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{{Short description|Indian newspaper}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
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|name               = Janayugom
|caption            = 
|logo               = JanayugomLogo.png
|logo_size          = 200px
|image              = JanayugomCover.jpg
|image_size         = 240px
|type               = Daily [[newspaper]]
|format             = Print, online
|foundation         = {{Start date and age|1947}} 
|ceased publication = 
|price              = 
|owners             = Kerala State Council of the [[Communist Party of India]]
|publisher          = Janayugom Publications Limited
|editor             = [[Rajaji Mathew Thomas]]
|chiefeditor        = [[Kanam Rajendran]]
|assoceditor        = 
|staff              = 
|language           = [[Malayalam]]
|political          = [[Left-wing]]
|circulation        = 
|headquarters       = [[Thiruvananthapuram]]
|publishing_city    = [[Kollam]]
|oclc               = 
|ISSN               = 
|website            = {{official URL}} 
|free               = {{url|http://epaper.janayugomonline.com/}}<br>{{url|https://m.facebook.com/janayugomdaily/}}
}}
'''''Janayugom''''' is a [[Malayalam]] daily newspaper published in [[Kerala]], India.<ref>[[Registrar of Newspapers for India|RNI]] | Reg. No.3286/1958 | Name:JANAYUGOM | Publication City: KOLLAM | Link: http://rni.nic.in/registerdtitle_search/registeredtitle_ser.aspx</ref><ref>[[Registrar of Newspapers for India|RNI]] | Reg. No.19942/1970 | Name:JANAYUGOM | Publication City: KOZHIKODE | Link: http://rni.nic.in/registerdtitle_search/registeredtitle_ser.aspx</ref><ref>[[Registrar of Newspapers for India|RNI]] | Reg. No.3051/1957 | Name:JANAYUGOM | Publication City: KOLLAM | Link: http://rni.nic.in/registerdtitle_search/registeredtitle_ser.aspx</ref><ref>[[Registrar of Newspapers for India|RNI]] | Reg. No.KERMAL/2007/26835 | Name:JANAYUGOM | Publication City: KOCHI | Link: http://rni.nic.in/registerdtitle_search/registeredtitle_ser.aspx</ref><ref>[[Registrar of Newspapers for India|RNI]] | Reg. No.KERMAL/2007/26836 | Name:JANAYUGOM | Publication City: THIRUVANANTHAPURAM | Link: http://rni.nic.in/registerdtitle_search/registeredtitle_ser.aspx</ref><ref>[[Registrar of Newspapers for India|RNI]] | Reg. No.KERMAL/2012/45302 | Name:JANAYUGOM | Publication City: KANNUR | Link: http://rni.nic.in/registerdtitle_search/registeredtitle_ser.aspx</ref> It is the official organ of the [[Kerala]] State Council of the [[Communist Party of India]]. It is the first newspaper in India using free software.<ref>{{cite web |title=Free, open-source software will offer solutions to IT startups: Pinarayi |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/2019/nov/02/free-open-source-software-will-offer-solutions-to-it-startups-pinarayi-2055860.html |website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> Originally  started in 1947 as a weekly magazine from [[Quilon]] to propagate the news and views of the party, On 1953 November 16 
it was converted as a daily newspaper. 

The first editor was N. Gopinathan Nair (alias Velya Gopi) and the first manager R. Gopinathan Nair (alias Kochu Gopi). [[M.N. Govindan Nair]], a senior figure in the [[Communist Party of India]], supported the conversion of the publication from a weekly to a daily newspaper. By the 1950s, the ''Janayugom'' daily newspaper also was started and by the 70s the ''Janayugom'' family of publications had expanded to include ''Cinerama'', a film weekly, ''Balayugom'', a children's monthly and ''Janayugom Novelpathippu'', a literary magazine. Later, all of these publications stopped one by one and only a monthly magazine from [[Kozhikode|Calicut]] remained. In 2007 ''Janayugom'' was rejuvenated, now as a daily news paper. Marxist theoreticians like [[C. Unniraja]] have been its chief editors. Its chief editor is [[Kanam Rajendran]] and editor is [[Rajaji Mathew Thomas]] .

==Free/open-source software==

In November 2019, the newspaper migrated to [[open-source]] software. All desktops were moved to [[Kubuntu]] [[Linux]], all image editing was moved to [[GIMP]] and all desktop publishing was moved to [[Scribus]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Janayugom, the South Indian daily newspaper, has migrated all its infrastructure to Free Software, using Scribus for layout, Kubuntu as the operating system, and KDE Plasma for the desktop. |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/dus5sn/janayugom_the_south_indian_daily_newspaper_has |website=www.reddit.com |date=2019-11-11}}</ref> Savings from the use of free software was over 10 million Indian Rupees ($130,000).<ref>{{cite web |title=Free, open-source software will offer solutions to IT startups: Pinarayi |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/2019/nov/02/free-open-source-software-will-offer-solutions-to-it-startups-pinarayi-2055860.html |website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>

==Supplements==
* Vaarantham
* Sahapadi 
* Sthreeyugom
* Yuvakalasahithi

==See also==
*[[List of Malayalam-language newspapers]]
*[[List of Malayalam-language periodicals]]
*[[List of newspapers in India]]
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== References ==
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{{Newspapers in India}}
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[[Category:Communist Party of India]]
[[Category:Communist newspapers]]
[[Category:History of Kollam]]
[[Category:Malayalam-language newspapers]]
[[Category:Mass media in Kerala]]
[[Category:Daily newspapers published in India]]
[[Category:Publications established in 1947]]
[[Category:1947 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Communist periodicals published in India]]


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