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Manorama Office, KozhikodeMalayala Manorama is a morning newspaper, in, published from, India by Malayala Manorama Company Limited, Headed by Mammen Mathew.It was first published as a weekly on 22 March 1890, and currently has a readership of over 20 million (with a circulation base of over 2.1 million copies). It is also the second oldest Malayalam newspaper in Kerala in circulation, after, which is also published from KottayamAccording to, as of 2016, it was the fourteenth. According to the 2013 figures, it is the third largest circulating newspapers in India (behind and ) and largest circulating newspaper in. Contents.History The Malayala Manorama Company is a private LLC corporation owned by the Kandathil family of Kottayam. Malayala Manorama Company was incorporated by Kandathil Varghese Mappillai at on 14 March 1888. The company started with one hundred shares of Rs 100 each. The investors paid in four equal instalments.
With the first instalment, the company brought a, made in London. A local craftsman, Konthi Achari, was hired to make Malayalam types for the imported press.
(in KERALA)Mappillai had worked for a year as editor of Kerala Mitram, a Malayalam newspaper run by Gujarati businessman Devji Bhimji, in Cochin. The maharajah of Travancore approved the logo of the newspaper which was a slight modification of the Travancore Coat of Arms, which is now used by the with slight modifications.First issue of Malayala Manorama published on 22 March 1890 from, while Kottayam was hosting a popular cattle fair. It was a four-page weekly newspaper, published on Saturdays.
The weekly newspaper became a bi-weekly in 1901, a tri-weekly on 2 July 1918 and daily on 2 July 1928. In 1938, Travancore state proscribed Malayala Manorama daily. Later editor was convicted and imprisoned on charges of publishing news against the Diwan. Malayala Manorama re-commenced regular publication in 1947.On K.C. Mammen Mappilla's death, his eldest son K.M. Cheriyan took over as the Editor-in-Chief in 1954. Malayala Manorama was produced in a single edition in the central Kerala town of Kottayam with a circulation of 28,666 copies.By the late 1950s, Manorama steadily increased circulation and overtook in circulation, the dominant Malayalam daily at the time.Expansion to entire Kerala (1960s) The struggle between Malayala Manorama (Kottayam) and Mathrubhumi (Calicut) demonstrated the forces that would drive the expansion of Indian regional newspapers.
The contest also illustrated the difficulties if expansion had to rely on Gutenberg-style printing as with the case of Manorama.Comparison of circulation Malayala Manorama and Mathrubhumi (from India's Newspaper Revolution (2000) by, Western Influence on Malayalam Language and Literature (1972) by K. George and Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) 2013). Mathrubhumi. ManoramaIn 1962, launched its second edition in Kochi. The new edition sent Mathrubumi to a circulation of 170,000 copies by 1964, 19,000 more than its rival, Malayala Manorama. With Mathrubhoomis circulation rising, it became a compulsion for Manorama to expand its reach, and consequently, introduce new technology. The competition set off a keen struggle for more readers, faster equipment and national advertising from major consumer goods companies such as.
Manorama launched its printing centre at Calicut, Malabar in 1966 with a cast-off press from the paper's base at Kottayam and hand-composed type. But in the run-up to that event, it had installed an offset press at Kottayam and established a teleprinter line with New Delhi in 1965.By 1970, it was the leading daily in Kerala. The circulation of the newspaper rose from around 30,000 to 300,000 by this expansion to Malabar. Percent in KERALA1980s K. Mathew, who took charge as editor in 1973, began a series of renovations, just as the did in Bengal. He brought in a series of consultants in the management 1979, technical and editorial areas, and accepted their guidance.
He conducted frequent training sessions for Manorama journalists and other employees. The company restructured their organisation in 1980. KM Mathew said that the decision stemmed from the realisation that the daily had either to become 'fully professional' or 'risk decline'. Mathew sent his best journalists and managers to training schools around the world, and imported the most effective techniques in international journalism and newspaper production, which brought in a contemporary look and feel to Malayala Manorama.
In 1979, a new printing centre was launched at and in 1987, the edition was also launched. By 1998, the circulation of Malayala Manorama was increased to 1 million. In mid-2000s, the daily started units in the Middle East, focusing on the large Malayali population in the region. Mathew is credited with the introduction of the concept of 'editionalising' with larger share for local news and reader-friendly packaging through professional page designing in Manorama, which in turn impacted the entire newspaper industry in Kerala. By 2007, Manorama become the only non-English and non-Hindi daily newspaper in India to cross 1.5 million copies in circulation.K. Mathew was succeeded by his son Mammen Mathew in 2010.
'In what could only be described as a rarity then in Indian language journalism, Mathew showed an unusual commitment to modernisation and professionalism and became a role model for the newspaper industry, which in the early 1980s was at the critical juncture of embarking on a phase of unbelievable expansion.' Praised KM Mathew in their obituary.According to the 's (ABC) January–June 2013 figures, Malayala Manorama holds a circulation of 2.1 million readers. Chief Editors. (1890 - 1904). (1904 - 1938, 1947 - 1954). (1954 - 1973).
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