Hindustan Times and The Washington Post have entered into a content partnership after which Hindustan Times will be offering content to Post and Newsweek.
Hindustan Times apart form the daily news articles, features, opinion pieces and book reviews, will now have access to columns written by renowned writers like Fareed Zakaria, editor of Newsweek International, Robert Samuelson, business and financial columnist and contributor news editor, Newsweek, and David Ignatius, former editor of the International Herald Tribune and Post columnist.
The Content from The Post which is selected by the Hindustan Times editors, will appear in a Post-branded space in the Hindustan Times.
Prior to this partnership HT’s business paper, Mint underwent a content tie-up with The Wall Street Journal as well.
“The Washington Post is pleased that Hindustan Times, with its large audience base, has chosen to provide its readers in India content from the Post and Newsweek on an exclusive basis for English language newspapers. India’s growing role on a global stage makes readers in India a natural audience for the Post.” said Raju Narisetti, managing editor, The Post.
Sanjoy Narayan, editor-in-chief, Hindustan Times added, “This partnership between The Washington Post and Hindustan Times is actually a meeting of minds and a joining of forces that arm Hindustan Times readers to take on the world around them every day.”