Anandabazar Patrika
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | Anadabazar Patrika Ltd. |
| Publisher | Ananda Publishers |
| Editor | Aveek Sarkar |
| Founded | 13 March 1922 |
| Political alignment | Independent [1] |
| Language | Bengali |
| Headquarters | Kolkata, India |
| Circulation | 1,277,000 Daily |
| Sister newspapers | The Telegraph (Kolkata) |
| Website | http://www.anandabazar.com |
Anandabazar Patrika (Bengali: আনন্দবাজার পত্রিকা Anôndobajar Potrika) is a Bengali language newspaper published from Kolkata, New Delhi and Mumbai by ABP Pvt. Ltd. (an enterprise of Ananda Publishers). With 1,277,000 daily copies, it has the largest circulation for a single-edition, regional language newspaper in India.[2]
Anandabazar is the most circulated Bengali newspaper in India. Currently, the circulation of this newspaper is more than a million a day and is concurrently published from three megacities Kolkata, New Delhi, and Mumbai. Other than Kolkata, it is also printed from various other towns in West Bengal. The paper was founded in 1922 by its inaugural editor Prafulla Chandra Sarkar. Presently, the newspaper is edited by Aveek Sarkar.
Its supplements include the Sunday Supplement, Rabibasario, and the Saturday Supplement, Patrika. The Rabibasario has a children's page called Anandamela. Other supplements include Kajer Bazar and Prastuti. In addition its editions have a special supplement for the particular place from which the edition is published, e.g., "Kolkata" for the Kolkata edition. The paper has comic strips of Phantom and Mandrake from Monday to Saturday.
The newspaper brings out a special festive issue (Sharadiya) during Durga Puja and also an annual issue.
Anandabazar Patrika is well known for its bias towards minimal governance policies, open-economy and to the political party Indian National Congress.
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[edit] Competition
Anandabazar Patrika's main competitor is Bartaman which published since 1984. Bartaman holds second position after Anandabazar Patrika in West Bengal, as per readership and circulation is concern.
[edit] Sister Publication
The Telegraph (Kolkata), a daily English newspaper, was launched in July 7, 1982 and is published simultaneously from Kolkata. It is also published from Guwahati (to cater to the entire northeast), Siliguri (for North Bengal and Sikkim), Jamshedpur, and Ranchi (for Jharkhand).
[edit] See also
- The Telegraph (Kolkata)
- Ananda Publishers
- List of newspapers in India by circulation
- List of newspapers in the world by circulation
[edit] References
- ^ "World Newspapers and Magazines". Worldpress.org. http://www.worldpress.org/newspapers/ASIA/India.cfm. Retrieved 2006-12-30.
- ^ "List of newspapers in India by circulation". International Federation of Audit Bureaux of Circulations. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_newspapers_in_India_by_circulation. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
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