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Malayala Manorama (Malayalam: മലയാള മനോരമ) is a widely read Malayalam daily with a very strong readership in Kerala, India.The core readership is however the members of the christian community.[1]. The Manorama group, which manages the newspaper, also runs the Manorama Yearbook, largest circulated yearbook in the region. Malayala Manorama, which first appeared on 14 March 1890, as a weekly, currently has a readership of over 16 million, with a circulation base of over 1,8 million copies. Manorama is acclaimed of its highly attractive page layouts.The layout is considered to be the best among Malayalam newspapers.It has also been described as the defacto mouth piece of the congress party.The Malayalam word "manorama" roughly translates to "entertainer". The Week (India), an Indian weekly is also brought out by the Manorama Group.It is becoming more and more popular primarily because of its sensational style of reporting. Manorama Yearbook is yet another popular yearly publication by the Kottayam-based Manorama group.
[edit] History A joint stock publishing company, destined to acquire the status of the first joint stock publishing company of Republic of India, was incorporated by in 1888 by Kandathil Varghese Mappillai at Kottayam, then a small town in the Kingdom of Travancore, currently, a part of Kerala state, India. The first issue of Malayala Manorama was published on 22 March 1890 from the press owned by Malankara Metropolitan H.G. Joseph Mar Dionysius of the Orthodox Church. The name Malayala Manorama was chosen by the poet, Raghavan Nambiar, Villuvarvattathu from Tiruvalla. Kerala Varma granted the symbol which is a part of the Travancore kingdom symbol. In a period of two years, from the date of incorporation until the publication commenced, the company witnessed several challenges. It also publishes an information oriented monthly called Tell Me Why. [edit] Editions
[edit] ControversiesMalayala Manorama published reports and editorials against the atrocities of Diwan C.P Ramaswami Iyer. This attracted wrath of the Diwan. He initiated actions against the paper[citation needed]}. The paper was forced to cease publication and the editor, K. C. Mammen Mappillai, was sent to prison in 1938. The doors of Malayala Manorama remained closed even when India was celebrating its independence in August 1947.They also own MRF. Some of the news editorials became very controversial when Manorama wrote about 'Blue truth' an editorial describing bluetooth as a technology causing sexual abuses in Kerala. This was vehemently opposed by freelance bloggers and technicians across the country as most of the statements were factually wrong and misleading. Similar to the editorial Manorama started another editorial about 'Email-spams' calling 'E-mayil attam' which again created controversies due to the unscientific and fallacious reports about the technology. [edit] Timeline
[edit] JournalistsProminent journalists who have worked with the Manorama daily or other Manorama publications include Vaikom Chandrasekharan Nair, E. V. Krishna Pillai, E.V. Sreedharan, T. V. R. Shenoy, K. Gopalakrishnan, K. R. Chummar, Moorkoth Kunjappa, K. M.Tharakan, T. K. G. Nair, K. G Nedungadi, VKB (V. K. Bhargavan Nair),Babu Chengannoor. Others who presently include Thomas Jacob, Jose Panachipuram, Mathews Varghese, K Obeidulla, K. Aboobacker, John Mundakayam, D Vijayamohan,Joy Sasthampadickal etc. [edit] See also
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