Business Today
Indian business magazine and site from the India Today Group
Business Today is an Indian English-language business magazine founded in 1992, published fortnightly with a daily news website. It is published by Living Media India Limited, which trades as the India Today Group and is based in New Delhi; the site describes itself as the group's third mega-brand.Sources:1Wikipedia: Business Today (India), Wikipedia (source, opens in a new tab)2Wikipedia: Living Media, Wikipedia (source, opens in a new tab)3Business Today: About Us, Business Today (source, opens in a new tab)
The India Today Group was founded in 1975 by Aroon Purie and Madhu Trehan; Aroon Purie is its chairman and its listed arm trades on the BSE and NSE.Sources:2Wikipedia: Living Media, Wikipedia (source, opens in a new tab)
Who it favours
Our reading of 1 article by Business Today on stories with competing sides. A story counts only when two signals point the same way; balanced coverage counts too. How we decide.
Balanced in every story we analysed.
Who controls it
Whoever owns an outlet, provides most of its money or directs it controls it. Our rule.
No government, party or politician is documented as its owner, main funder or director.
Our reading
Editorial assessment by Connect the Dots from 4 stories this outlet covered between 21 Oct 2026 and 23 Oct 2026; updated 24 Oct 2026. Every observation links to the articles it is based on.
Business Today's desk copy in the four stories we tracked was built on company disclosures, market data and other outlets' reporting, with few named sources and no critical or opposing voices; its Rubio story did not mention that he skipped Delhi.
- Its 21 October story on Marco Rubio's Jamnagar visit (Business Today Desk) reported his arrival and a "scheduled" Reliance refinery and Vantara tour without naming a source, framed the trade deal as "closer to final agreement" on the strength of Rubio's remark that only "a small number of items" remained, and did not mention that he had not gone to Delhi; Reliance, the State Department and Indian officials were not quoted. Sources:4Business Today: Marco Rubio arrives in Jamnagar to visit Reliance refinery as India US trade deal moves closer to final agreement, Business Today, 21 October 2026 (source, opens in a new tab)
- Its 22 October Meta story drew on the company's disclosures and a CNBC price quote; it quoted no Meta executive, analyst or critic, left an unattributed EPS forecast unexplained, and hedged the credit-default-swap claim with "reportedly". Sources:5Business Today: Meta shares slide 7% as AI spending push drives capex higher, free cash flow turns negative, Business Today, 22 October 2026 (source, opens in a new tab)
- Its 23 October Brent story ("With Reuters inputs") opened "According to news reports", relayed Reuters on Aramco's Dhahran evacuation, Iran's army chief via Tasnim, Donald Trump's remarks and a UBS analyst, gave two different Brent prices ($116.13 and $117.26) without reconciling them, and offered no Indian context such as the rupee or oil marketing companies. Sources:6Business Today: Brent crude hits over $117 a barrel, highest in six months, as fears of fresh US-Iran strikes mount, Business Today, 23 October 2026 (source, opens in a new tab)
- Its 23 October Jio Platforms IPO story gave subscription figures and a grey-market premium without naming a source, said "Most brokerages are positive" without naming any, and quoted one firm's caveat that the issue was "a fundamentally sound business at a full valuation" alongside a list of risks. Sources:7Business Today: Jio Platforms IPO: Last day to subscribe; check application deadline, UPI timings, latest GMP, Business Today, 23 October 2026 (source, opens in a new tab)
Owners, funders and directors
- DirectorAroon PurieFounder and chairman of the India Today Group Sources:2Wikipedia: Living Media, Wikipedia (source, opens in a new tab)
- DirectorKalli PurieVice-chairperson of the India Today Group; given control of the group by Aroon Purie in October 2017 Sources:2Wikipedia: Living Media, Wikipedia (source, opens in a new tab)8Wikipedia: Aroon Purie, Wikipedia (source, opens in a new tab)
- OwnerLiving Media India LimitedPublisher, trading as the India Today Group Sources:1Wikipedia: Business Today (India), Wikipedia (source, opens in a new tab)3Business Today: About Us, Business Today (source, opens in a new tab)
As documented, nearest first. Each note says what the source supports.
- Ownership disclosed on its site
- Published corrections policy
- Funding disclosed
- Sources:3Business Today: About Us, Business Today (source, opens in a new tab)
How we use it
3 stories cite Business Today directly.
October 2026
- Jio Platforms IPO closes about 22 times subscribed as institutions bid 70 times their quotaBidding for the roughly Rs 30,213 crore Jio Platforms IPO ended on 23 October with heavy institutional demand and modest retail interest; allotment is due 26 October and listing 28 October.
- Meta shares drop 7% on AI spending and negative cash flow as Nasdaq has worst day since JuneMeta fell about 7% after its quarterly free cash flow turned negative on AI spending, dragging the Nasdaq down 2.6% in its worst session since June.
- Rubio skips Delhi, meets Ambani, Adani and Tata chief on a business-focused India tripUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio toured Reliance's Jamnagar refinery and met top Indian business leaders, saying the US wants Reliance to refine more Venezuelan crude and that a trade deal is close.
Outside left–right raters
For comparison only. Western raters place outlets on a left–right line, which says nothing about whom they favour in a given story or who funds them; our own tally is above.
No outside rater covers this outlet.
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