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{{short description|Newspaper editor}}
{{EngvarB|date=August 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{for|the Malayalam writer KM Mathew (1934-2012)|KM Mathew}}
{{for|the Indian botanist|Koyapillil Mathai Matthew}}
{{Indian name|Mathew|Kandathil Mammen}}
{{Infobox person
| name = K. M. Mathew
| image = KM Mathew 2011 stamp of India.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = K. M. Mathew
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1917|01|02}}
| birth_place = [[Alappuzha]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2010|08|01|1917|01|02}}
| death_place = [[Kottayam]], Kerala, India
| other_names =
| known_for = [[Editor-in-chief|Chief Editor]] – [[Malayala Manorama]]
| occupation =
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Annamma Mathew]]|1942|2003|reason=died}}
| mother = [[Kunjandamma]] Modisseril Family
| father = [[K. C. Mammen Mappillai]]
}}
'''Kandathil Mammen Mathew'''<ref>{{cite web |title=PM condoles the passing away of Malayala Manorama Chief Editor, K.M.Mathew |url=https://archivepmo.nic.in/drmanmohansingh/press-details.php?nodeid=1121 |website=Dr. Manmohan Singh |publisher=[[Prime Minister's Office (India)|Prime Minister's Office]] |access-date=22 July 2020 |date=August 1, 2010}}</ref> (2 January 1917 – 1 August 2010) was an Indian newspaper editor who served as the [[editor-in-chief]] of the [[Malayalam]]-language daily, ''[[Malayala Manorama]]''.<ref name="HT">[https://archive.today/20130125100742/http://www.hindustantimes.com/President-condoles-death-of-K-M-Mathew/Article1-580692.aspx President condoles death of K M Mathew]. ''Hindustan Times''. 1 August 2010.</ref><ref>{{cite news|agency=Press Trust of India |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article546037.ece |title=President, Manmohan, Sonia, condole death of K. M. Mathew |work=The Hindu |access-date=1 August 2010 |location=Chennai, India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/doyen-of-indian-media-k-m-mathew-passes-away-41236 |title=Doyen of Indian media, K M Mathew passes away |publisher=Ndtv.com |access-date=1 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/kerala/article545984.ece |title=Malayala Manorama Chief Editor K.M. Mathew passes away |work=The Hindu |date= 1 August 2010|access-date=1 August 2010 |location=Chennai, India}}</ref>

He joined the newspaper as [[Managing Editor]] and general manager in 1954 and took office as the Chief Editor in 1973. Under his leadership, Malayala Manorama launched many publications such as the women's magazine [[Vanitha]] in Malayalam and Hindi, the weekly English magazine [[The Week (Indian magazine)|The Week]], the farmer's magazine ''Karshakasree'', the children's magazines ''Balarama'', ''Kalikudukka'' in Malayalam and Magic Pot in English and the encyclopaedic Manorama Yearbook in Malayalam, English, Hindi, [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and [[Bengali language|Bengali]].

==Early life==
K. M. Mathew was the eighth of nine children of [[K. C. Mammen Mappillai]] and Kunjandamma. He was born in [[Kottayam]] on 2 January 1917. After completing his schooling from many schools including M.D.Seminary School, Kottayam and Leo XIII School, Alappuzha, he joined [[CMS College Kottayam]] to study history. Later, he completed his B.A Economics from [[Madras Christian College]]. He married [[Annamma Mathew]] on 7 September 1942 at his house in Kottayam.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}

==Career==
Mathew started his career in 1940 as a planter in Chikmagalur where he joined his brother, K. M. Jacob, to take care of the family-owned Bhadra Estate. He spent seven years in Chikmagalur estate. During this period, he opened a balloon manufacturing facility named Mysore Rubber Factory in the estate premises but the factory was soon closed due to the pollution it caused. The machinery at this factory was later transferred to Madras when his younger brother [[K. M. Mammen Mappillai]] started [[MRF Limited]]. In 1947, Mathew moved to Bombay to start Allied Agencies.

After spending seven years in Bombay, Mathew moved to [[Kottayam]] and joined Malayala Manorama as the Managing Editor and general manager on 15 May 1954. Following the death of his elder brother and the then Chief-Editor K. M.Cherian on 14 March 1973, Mathew took office as the Chief Editor of ''Malayala Manorama'', a position he held until his death on 1 August 2010. Mathew infused professionalism into ''Malayala Manorama'''s management with the help of world's leading consultants. Under Mathew's leadership, ''Malayala Manorama'' grew into 17 editions and crossed a circulation of more than 1.6 million copies.

Mathew served in the following capabilities:
:Chairman – [[Audit Bureau of Circulations (India)|Audit Bureau of Circulations]](ABC) – (1970)
:Chairman – [[Press Trust of India]]<ref name="HT"/> – (1979)
:Chairman – Research Institute for Newspaper Development(RIND) – (1979)
:President – [[Indian Newspaper Society]]
:Founder trustee – Press Institute of India
:Member – [[Press Council of India]]
:Executive committee member – Federation of International Newspaper Publishers and Editors, France.

==Awards==
In 1998, Mathew was awarded the [[Padma Bhushan]].<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref> He has received many other awards including Foundation of Freedom of Information Award (1991), National Citizen's award (1992), Ramakrishna Jay Dayal award (1995), Durga Prasad Chaudhary award (1996), Press Academy Award (1997) and B D Goenka Award (1996).

On his first death anniversary, [[India Post]] issued a commemorative postage stamp.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2317179.ece | location=Chennai, India | work=The Hindu | title=K.M. Mathew an Indian legend, says Manmohan | date=3 August 2011}}</ref> At the Parliament House, Prime Minister Dr [[Manmohan Singh]] received an album containing the stamp from [[Kapil Sibal]], Union minister for communications and information technology. The five-rupee stamp had a print run of {{formatnum:300000}}. The stamp, first day cover and cancellation were designed by Nenu Gupta.

==Family==
His wife, Annamma Mathew, was a culinary expert and Chief Editor of ''Vanitha'', who wrote under the name ''Mrs. K. M. Mathew''. His book of memoirs, ''Annamma''. (based on his wife),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.easternbookcorporation.com/moreinfo.php?txt_searchstring=9795 |title=Annamma |publisher=Easternbookcorporation.com |access-date=1 August 2010}}</ref> was published by Penguin in Malayalam (2004) and in English (2005).

Mathew and Annamma Mathew had four children, including [[Mammen Mathew]].

==Autobiography==
[[File:Eighth Ring.jpg|thumb|210x210px|"Eighth Ring" Autobiography of K M Mathew]]
His autobiography titled ''Ettamathe Mothiram''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://indulekha.com/malayalambooks/2008/02/ettamathe-mothiram.html |title=Ettamathe Mothiram |publisher=Indulekha |date=20 February 2008 |access-date=1 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100108035048/http://indulekha.com/malayalambooks/2008/02/ettamathe-mothiram.html |archive-date=8 January 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaplaza.in/ettamathe-mothiram-k-m-mathew/books/9788126418527.htm |title=Ettamathe Mothiram by K. M. Mathew |publisher=Indiaplaza.in |access-date=1 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://subscribe.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMeMart.dll/presidio/jsp/demand/catalog/mmMoreProductDetails.jsp?channelId=-20703&productOid=3681268&BV_ID=@@@ |title=Ettamathe Mothiram |publisher=manoramaonline.com |access-date=1 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100118053258/http://subscribe.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/mmemart.dll/presidio/jsp/demand/catalog/mmMoreProductDetails.jsp?channelId=-20703&productOid=3681268&BV_ID=@@@ |archive-date=18 January 2010 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> ''(The Eighth Ring)'' was published in 2008.

==Death==
Though suffering from age-related ailments, Mathew continued to work and was socially active until a few months before his death. Even after he stopped going to office, he continued to work as Chief Editor. He died at his home in Kottayam on 1 August 2010, aged 93. He was buried the next day at the New Orthodox Church (Puthen Pally, Kottayam) near his home. His wife Annamma had predeceased him in 2003.

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