Dinakaran Explained

Dinakaran is a Tamil daily newspaper distributed in Tamil Nadu, India. It was founded by K. P. Kandasamy in 1977 and is currently owned by media conglomerate Sun Group's Sun Network.^[2] Dinakaran is the second largest circulated Tamil daily in India after Dina Thanthi .^[3] ^[4] ^[5] It is printed in 12 cities across India. Dinakaran was founded in 1977 by K. P. Kandasamy after he split from Dina Thanthi owned by his father-in-law S. P. Adithanar during the split of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam from Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.^[6] In 2005, the newspaper was acquired from K. P. K. Kumaran by Kalanithi Maran's Sun Group.^[2]

Dinakaran is published from 12 cities in India namely Bengaluru, Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Mumbai, New Delhi, Nagercoil, Puducherry, Salem, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli and Vellore. As of 2014, the newspaper has a circulation of 1,215,583.^[3]

Notes and References

Web site: Submission of circulation figures for the audit period July - December 2015. . 5 January 2016.
Web site: Sun acquires Dinakaran newspaper. rediff.com. 7 November 2010.
Web site: Details of most circulated publications for the audit period Jul-Dec 2014. . 25 July 2015.
Web site: Tamil daily Dinakaran takes over the lead. exchange4media.com. 7 November 2010. Judy Franko. 13 March 2010. https://archive.today/20130123010447/http://www.exchange4media.com/e4m/news/fullstory.asp?news_id=37493&pict=3&section_id=5&tag=2878. 23 January 2013. dead.
Web site: India's 15 most-read newspapers. rediff.com. 7 November 2010. 5 May 2010.
Book: Jeffrey, Robin . India's newspaper revolution. Robin Jeffrey . 24 March 2000. C. Hurst & Co. 978-1-85065-383-7. 79,80,114,135.