sp-jain|url-status=live}} ==See also== * [[Indian Express Group]] * ''[[The Indian Express]]'' * [[List of newspapers in India by circulation]] * [[List of newspapers in the world by circulation]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[https://epaper.newindianexpress.com/ Epaper] *{{Twitter|id=NewIndianXpress}} {{Newspapers in India}} {{DEFAULTSORT:New Indian Express, The}} [[Category:Newspapers established in 1932]] [[Category:Newspapers established in 1991]] [[Category:English-language newspapers published in India]] [[Category:Mass media in Tamil Nadu]] [[Category:Newspapers published in Coimbatore]] [[Category:Newspapers published in Tiruchirappalli]] [[Category:Mass media in Madurai]] [[Category:1991 establishments in Tamil Nadu]] [[Category:Companies based in Chennai]]