Dina Thanthi

Dina Thanthi
Dina Thanthi (Daily Thanthi) தினத்தந்தி
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Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner Thanthi Trust
Founder S. P. Adithanar
Founded 1942 (1942)
Language Tamil
Official website http://www.dailythanthi.com

Dina Thanthi (Tamil: தினத்தந்தி , pronounced as "Dina Thandi") a.K.a "Daily Thanthi" is a reputed daily Tamil newspaper in Tirunelveli, Bangalore, Mumbai, Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Erode, Dindigul, Trichy, Salem, Nagercoil, Cuddalore, Vellore, Puducherry and Thanjavur. It is owned by Mr.B. Sivanthi Aditanar. It was founded by S. P. Adithanar, a lawyer trained in Britain and practised in Singapore, with its first edition from Madurai in 1942. The publication spread over Tamil Nadu and the neighbouring states of Pondicherry and Karnataka. In 1940, he opened editions in Madras, Salem and Tiruchirapalli. While the Salem attempt failed, the Tiruchirapalli edition had to be reopened in 1954.[1]

Daily Thanthi became one of the largest Tamil language dailies by circulation within a few years; it has been a leading Tamil daily since the 1960s. It has today 15 editions with the latest being the Mumbai Edition. It is the highest circulated Tamil language daily in Bangalore and Pondicherry, and one of the largest in Tamil Nadu, Daily Thanthi's circulation during (July 2009 - December 2009) was 11,91,874 copies (certified by [Audit Bureau of Circulations - ABC).It has the largest readership base amongst Tamil Newspapers with 73,53,000 readers spread across the Tamil Diaspora. (Source : IRS 2010 R1 )

Dinathanthi has been a tool for the students of Tamil Nadu in securing good marks in their board exams.

  • It issues a book called 10th, +2 Vina Vidai Book, on every Wednesday during the second part of the year. The model question papers of all the subjects of Standard 10 and 12 are provided with answers along with the question papers of board exams that are conducted previous year.
  • It conducts a programme called 'Vetri Nichayam' once in a year during the summer vacation that provides useful facts to the students to take a good decision about their future studies.

Contents

History

In 1942, Dina Thanthi (Daily Telegraph) was started in Madurai with simultaneous editions in Madras, Salem and Tiruchirappalli. It was founded by S.P. Aditanar, a lawyer trained in Britain. He modelled Thanthi on the style of an English tabloid- The Daily Mirror. He aimed to bring out a newspaper that ordinary people would read, and which would encourage a reading habit even among the newly literate. In the past, the daily newspaper which was printed in Madras reached the southern Tamil region after at least one day. Thanthi used the public bus system to distribute the paper throughout the south Tamil region and capitalized on the hunger for war news that arose after Singapore fell to the Japanese.

Dina Thanthi became one of the largest Tamil language dailies by circulation within a few years; it has been a leading Tamil daily since the 1960s. It has today 15 editions. It is the highest circulated Tamil daily in Bangalore. It issues a book called 10th, +2 Vina Vidai Book, on every Wednesday during the second part of the year. The model question papers of all the subjects of Standard 10 and 12 are provided with answers along with the question papers of board exams that are conducted previous year.

Circulation - Editionwise

Daily Thanthi's circulation during January–June 2010 was 12,57,027 copies (certified by ABC):

Edition Average
CHENNAI 3,68,979
MADURAI 1,15,503
COIMBATORE 1,07,972
VELLORE - TIRUCHIRAPPALLI 73,566
TIRUNELVELI 1,25,428
SALEM 85,060
CUDDALORE 40,398
BANGALORE 56,893
PONDICHERRY 20,226
ERODE 38,663
NAGERCOIL 87,474
THANJAVUR 69,643
DINDIGUL 34,606
MUMBAI 17,617

Supplements

The various supplements that come along with Dinathanthi are as follows:

Day Supplements
Sunday Gnayiru Malar, Kudumba Malar
Friday Siruvar Thanga Malar, Velli Malar
Saturday Muthucharam, Ilaignar Malar
  • Apart from this, the book related to astrology called 'Tamil Madha Jothidam' is issued every second week of Monday.

See also

References

  1. ^ Robin Jeffrey (24 March 2000). India's newspaper revolution. C. Hurst & Co. p. 79. ISBN 1850653836, ISBN 978-1-85065-383-7. 

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