The New Indian Express

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The New Indian Express is a newspaper based in Chennai, India. It was bifuricated in 1995 from Indian Express after Ramnath Goenka's demise among his family members. The name of Indian Express name was modified with a THE prefix for the Nothern editions (The Indian Express) based in Mumbai, which actually was founded in Chennai in 1931. Its history can be traced to Chennai in 1931 when it started as INDIAN EXPRESS. The Souhtern editions of INDIAN EXPRESS became The New Indian Express.

The New Indian Express now is published from all major cities in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. It is published in Chennai (Madras), Hyderabad, Bangalore and Kochi. It also brings out an edition in the state of Orissa. In total, it publishes from 14 centres in the south. Its various supplements, which appear on a weekly or fortnightly basis, include pull-outs on careers, youth, women and education.

According to the National Readership Survey in India, for 2006 the New Indian Express was the 6th biggest selling English language newspaper in India, with a readership of 1.05 million. The New Sunday Express (the Sunday edition of the NIE) is arguably the flagship publication, with magazine supplements incorporationg both national and international themes and sections on arts, leisure, travel, lifestyle, sport, new age living, books, self-development, entertainment and development issues. The Audit Bureau of Circulation figures for 2005 indicated that paid sales (as opposed to "readership") for the Sunday edition were 240,000 copies (230,000 for the weekday edition), although the paper itself claims these figures to be nearer to 300,000.

It is now famous for articles by T.J.S.George and S.Gurumurthy, and is managed by Manoj Kumar Sonthalia, from Chennai.