Loksatta Explained

Loksatta
Type:Daily
Format:Broadsheet
Owners:Indian Express Group
Founder:Ramnath Goenka
Editor:Girish Kuber
Foundation:14 January 1948
Language:Marathi
Headquarters:Mumbai
Sister Newspapers:Lokrang, Ravivar Vruttant (Sunday), Chaturang, Vasturang (Saturday), Viva (Friday), Local Supplement (Tuesday–Saturday)

Loksatta (Lōksattā) is a Marathi daily newspaper in Maharashtra, India. It is published by The Indian Express Group and was launched on 14 January 1948. Loksatta is published in Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Thane, Palghar, Ahmednagar, Amravati, Aurangabad and Nashik.

History

Loksatta was established on 14 January 1948, coinciding with Makar Sankranti. Loksatta gained notability through its coverage of Mahatma Gandhi's assassination and subsequent developments; the founder of the Indian Express Group, Ramnath Goenka, remained dedicated to Loksatta.[1]

After remaining the largest circulated standard Marathi daily for many years, by the late-90s Loksatta saw competition from newer daily newspapers like Maharashtra Times. By 1997, it only circulated around 400,000 daily papers in Mumbai, Pune, Ahmednagar and Nagpur combined.[2]

However, circulation increased in the 2000s after changes which included addition of various supplements and adding several new city editions for local news.[3] [4]

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Notes and References

  1. News: The Paper Of Courage Continues To Roar At 55. . 18 January 2003.
  2. Book: Jeffrey, Robin . Robin Jeffrey. India's newspaper revolution: capitalism, politics, and the Indian-language press, 1977-99. 2000-04-12. C. Hurst & Co. Publishers. 978-1-85065-434-6. 221 .
  3. Book: Mehta, Satish. Marketing to Win: Designs and Campaigns to Achieve Market Dominance. https://books.google.com/books?id=uOOGwRBysdgC&q=Loksatta+newspaper&pg=PA310. 2009-05-14. Pearson Education India. 978-81-317-1382-2. 310. Re-modelling and Extending of the Lok Satta .
  4. Web site: Loksatta . NewsEpapers . 13 January 2019 .
  5. News: Angry mob attacks Indian editor's home. .
  6. News: D'Monte . Darryl . Banning the majority from voting . https://web.archive.org/web/20120323002221/http://infochangeindia.org/governance/analysis/banning-the-majority-from-voting.html . usurped . 23 March 2012 . . October 2004.
  7. News: Saira . Menezes . Policing The Press . . 17 November 1997 .
  8. News: For asking why a Shivaji statue, Loksatta Editor's home attacked . . 2008-06-06 .
  9. News: Kumar Ketkar . . 19 August 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120406155521/http://www.manase.org/en/maharashtra.php?mid=68&smid=23&pmid=9&id=928 . 6 April 2012 . dead .
  10. News: Editors meet Maharashtra Chief Minister on Dey's killing . . 2011-06-22.
  11. Book: Verghese, B. G.. Warrior of the fourth estate: Ramnath Goenka of the Express. 2005-09-01. Viking. 978-0-670-05842-6. 71 .

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