Ownership & Funding
Review Times Indian's commitment to complete transparency regarding our funding channels, commercial separation, and editorial independence.
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Contact the teamAbout Times Indian
Times Indian is an independent digital news platform committed to publishing objective news, in-depth reports, and updates on public affairs. We serve readers across India and the globe by reporting on politics, world events, technology, sports, and entertainment. Our aim is to provide a clean, unbiased, and public-interest editorial product.
Editorial independence
We operate under strict editorial freedom. Newsroom coverage, article assignments, editorial conclusions, and story priorities are determined solely by our editors and journalists. No commercial partner, advertiser, corporate sponsor, or external stakeholder has any control over our editorial policies, investigations, or the framing of our news stories.
Funding model
To maintain our operational sustainability, Times Indian is supported by advertising revenue, programmatic ads, newsletter sponsorships, and other lawful business arrangements. By diversifying our commercial channels, we ensure that the newsroom remains free from dependence on any single donor, political group, or government entity.
Advertising separation
We enforce a rigorous wall of separation between commercial operations and editorial judgment. Commercial agreements and advertising packages are handled exclusively by our business desk. Our journalists and editors operate independently of advertiser lists and are not involved in discussing advertising placements, sales campaigns, or commercial partnerships.
Sponsored content disclosure
Any content that is paid for, sponsored, or published in partnership with a brand is explicitly labeled:
Look for tags like "Sponsored Feature", "Branded Content", or "Advertisement" to identify commercial alignments.
Sponsored articles must conform to our core standards and must not be written in a way that mimics independent reporting or misleads our readers.
Conflict of interest handling
Our editorial guidelines require all reporters and editors to declare any potential conflict of interest that could impact their objective coverage of a topic. If a staff member has a personal or financial connection to a subject or business under review, they are recused from the story, and relevant disclosures are made within the text to ensure complete honesty.
Updates to this page
We believe transparency is a continuous process. As our funding channels or corporate structures evolve, we will immediately update this page to keep our audience fully informed of our operational arrangements without fabricating any unverified information.