Loksatta
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| Type | Daily |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Indian Express Group |
| Founder(s) | Ramnath Goenka |
| Editor | Girish Kuber |
| Founded | 14 January 1948 |
| Language | Marathi |
| Headquarters | Mumbai |
| Sister newspapers | Lokrang, Ravivar Vruttant (Sunday), Chaturang, Vasturang (Saturday), Viva (Friday), Local Supplement (Tuesday–Saturday) |
| Website | www |
| Free online archives | epaper |
Loksatta was established on 14 January 1948. 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]
Editors
[edit]- T.V. Parvate[5]
- S.R. Pendse
- H.R. Mahajani
- R. N. Late
- Vidyadhar Gokhale
- Madhav Yeshwant Gadkari[6]
- Arun Tikekar[7]
- Kumar Ketkar[8][9][10]
- Girish Kuber
News Editors
[edit]- Hari Apte
- Tukaram Kokje
- Aatmaram Shetye
- Ramesh Zawar
- Vishwanath More
- Datta Panchwagh
- Prashant Dixit[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "The Paper Of Courage Continues To Roar At 55". Financial Express. 18 January 2003.
- ^ Jeffrey, Robin (12 April 2000). India's newspaper revolution: capitalism, politics, and the Indian-language press, 1977-99. C. Hurst & Co. Publishers. p. 221. ISBN 978-1-85065-434-6.
- ^ Mehta, Satish (14 May 2009). "Re-modelling and Extending of the Lok Satta". Marketing to Win: Designs and Campaigns to Achieve Market Dominance. Pearson Education India. p. 310. ISBN 978-81-317-1382-2.
- ^ "Loksatta". NewsEpapers. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ "Angry mob attacks Indian editor's home". Facebook.
- ^ D'Monte, Darryl (October 2004). "Banning the majority from voting". Infochange. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Menezes, Saira (17 November 1997). "Policing The Press". Outlook India.
- ^ "For asking why a Shivaji statue, Loksatta Editor's home attacked". The Indian Express. 6 June 2008.
- ^ "Kumar Ketkar". Maharashtra Navnirman Sena. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
- ^ "Editors meet Maharashtra Chief Minister on Dey's killing". The Hindu. 22 June 2011.
- ^ Verghese, B. G. (1 September 2005). Warrior of the fourth estate: Ramnath Goenka of the Express. Viking. p. 71. ISBN 978-0-670-05842-6.
External links
[edit]- Latest Marathi News Official site
- Loksatta official site