The July 9, 2009 front page of The Telegraph (Kolkata) |
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | ABP Group |
| Editor | Aveek Sarkar |
| Founded | 7 July 1982 |
| Political alignment | Independent[1] |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 6 Prafulla Sarkar Street, Calcutta - 700 001, India |
| Circulation | 484,971 daily |
| Sister newspapers | Anandabazar Patrika |
| OCLC number | 271717941 |
| Official website | www.telegraphindia.com |
The Telegraph is an Indian daily newspaper founded and continuously published in Kolkata since 1982. It is published by the ABP Group and the newspaper vies with the Times of India for the position of having the widest widest circulation of any newspaper in Eastern India.
According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it has a circulation of 484,971 copies as of 2008.[2] The newspaper is the fourth most-widely read English newspaper in India (after Times of India, Hindustan Times and The Hindu) with a readership of 12.04 lakhs according to Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2010.[3]
The Telegraph mainly published from eastern India is noted for its extensive coverage of Indian foreign policy and its focused reporting on India's troubled North-East. The Telegraph is also published from Guwahati and Jorhat (to cater to the entire northeast), Siliguri (for North Bengal and Sikkim), Jamshedpur and Ranchi (for Jharkhand).[4] The Telegraph comes with five editions Calcutta edition, South Bengal edition, North Bengal edition, Northeast edition (Guwahati and Jorhat splits), Jharkhand edition (Jamshedpur and Ranchi splits).[5].It also publishes TTIS,a newspaper mainly for the children.
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The Telegraph was founded on July 7, 1982. The designer director of Sunday Times, London Edwin Taylor designed the newspaper provided a standard in design and editing. In 26 years, it has become the largest circulated English daily in the eastern region published from Calcutta. In 1982, M J Akbar the current editorial Director of India Today used to edit and designed 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. Apart from newspapers the group even published Bengali and English periodicals like Anandamela, Unish-Kuri, Sananda, Anandalok, Desh magazine, Businessworld, The Telegraph in Schools and Career.
The Telegraph today offers, in addition to its extensive national, international, and business news a wide variety of reading material on special interests. In weekdays the Kolkata edition of the newspaper comes with 35 to 45 pages including all supplements and on weekend it comes with 60 pages.
The Kolkata edition of the newspaper has a daily 16 pages color supplement (in tabloid format) called T2. Every day of the week except Sunday, the T2 mainly talks about fashion, food, films, television, arts, culture etc.
The Telegraph has introduced 8 pages color section called Metro devoted solely to Calcutta and its people. This appears from Monday to Sunday. Apart from local news the Metro also reports on the social and cultural events in the city. On every Sunday Telegraph includes a matrimonial section.
Regular supplements of Telegraph Kolkata edition include:
Tabloids:
The ABP group started offering Telegraph and Anandabazar Patrika in a joint subscription for half-yearly or yearly payment at a cheaper price.[6] Also the group provides some exciting prizes for customers who wants subscription of their popular periodicals or newspapers in half-yearly or yearly payment.
Price of The Telegraph from Monday to Saturday is Rs 2.50 and on Sundays the price is Rs 5.00.
The newspaper is the first to use run-of-press colour and the first in India to win prestigious global print awards like the SNAP and IFRA.