Loksatta
TypeDaily
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Indian Express Group
Founder(s)Ramnath Goenka
EditorGirish Kuber
Founded14 January 1948
LanguageMarathi
HeadquartersMumbai
Sister newspapersLokrang, Ravivar Vruttant (Sunday), Chaturang, Vasturang (Saturday), Viva (Friday), Local Supplement (Tuesday–Saturday)
Websitewww.loksatta.com
Free online archivesepaper.loksatta.com

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 out of Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Thane, Palghar, Ahmednagar, Amravati, Aurangabad and Nashik.

History

Established in 1948, on the Makar Sankranti day, Loksatta gained notability through 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

News Editors

  • Hari Apte
  • Tukaram Kokje
  • Aatmaram Shetye
  • Ramesh Zawar
  • Vishwanath More
  • Datta Panchwagh
  • Prashant Dixit[11]

References

  1. ↑ "The Paper Of Courage Continues To Roar At 55". Financial Express. 18 January 2003.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ "Loksatta". NewsEpapers. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  5. ↑ "Angry mob attacks Indian editor's home". Facebook.
  6. ↑ 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)
  7. ↑ Menezes, Saira (17 November 1997). "Policing The Press". Outlook India.
  8. ↑ "For asking why a Shivaji statue, Loksatta Editor's home attacked". The Indian Express. 6 June 2008.
  9. ↑ "Kumar Ketkar". Maharashtra Navnirman Sena. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  10. ↑ "Editors meet Maharashtra Chief Minister on Dey's killing". The Hindu. 22 June 2011.
  11. ↑ 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.
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