Bravo, Viveck Goenka!

FROM VIVECK GOENKA TO INDIAN EXPRESS EMPLOYEES:

For me, the ideal business model has always been good journalism allied with a robust top and bottom line. I take pride in the fact that this company has never declared a dividend. Whatever money we make goes back into the paper and to the cause of high-quality and empowering journalism.

Bravo!

• Read Viveck Goenka's e-mail to Indian Express employees in its entirety on sans serif, the blog published by Outlook editor Krishna Prasad: "From: Viveck Goenka. To: Express employees".

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• "Paid news and the influence of newspaper owners"

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