Murasoli (India)
Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Broadsheet E-paper |
Owner(s) | M. Karunanidhi, and Murasoli trust |
Founder(s) | M. Karunanidhi |
Publisher | Murasoli Maran |
Editor | Murasoli Selvam |
Founded | 10 August 1942 |
Political alignment | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
Language | Tamil |
Headquarters | Kodambakkam Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
Country | India |
Circulation | 70,000 daily (as of January–June 2019) |
Website | m epaper |
Murasoli (transl. Drumbeat)[1][2] is an Indian Tamil language newspaper started by M. Karunanidhi, and is the mouthpiece of the political party DMK.[3]
Murasoli was started in Tiruvarur on 10 August 1942, during the World War II, by 18-year old M. Karunanidhi. Its earliest editions were in form of handwritten notices authored by Karunanidhi under the pen name "Cheran". Until 1944, it was issued as a leaflet. Its publication had to be stopped in the mid-1940s due to lack of paper. It resumed as a weekly magazine on 14 January 1948. The newspaper headquarters were moved to Chennai in 1954. From 17 September 1960, it has been published as a daily.[3] As of 2017, the newspaper has a circulation of 70,000 copies.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Blustein, Paul (22 September 2009). Misadventures of the Most Favored Nations: Clashing Egos, Inflated Ambitions, and the Great Shambles of the World Trade System. PublicAffairs. ISBN 978-0-7867-4620-0.
- ^ Media & Democracy in Asia: An AMIC Compilation. Asian Media Information and Communication Centre. 2000. p. 55. ISBN 978-9971-905-88-0.
- ^ a b Murasoli: DMK’s mouthpiece and its 75-year-long journey
- ^ In pictures: The birth and growth of DMK’s Murasoli over the 75 years of its existence