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The Telegraph
The Telegraph (Kolkata)
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The 20 August 2013 front page of
The Telegraph (Calcutta)
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) ABP Group
Editor Aveek Sarkar
Founded 7 July 1982
Political alignment Independent[1]
Language English
Headquarters 6, Prafulla Sarkar Street, Kolkata-700001, West Bengal, India
Circulation 474,381 Daily[2] (as of November 2015)
Sister newspapers Anandabazar Patrika
Ebela
OCLC number 271717941
Website www.telegraphindia.com

The Telegraph is an Indian English daily newspaper founded and continuously published in Kolkata (Calcutta) since 7 July 1982. It is published by the ABP Group and the newspaper competes with The Times of India. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it has a circulation of 474,381 copies as of November 2015.[2] The newspaper is the fifth most-widely read English newspaper in India as per Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2014.[3]

The Telegraph has five editions Calcutta, South Bengal, North Bengal, Northeast edition (Guwahati split), Jharkhand edition (Jamshedpur, Jharkhand and Ranchi splits), Patna and Bhubaneshwar.[4][5]

History

The Telegraph was founded on 7 July 1982. The designer director of Sunday Times, London Edwin Taylor designed the newspaper provided a standard in design and editing. In 31 years, it has become the largest circulated English daily in the eastern region published from Kolkata. In 1982, M. J. Akbar, the current editorial Director of India Today, used to edit and design the daily newspaper; thus it had a major impact on newspaper journalism in India.

The Telegraph is published by media group Ananda Publishers closely associated with ABP Pvt. Ltd; the group also published Anandabazar Patrika (a Bengali language newspaper) since 13 March 1922.[6] Apart from newspapers the group even published Bengali and English periodicals like Anandamela, Unish-Kuri, Sananda, Anandalok, Desh magazine', The Telegraph in Schools and Career.

BusinessWorld, which was initially part of the ABP group, has been sold to Anurag Batra, of Exchange4Media and Vikram Jhunjhunwala, an investment banker for an undisclosed amount.[7]

Editors and columnist

See also

References

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