Print media in India
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This article is about print media in India. For a more general coverage of media in India see Indian media.
Indian print media is one of the largest print media in the world. The history of it started in 1780, with the publication of the Bengal Gazette from Calcutta.
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[edit]History
James Augustus Hickey is considered as the "father of Indian press" as he started the first Indian newspaper from Calcutta, the Calcutta General Advertise or the Bengal Gazette in January, 1780. In 1789, the first newspaper from Bombay, the Bombay Herald appeared, followed by the Bombay Courier next year (this newspaper was later amalgamated with the Times of India in 1861).
The first newspaper in an Indian language was the Samachar Darpan in Bengali. The first issue of this daily was published from the Serampore Mission Press on May 23, 1818. In the same year, Ganga Kishore Bhattacharya started publishing another newspaper in Bengali, the Bengal Gazetti. On July 1, 1822 the first Gujarati newspaper the Bombay Samachar was published from Bombay, which is still extant. The first Hindi newspaper, the Oodunt Marthand began in 1826. Since then, the prominent Indian languages in which papers have grown over the years are Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Kannada,Tamil, Telugu, Assamese, Urdu and Bengali.[1]
The Indian language papers have taken over the English press as per the latest NRS survey of newspapers. The main reasons being the marketing strategy followed by the regional papers, beginning with Eenadu, a telugu daily started by Ramoji Rao. The second reason being the growing literacy rate. Increase in the literacy rate has direct positive effect on the rise of circulation of the regional papers. The people are first educated in their mother tongue as per their state in which they live for e.g. students in Maharashtra are compulsory taught Marathi language and hence they are educated in their state language and the first thing a literate person does is read papers and gain knowledge and hence higher the literacy rate in a state the sales of the dominating regional paper in that state rises.
The next reason being localisation of news. Indian regional papers have several editions for a particular State for complete localisation of news for the reader to connect with the paper. Malayala Manoramahas about 10 editions in Kerala itself and six others outside Kerala. Thus regional papers aim at providing localised news for their readers. Even Advertisers saw the huge potential of the regional paper market, partly due to their own research and more due to the efforts of the regional papers to make the advertisers aware of the huge market.
[edit]Metrics
Newspapers in India are measured on two parameters, circulation and readership.
[edit]Circulation
Circulation is certified by the Audit Bureau of Circulations which is an industry body. It audits the paid-for circulation of the member newspaper companies.it is also related to rea derships
[edit]Readership
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Readership is estimated by two different surveys, The Indian Readership Survey (IRS) and the National Readership Survey (NRS).
This is a list of the top 30 newspapers in India by daily circulation. These figures are mainly compiled by the Indian Readership Survey (IRS). The data given represents readership in lakhs and NOT circulation figures.
 | Newspaper | Language | City, State | IRS 2009 R2 (Lakhs)[2] | IRS 2010 Q1 (Lakhs)[3] | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Times of India | English | Various cities and states | 71.42 | 70.35 | Bennett, Coleman and Co. Ltd. |
| 2 | Dainik Bhaskar
दैनिक भास्कर
| Hindi | Various cities and states | 128.8 | 133.29 | DB Crop Ltd. |
| 3 | Dainik Jagran
दैनिक जागरण
| Hindi | Various cities and states | 160.96 | 163.13 | Jagaran Prakashan Ltd. |
| 4 | Malayala Manorama
മലയാള മനോരമ
| Malayalam | Various cities inKerala and a few other cities | 91.83 | 95.94 | Malayala Manorama Group |
| 5 | The Hindu | English | Various cities and states | 21.69 | 21.59 | Kasturi & Sons Ltd. |
| 6 | Eenadu
ఈనాడు
| Telugu | Various cities inAndhra Pradeshand few other cities | 62.24 | 29.43 | Ramoji Group |
| 7 | Deccan Chronicle | English | Various cities and states | 11.52 | 11.24 | Deccan Chronicle Holdings Ltd. |
| 8 | Ananda Bazar Patrika
আনন্দবাজার পত্রিকা
| Bengali | Kolkata, West Bengal | 64.74 | 65.32 | Ananda Publishers |
| 9 | Sakshi
సాక్షి
| Telugu | Various cities inAndhra Pradeshand major cities inIndia | 45.56 | 00.00 | Jagati Publications Ltd. |
| 10 | Amar Ujala
अमर उजाला
| Hindi | Various cities and states | 82.99 | 84.91 | Amar Ujala Publications Ltd. |
| 11 | Hindustan Times | English | Various cities and states | 33.47 | 34.67 | HT Media Ltd |
| 12 | Hindustan Dainik
हिन्दुस्तान
| Hindi | Various cities and states | 93.36 | 99.14 | HT Media Ltd |
| 13 | Mathrubhumi
മാതൃഭുമി
| Malayalam | Various cities inKerala and a few other cities | 66.78 | 66.98 | Mathrubhumi Group |
| 14 | Gujarat Samachar
ગુજરાત સમાચાર
| Gujarati | Ahmedabad,Gujarat | 52.09 | 52.17 | Lok Prakashan Ltd. |
| 15 | Punjab Kesari
पंजाब केसरी
| Hindi | States of Punjab,Harayana | 34.25 | 35.26 | Founder Jagat Narainwas assassinated by militants on September 9, 1981 |
| 16 | Dinakaran
தினகரன்
| Tamil | Various cities inTamil Nadu and a few other cities | 52.71 | 51.93 | Kal Publications |
| 17 | Sakaal
सकाळ
| Marathi | Various cities inMaharashtra | 38.67 | 40.92 | Sakal Media Group |
| 18 | Dina Thanthi
தினத்தந்தி
| Tamil | Various cities inTamil Nadu and a few other cities | 75.17 | 73.53 | Founded by S. P. Adithanar |
| 21 | The Economic Times | English | Various cities and states | 7.57 | 7.6 | Bennett, Coleman and Co. Ltd. |
| 22 | The Telegraph | English | Various cities and states | 11.5 | 12.04 | Ananda Publishers |
| 25 | The New Indian Express | English | Various cities and states | 5.63 | 5.37 | Express Publications Ltd. |
| 31 | Lokmat | Marathi | Marathi,Maharashtra | 71.04 | 73.61 | Lok Prakashan Ltd. |
| 32 | Rajasthan Patrika | Hindi | Rajasthan | 64.86 | 66.85 | |
| 33 | Hindi | Various Cities and States | 1.3 | 2.2 | Mr. Rajneesh Sharma | |
| 34 | Navbharat Times | Hindi | 23.66 | 24.72 |
[edit]See also
- List of newspapers
- List of newspapers in India
- Newspaper circulation
- List of newspapers in the World by circulation
[edit]External links
- Cost of printing a job in India
- Your guide to Printing Industry in India
- Aggregation of daily news from major news papers
- Print media vs Electronic media in India
- Ashok Nerker of Unique Photo Offset and Gulf Scan talks about the trends in the print market of Mumbai and Sharjah
- Expert views of a master printer: Pratap Kamat of Uma Offset
- Pranav Parikh of TechNova highlights the power of print in India
- Sanat Shah, chairman of Manugraph is optimistic about print in India
- K C Sanjeev of Welbound Worldwide talks critical links in the bookbinding workflow for printing industry
- I M Doctor was president of the Bombay Master Printer's Association and a high ranking member of the All India Federation of Master Printers. He is no more
[edit]References
- ^ Capitalism, Politics and the Indian Language Press India's Newspaper Revolution - Robin Jeffry
- ^ http://www.newswatch.in/newsblog/7983
- ^ http://www.newswatch.in/newsblog/7983
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