Loksatta is an Indian newspaper. It 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

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.
  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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