The Express Group has entered into a content partnership with the Financial Times in India. The agreement,formally announced today by Shekhar Gupta,Group Editor-in-Chief,The Express Group,will soon see FT content carried on branded pages in The Financial Express and The Indian Express.
With a strong line-up of columnists such as Meghnad Desai,Rajesh Chakrabarti ,Surjit S Bhalla,M Govinda Rao,Arindam Bhattacharya,Mahesh Vyas,Ila Patnaik,Sunil Jain and M.K Venu,new content from the Financial Times will provide readers of The Financial Express and The Indian Express indepth analysis with a global perspective.
In addition to daily news and features from the Financial Times,readers will benefit from access to reporting from FT bureaus around the world and columns by eminent writers such as Martin Wolf,Lucy Kellaway and Simon Schama. Said Shekhar Gupta: Our partnership with the Financial Times grows from the Express Groups commitment to our very demanding readers and to their need for insightful content that helps them understand todays rapidly changing world,its politics and its markets.
Angela Mackay,Executive Director of Asia Pacific at the Financial Times,added: The Financial Times,with its unparalleled access to world leaders,is a must-read for the global business community. The relationship with The Express Group in India will grow our print offering in what is already an important digital market for us.