Dinakaran is a 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.[1]Dinakaran is the second largest circulated Tamil daily in India after Dina Thanthi.[2][3][4] It is printed in 12 cities across India. 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.[5] In 2005, the newspaper was acquired from K. P. K. Kumaran by Kalanithi Maran's Sun Group.[1]
Dinakaran is published from 12 cities in India namely Bengaluru, Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Mumbai, New Delhi, Nagercoil, Puducherry, Salem, Tiruchirappalli, Tirunelveli and Vellore. As of 2014, the newspaper has a circulation of 1,215,583.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sun acquires Dinakaran newspaper. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Details of most circulated publications for the audit period Jul-Dec 2014. Audit Bureau of Circulations. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- ↑ Tamil daily Dinakaran takes over the lead(13 March 2010). Retrieved 7 November 2010.
- ↑ India's 15 most-read newspapers(5 May 2010). Retrieved 7 November 2010.
- ↑ India's newspaper revolution{{#if:Jeffrey|, Jeffrey}. C. Hurst & Co(24 March 2000). ISBN 978-1-85065-383-7
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