Lokmat
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 LokmatBrand Logo | |
| Type | Dailynewspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Founder(s) | Jawaharlal Darda |
| Publisher | Lokmat Media Limited |
| Editor-in-chief | Rajendra DardaandVijay J. Darda |
| Founded | 15 December 1971 |
| Language | Marathi,Hindi,English |
| Headquarters | Lokmat Media Ltd, 1301/2, Lodha Supremus, Dr. E. Moses Rd, Worli Circle, Mumbai - 400 018 |
| Country | India |
| Circulation | 692,768 Daily[1](as of April 2023) |
| Readership | 6.28 million (IRS2019)[2] |
| Website | |
Lokmat(Marathi:लोकमत;lit. 'People's Opinion') is aMarathi-languagenewspaper published inMaharashtra,India. Founded in 1971 byJawaharlal Darda,it is the largest read Marathi-language newspaper in India.[2]It is also available in ane-paperformat and is published in Hindi and English asLokmat Samachar[3]and theLokmat Timesrespectively.[4]
Broadcast news channel
[edit]Lokmat extended its media business to television through a 50-50 joint venture withIBN18 Broadcast Limited.The joint venture company, IBN-Lokmat Private Limited ( “IBNL” ), operatesIBN-Lokmat,a 24 x 7 Marathi news and current affairs television channel which went on air on 6 April 2008.[5]
Controversies
[edit]2015 ISIS cartoon controversy
[edit]In 2015, a cartoon published alongside the article "ISIS cha Paisa" (ISIS' money), regarding the funding pattern of terrorist group ISIS, led to violent protests from Muslim groups and attacks on the newspaper's offices in Jalgaon, Dhule, Nandurbar, Malegaon and other locations across Maharashtra. Protestors deemed the cartoon to be "blasphemous". Several complaints were filed with the police regarding the cartoon, and subsequently, an FIR was lodged against the owners, the cartoonist and the editor. The newspaper later published an apology.[6][7][8][9]Police stated that they had increased security at allLokmatoffices across Maharashtra following the attacks.[8]
References
[edit]- ^"Highest Circulated Daily Newspapers (language wise)"(PDF).Audit Bureau of Circulations.
- ^abIRS-2019-Q4-Highlights.Archived2 November 2021 at theWayback Machine.
- ^"Lokmat Times: Main Editions | Online Daily English Newspaper | Online English Epaper | Daily English Epaper | लोकमत वृत्तपत्रे".epaper.lokmat.Retrieved24 September2021.
- ^"Lokmat Times: Main Editions | Online Daily English Newspaper | Online English Epaper | Daily English Epaper | लोकमत वृत्तपत्रे".epaper.lokmat.Retrieved24 September2021.
- ^"Marathi news channel to be JV with Lokmat: GBN".Moneycontrol.14 June 2007.Retrieved1 December2015.
- ^Saurabh Gupta (1 December 2015)."Offices of Lokmat Newspaper Attacked Over Piggy Bank Cartoon".NDTV.Retrieved1 December2015.
- ^"FIR against Marathi daily".The Hindu.29 November 2015.Retrieved1 December2015.
- ^ab"Marathi daily attacked for publishing 'derogatory' cartoon".Daily News & Analysis.30 November 2015.Retrieved1 December2015.
- ^Saikia, Arunabh (30 November 2015)."Lokmat having to apologise for a cartoon on ISIS shows the sorry state of press freedom in India".newslaundry.Newslaundry.Retrieved11 March2018.