Indian English-language daily newspaper
The Times of India , also known by its abbreviation TOI , is an Indian English -language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group . It is the fourth-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest selling English-language daily in the world .[1] [2] [3] [4] [6] It is the oldest English-language newspaper in India, and the second-oldest Indian newspaper still in circulation, with its first edition published in 1838.[7] It is nicknamed as "The Old Lady of Bori Bunder ",[8] [9] and is an Indian "newspaper of record ".[10] [11]
Near the beginning of the 20th century, Lord Curzon , the Viceroy of India , called TOI "the leading paper in Asia".[13] In 1991, the BBC ranked TOI among the world's six best newspapers.[14] [15]
It is owned and published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (B.C.C.L.), which is owned by the Sahu Jain family. In the Brand Trust Report India study 2019, TOI was rated as the most trusted English newspaper in India.[16] In a 2021 survey, Reuters Institute rated TOI as the most trusted media news brand among English-speaking, online news users in India.[17] In recent decades, the newspaper has been criticised for establishing in the Indian news industry the practice of accepting payments from persons and entities in exchange for positive coverage .
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^ Westhead, Rick (5 February 2010). "It's the best of Times" . Toronto Star . Archived from the original on 26 February 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2018 .
^ "National Newspapers Total Circulation" . International Federation of Audit Bureaux of Circulations (IFABC). 2011. Archived from the original on 20 August 2018. Retrieved 10 November 2014 .
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^ Joseph, Ammu (2005). Making News: Women in Journalism . Penguin Books India . p. 227. ISBN 978-0-14-400057-9 . Archived from the original on 29 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2022 .
^ "The old lady of Bori Bunder celebrates 175 yrs with panache" . Exchange4Media. 24 April 2013. Archived from the original on 22 March 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020 .
^ Frost, Corey; Weingarten, Karen; Babington, Doug; LePan, Don; Okun, Maureen (2017). The Broadview Guide to Writing: A Handbook for Students (6th ed.). Broadview Press . p. 27. ISBN 978-1-55481-313-1 . Archived from the original on 29 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2022 .
^ Barton, Greg; Weller, Paul; Yilmaz, Ihsan (2014). The Muslim World and Politics in Transition: Creative Contributions of the Gülen Movement . A & C Black . p. 28. ISBN 978-1-4411-5873-4 . Archived from the original on 29 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2022 .
^ Bose, Jaideep (23 April 2013). "A daily in the life of India" . TOI . Archived from the original on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2017 .
^ Baxi, C. V.; Prasad, Ajit (2005). Corporate Social Responsibility: Concepts and Cases : the Indian Experience . Excel Books India. p. 167. ISBN 978-81-7446-449-1 . Archived from the original on 29 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2022 .
^ Aggarwal, Vir Bala; Gupta, V. S. (2001). Handbook of Journalism and Mass Communication . Concept Publishing Company. p. 128. ISBN 978-81-7022-880-6 . Archived from the original on 29 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2022 .
^ "TRA's Brand Trust Report India Study 2019" (PDF) . TRA Research Pvt. Ltd. p. 48. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021 .
^ "Digital News Report 2021" . Reuters Institute . p. 135.