Kerala Kaumudi

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Kerala Kaumudi
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TypeDaily newspaper [1]
Format Broadsheet
PublisherDarshan Ravi
Editor-in-chiefDeepu Ravi
Founded1911;113 years ago (1911)
Language Malayalam
HeadquartersKaumudi Buildings,
Thiruvananthapuram – 695 024,
India
Website www.keralakaumudi.com
Free online archives www.keralakaumudi.com/news/print/index.htm

Kerala Kaumudi is a Malayalam language daily newspaper published from Kerala, India. It was founded in 1911 by C. V. Kunhiraman as a periodical. His son K. Sukumaran later served as the newspaper's editor. Kerala Kaumudi Daily is one of the largest circulated newspapers in Malayalam with 9 editions in Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Alappuzha, Pathanamthitta, Kottayam, Kochi, Thrissur, Kozhikode and Kannur besides being circulated in the United Arab Emirates.[ citation needed ]

Contents

In the course of over a century, Kerala Kaumudi has diversified and expanded into a multitude of media platforms.[ citation needed ] In addition to the daily, Kerala Kaumudi comprises a midday named Kerala Kaumudi Flash, the Kerala Kaumudi Weekly, the children's magazine Magic Slate, the glossy film magazine Flash Movies, an online edition of the newspaper and the television channel Kaumudy TV.[ citation needed ]Kerala Kaumudi Weekly, formerly edited by K. Balakrishnan, remained as a popular literary journal in Kerala for a long period.

Kaumudy TV

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Kaumudy TV is a Malayalam language free to air television channel owned by the owners of the Malayalam daily newspaper Kerala Kaumudi. The channel was officially launched on 5 May 2013. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had already unveiled the logo of the channel a year earlier during the centenary celebrations of Kerala Kaumudi. The program menu comprises news, talks, interviews and entertainment. [2]

Editions

Kerala Kaumudi is printed from Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Kochi, Pathanamthitta, Thrissur, Kozhikode, Kannur in Kerala and Bangalore.

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References

  1. RNI | Reg. No.3052/1957 | Name: KERALA KAUMUDI | Publication City: THIRUVANANTHAPURAM | Link: http://rni.nic.in/registerdtitle_search/registeredtitle_ser.aspx
  2. "Kerala Kaumudi's Kaumudy TV goes on air". Campaign India. Retrieved 8 September 2013.