Goa Today

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Goa Today
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Copies of the magazine
CategoriesPolitics, culture
FrequencyMonthly
Founded1966
First issue1966
Final issue2021
CountryIndia
Based in Panaji, Goa
LanguageEnglish

Goa Today was a monthly magazine published from Panaji, Goa, India, since 1966, [1] [2] featuring news, literature and local issues. [3] Goa Today is considered the "grand-daddy" of all monthly magazines in Goa. [4] It was founded by Francisco Damasceno do Rosario Dantas and former joint-editor of The Navhind Times , Lambert Mascarenhas. [1] As of 2021, it has "paused" its publication.

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History

The main problem facing the magazine in the 2010s is fostering enough advertising to meet publication costs. [4]

During Mascarenhas' and Dantas' ownership, Norman Dantas was first Associate editor and then as Executive editor for the magazine. [5] When Goa Today was sold to Salgaocar Mining Industries, Mascarenhas was followed as editor by Vaman Sardesai, who left in 1987 to become India's ambassador to Angola. [6] He was followed as editor by the poet-journalist Manohar Shetty, who maintained the high standards and promoted Goan literature while keeping the balance between history, political issues and literature. [7] Vinayak Naik is the current editor. [4]

In the mid 1980s, Goa Today was purchased by the Salgaocar Mining Industries, now part of the V. M. Salgaocar group of companies, which also own the Salgaocar Football Club of Goa. [4]

The magazine's publication was "paused" in May 2021, citing declining sales due to digital news and the COVID-19 pandemic in India, with the hope of restoring publication in a different format in the future. [8]



References

  1. 1 2 "Lambert Mascarenhas to get Gomant Vibushan". The Times of India. 30 May 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  2. ↑ ISSN 0017-1484 Currently published by Goa Publications, see Hathi Trust record.
  3. ↑ Harding, Paul (2003). Lonely Planet: Goa. Footscray, Victoria: Lonely Planet. p.  47. ISBN   978-1-74059-139-3.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Noronha, Frederick (24 March 2014). "The state of Goa's magazine market: Impressive or depressive?" . Indian Printer and Publisher Magazine. 36 (3).
  5. ↑ Mascarenhas, Fr. Nascimento. "Norman Dantas – A Journalist Par Excellence". Saligao Serenade.
  6. ↑ de Souza, Teotónio Rosário (12 November 2008). "Dishonouring Our Freedom Fighters". The Herald. Vol. 108, no. 317. Goa. p. 8. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  7. ↑ Kumar, Shiv (2008). "One Outsider Looks In". In Noronha, Frederick (ed.). Behind the News: Voices from Goa's Press. Goa: Goa 1556. pp. 141–142. ISBN   978-81-905682-0-3.
  8. ↑ "Goa Today magazine to pause publication from May 31". Herald Goa. 2021-05-27. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
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