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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Daily Tamil Newspaper from Tamil Nadu}}<br />
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{{Infobox newspaper <br />
|logo = [[File:Dinakaran Newspaper (Logo).svg|200px|Dinakaran's Logo]] <br />
|name = Dinakaran<br />
|type = [[Daily newspaper]]<br />
|format = [[Broadsheet]] <br />
|foundation = {{Start date|1977}}<br />
|founder = [[K. P. Kandasamy]]<br />
|owners = [[Sun Group]] <br />
|headquarters = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]] <br />
|language = [[Tamil language|Tamil]] <br />
| circulation = 1,167,189 Daily<ref name=ABCIND>{{cite web| url= http://www.auditbureau.org/files/Highest%20Circulated%20amongst%20ABC%20Member%20Publications%20(across%20languages).pdf| title=Submission of circulation figures for the audit period July - December 2015| publisher=[[Audit Bureau of Circulations (India)|Audit Bureau of Circulations]] |access-date=5 January 2016}}</ref><br />
| circulation_date = Jul - Dec 2015<br />
|website = [http://www.dinakaran.com/ Dinakaran website]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Dinakaran''' is a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] [[daily newspaper]] distributed in [[India]]. It was founded by [[K. P. Kandasamy]] in 1977 and is currently owned by media conglomerate [[Sun Group]]'s- [[Sun Network]].<ref name="sun">{{cite web|url= http://www.rediff.com/money/2005/jun/17sun.htm|title=Sun acquires Dinakaran newspaper|work=rediff.com|access-date=7 November 2010}}</ref>''Dinakaran'' is the second largest circulated Tamil daily in India after ''[[Dina Thanthi]]''.<ref name="ABC">{{cite web|url= http://www.auditbureau.org/files/Details%20of%20most%20circulated%20publications%20for%20the%20audit%20period%20July%20Dec%202014.pdf|title=Details of most circulated publications for the audit period Jul-Dec 2014| publisher=[[Audit Bureau of Circulations (India)|Audit Bureau of Circulations]] |access-date=25 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.exchange4media.com/e4m/news/fullstory.asp?news_id=37493&pict=3&section_id=5&tag=2878|title= Tamil daily Dinakaran takes over the lead|work= exchange4media.com|access-date= 7 November 2010|author= Judy Franko|date= 13 March 2010|archive-url= https://archive.is/20130123010447/http://www.exchange4media.com/e4m/news/fullstory.asp?news_id=37493&pict=3&section_id=5&tag=2878|archive-date= 23 January 2013|url-status= dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/may/05/slide-show-1-indias-most-read-newspapers.htm|title=India's 15 most-read newspapers|work=rediff.com|access-date=7 November 2010|date=5 May 2010}}</ref> It is printed in 12 cities across India. <br />
Dinakaran was founded in 1977 by [[K. P. Kandasamy]] after he split from ''[[Dina Thanthi]]'' owned by his father-in-law [[S. P. Adithanar]] during the split of [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] from [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]].<ref name="Robin Jeffrey">{{cite book | title=India's newspaper revolution| first=Robin |last=Jeffrey |author-link=Robin Jeffrey | date=24 March 2000| publisher=C. Hurst & Co| isbn=978-1-85065-383-7|page=79,80,114,135}}</ref> In 2005, the newspaper was acquired from [[K. P. K. Kumaran]] by [[Kalanithi Maran|Kalanithi Maran's]] [[Sun Group]].<ref name="sun"/> <br />
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''Dinakaran'' is published from 12 cities in India namely [[Bengaluru]], [[Chennai]], [[Coimbatore]], [[Madurai]], [[Mumbai]], [[New Delhi]], [[Nagercoil]], [[Puducherry (city)|Puducherry]], [[Salem, Tamil Nadu|Salem]], [[Tiruchirappalli]], [[Tirunelveli]] and [[Vellore]]. As of 2014, the newspaper has a circulation of 1,215,583.<ref name="ABC"/><br />
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