Quick Answer: The Economic Times is an Indian English-language business-focused daily newspaper. Published by The Times Group, The Economic Times began publication in 1961 and it is sold in all major cities in India. As of 2012, it is the world's second-most widely read English-language business newspaper, after The Wall Street Journal, with a daily readership of over 800,000. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the newspaper's circulation averaged 269,882 copies during the latter half of 2022. It is published simultaneously from 19 cities: Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Chandigarh, Pune, Patna, Ranchi, Indore, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Kochi, and Goa. Its main content is based on the Indian economy, international finance, share prices, prices of commodities as well as other matters related to finance. The founding editor of the paper when it was launched in 1961 was P. S. Hariharan.