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Two way publication options
Execlient gets your brand featured in Hindustan Times on hindustantimes.com, in the printed paper's HT City pages, or both. Here is what each side holds.
One story about your business on hindustantimes.com, in its brand-stories section, apart from the news.
A quarter-page advertorial in HT City, the paper's daily entertainment and lifestyle pages.
A full-screen, swipeable version of your story, made for the phone.
Your website story, reworked into an HT City advertorial, so one story runs in both places.
Short vertical videos on HT's own handles, or a short video series built around your story.
Run in all editions, or only Delhi NCR and Mumbai, depending on where your buyers are.
A monthly or fortnightly series of stories with you or your experts, under one theme.
A run of stories on one theme in the paper and on the site. Which pages are open changes, so ask first.
Either way
Brands that trust Execlient
400+ clients since 2015, from startups to national names
From Execlient's work in branding, marketing, websites and PR. Logos belong to their owners.
Who is Execlient
Execlient is a full-stack digital agency in Gurugram, working with brands since 2015. We bring strategy, branding, websites, performance marketing and AI automation under one roof, so every part of your marketing works towards the same goal: more enquiries, more customers and more sales.
Your customers are already searching, scrolling and reading. We make sure they find you there: a brand they remember, a website that works on every phone, and ads on Google, Instagram and LinkedIn that bring in calls, not just clicks.
Good marketing starts with a plan, not a post. We study your market, your competitors and your numbers, then build campaigns and content around who your buyers are, what they look for and why they should pick you.
Once the basics work, we scale what's working. Ads, content and AI automation run together, and every month you see the calls, leads and sales they brought in, so each rupee you spend has a clear job.
Strategy + Creativity + Technology + AI = One Growth Partner.
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The publication
"Trusted online newspaper in India with 100+ years of credibility."Hindustan Times, in its app listing
Hindustan Times is an English daily newspaper, first published in Delhi in 1924, with Mahatma Gandhi performing its opening ceremony. It prints city editions that include Delhi, Mumbai, Lucknow, Patna, Chandigarh and Ranchi, and covers politics, business, sport, entertainment and world affairs in print and on hindustantimes.com. HT City is its daily lifestyle section and Brunch its Sunday magazine. Paid brand stories run in their own section online, apart from the news.
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Not just Hindustan Times
Name the one you want. The logos below are a start, not the full list.
Sponsored and brand features: paid, and we say so up front. Names and logos belong to their owners. Ask about any publication
Reach
Execlient places your story where Hindustan Times is read: hindustantimes.com, the printed paper and the feeds its readers follow.
Instagram counts read from the public profiles on 14 Nov 2026 (shown rounded). YouTube count from vidIQ, updated 13 Nov 2026. We don't quote print circulation here, because the audited figure changes by period: ask for the current one on the call.
The news is never for sale. Paid stories run apart from it, and you know where before you pay.
Who reads Hindustan Times
Buyers, partners and future hires look you up before they say yes. Execlient makes sure they find a story about you in Hindustan Times, a paper they know.
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IllustrativeTopics HT names in its app, plus HT City's lifestyle pages
On HT's own YouTube and Instagram (HT City and Brunch: Instagram), Nov 2026
Personas are illustrative. Topics from HT's app listing and HT City. Instagram counts read on 14 Nov 2026; YouTube from vidIQ, 13 Nov 2026.
Who gets featured in Hindustan Times
Banks, fund houses, carmakers, developers and appliance brands have all run branded stories and series with Hindustan Times. Execlient makes yours read like a story, not an ad.
Brand story on HTInvestor-education series and explainers, with no promised returns.
Brand story on HTA project or an office park, shown to the buyers and tenants who matter.
Brand story on HTA launch explained for everyday readers, often with video.
Brand story on HTKitchen and home products, told through the people who use them.
Brand story on HTA new model or an electric scooter, explained with interactive graphics.
Brand story on HTA monthly or fortnightly thought-leadership series with you and your experts.
Categories from the case studies in HT Brand Studio's own media kit (2025). We haven't counted Hindustan Times paid pieces, so we show no numbers. Photos are illustrative. Doctors, advocates and CAs: check your professional rules before you book.
Is your industry a fit? Ask us. If Hindustan Times doesn't suit you, we'll say so.
Never for sale
Hindustan Times editors and juries decide these. Nobody can sell you a place, including Execlient.
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How it works
Execlient is your one point of contact for a Hindustan Times feature, from the first call to the live link: the angle, the interview, the draft and your approvals.
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Want the next open date? We'll check the dates Hindustan Times has open for you.
Money-back guarantee
Execlient takes the risk, not you. You pay 100% upfront against a GST invoice. If Hindustan Times doesn't publish your feature, Execlient refunds 100% of what you paid.
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Brand stories we have arranged, listed with each client's written permission. Open any of them and check the domain and the label yourself.
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hindustantimes.com/brand-stories/…Paste the live linkMonth 2026Client type and city, with written permission
hindustantimes.com/brand-stories/…Paste the live linkWhy book through Execlient
Execlient plans, writes and delivers your Hindustan Times feature, and you deal with one team the whole way.
What worries founders
What Execlient does
The call
About 10 minutes with the person who plans your feature. You hear the price early. If Hindustan Times isn't right for you, we'll say so, and nobody chases you afterwards.
Before you call
Straight answers from Execlient, so you know what fits before you call. Last checked .
There are two routes. News coverage is free but never certain: you pitch a real story to Hindustan Times journalists, and they decide. A brand story is paid and said up front: it runs in the brand-stories section of hindustantimes.com, or as an advertorial in HT City. We interview you, write the draft with you, and it runs once HT's brand team accepts it. The paid route is the only one we arrange.
Yes, it's paid, and we say so up front. HT's brand studio has said publicly that its branded content is tagged as promotional or sponsored, and paid stories sit in their own brand-stories section, apart from the news. The exact label for your format is in your written scope before you pay. People will know you paid, and that's fine: what backfires is pretending Hindustan Times picked you.
HT Brand Studio is the paper's own branded-content team: it makes native articles, videos, series and web stories for brands. Execlient is not part of it, or of Hindustan Times or its publisher. We're an independent agency and your one point of contact: the angle, the interview, the draft, your approvals and the live link.
If it's news or an opinion piece, send it to the Hindustan Times editors yourself: they choose, and nobody can buy that. If you want a story about your business on a date you can plan around, that's a paid brand story. Execlient writes it from a 30-minute interview, you approve the draft, and HT's brand team reviews it and can edit or decline it.
Not as news. Hindustan Times editors choose the front-page news, and nobody can buy a place in it. The paper does sell front-page ad positions, such as a jacket wrapped around the front page, but those are ads and look like ads. We don't dress an ad up as news, and we never call a paid story a front-page story.
No. Honours such as HT's Most Stylish awards and its 30 Under 30 are HT's own, and nobody can sell you a place in them, including us. We found no open public entry for them, so we don't offer entry help. If anyone sells you an "award" with a media name on it, ask in writing what you are paying for and how it will be labelled.
It depends on the format (a website story, a web story, video or an HT City page), the length and photos, the editions and the dates Hindustan Times has open. You hear the full fee, plus GST, early in a 10-minute call, with what is and isn't included. If a seller quotes far less, ask for the format in writing: it is often a few lines in a shared piece. If it's more than you want to spend, the call ends there.
No. A display or classified ad is your own artwork or text, booked through the Hindustan Times ad desk at its rate card. A brand story is an article about your business, written in the paper's style and run as paid content. We arrange brand stories, not display or classified ads. If a plain ad suits you better, we'll say so on the call.
You get 100% of your money back. The Hindustan Times brand team reviews every paid story before it runs and can decline one. If your feature doesn't go live, Execlient refunds everything you paid within 7 working days, as our refund policy says.
You pay 100% upfront to EXECLIENT PVT. LTD, a registered company whose CIN and GSTIN are on this page, against a GST invoice. Never an individual. The format, the label and the date are agreed in writing first, and if your feature doesn't go live, you get it all back.
We don't promise either. It gives the people who look you up, such as buyers, partners and future hires, a story about you in Hindustan Times, a paper they know. Paid links are meant to be marked as paid, so your link brings readers, not rankings. If you need enquiries this month, ads are the better tool, and we run those too.
Online if you want a link to share: a story on hindustantimes.com travels on LinkedIn, WhatsApp and in your deck. Print if your buyers read the morning paper in a particular city: an HT City advertorial can run in all editions or only in Delhi NCR and Mumbai. Many brands do both, with one story reworked for print. We'll tell you which fits on the call.
HT City, the daily lifestyle pages of Hindustan Times, takes paid advertorials, such as a quarter page that reworks your web story. Its celebrity and lifestyle coverage is chosen by its editors and isn't for sale. Brunch, the Sunday magazine, is part of the paper too: ask us what's open there before you plan around it.
Your own story, about your business alone, unless you choose a shared piece. You see the format and the working title in writing before you pay. If any seller offers you a line in a shared piece, ask for that in writing too.
A 30-minute interview, high-resolution photos you have the rights to, your logo, facts you can back up, and one read of the draft. You approve the facts and quotes before it's submitted, and HT's brand team edits to its style and has the final say. Timing follows the Hindustan Times calendar, and you get the date in writing before you pay.
Maybe a link, but not an SEO backlink. Google asks publishers to mark paid links as sponsored, so a link in a paid story can bring readers to your site, but don't buy it for rankings; we don't sell SEO. Whether a link to your website is included is in your written scope.
Not in those words. Say "Sponsored feature in Hindustan Times" in plain text with the link. Don't write "featured in", "as seen in" or "HT-approved", and don't claim the paper picked or named you. Don't use its logo without the paper's written permission. On your own social posts, say it's a sponsored feature too, as the ASCI code expects for paid content.
Yes, so check first. Medical-ethics rules bar doctors from soliciting patients through publicity. Bar Council rules bar advocates from advertising their practice. A developer's story must show a named project's RERA number and the authority's website. Mutual funds, insurers and lenders follow their regulator's advertising rules, so no promised returns. This is not legal advice, and we'll tell you on the call if we can't take it on.
Question not answered here? Ask it on a call, or send it on WhatsApp.
10 minutes, today.
Want to get featured in Hindustan Times? Tell us what you've built and who should read it. In about 10 minutes you'll know the format, the timing and the fee.
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