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Breakingviews launches in India’s Business Standard
25 Mar 2009
London/New Delhi, March 25, 2009
India's most respected business daily, Business Standard, has launched a new daily Breakingviews.com column in print and online, expanding the reach of Breakingviews’ agenda-setting financial commentary in one of the world’s fastest growing economies. The columns will be chosen by Business Standard editors from breakingviews.com's considered views on the top financial stories around the globe.
Created in 1999, Breakingviews.com has established a presence in Europe, the US and Asia. Its website provides members of the global financial community with valuable insights. It also has partnerships with newspapers worldwide including the New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, France's Le Monde, Germany's Handelsblatt, Spain's El Pais and China’s Caijing. Through these partners, breakingviews reaches more than four million readers daily.
"Business Standard’s focus on India’s decision-makers and high standard of financial journalism makes the newspaper a perfect fit for our hard hitting commentary,” said Hugo Dixon, breakingviews.com's chairman and editor-in-chief. "Business Standard is a great step forward in the continued global expansion of the breakingviews.com brand."
Business Standard is the first choice of India’s serious business readers. The newspaper is published from 12 centres in India - Mumbai (formerly Bombay), New Delhi, Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), Bangalore, Chennai (formerly Madras), Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Lucknow, Pune, Kochi and Bhubaneswar.
"We are delighted to be working with Breakingviews. Our new partnership provides Business Standard readers with deeper insight into the global economic crisis,” said TN Ninan, editor and publisher of Business Standard.
For further information, please contact:
Breakingviews.com
Hugo Dixon
Editor-in-chief and chairman
+44 (0)20 7496 1857
Hugo.dixon@breakingviews.com
Business Standard
TN Ninan
Editor and publisher
+91 (011) 237 39862
tn.ninan@bsmail.in