- Kannada Prabha
Infobox Newspaper
name = Kannada Prabha
caption = Front Page of Kannada Prabha dated July 7, 2007
type = Dailynewspaper
format =Broadsheet
foundation = Ramnath Goenka
ceased publication =
price = 2.50 Rs
owners = Manoj Kumar Sonthalia
political position = Neutral
publisher = Express Publication (Madurai) Ltd
editor = H R Ranganath
language = Kannada
circulation =
headquarters = Bangalore, Shimoga, Mangalore, Hyderabad, Hubli, Belagavi
ISSN =
website = [http://www.kannadaprabha.com/ www.kannadaprabha.com]Kannada Prabha a morning daily from the house of
The New Indian Express Group, is a majorKannada newspaper inKarnataka . The tag line on the masthead "The Most Powerful Kannada Newspaper" is true to the spirits of its founder Late ShriRamnath Goenka " The Iron Man of Indian Journalism".Started on November 4, 1967 with one edition in Bangalore, today this newspaper, headquartered in
Bangalore is spread across the state with 5 other publication centers viz.. Mangalore, Shimoga, Belgaum, Hubli and Hyderabad.Being a trend setter in Kannada Journalism, The Kannada Prabha has several "Firsts" to its credit. few among them are... introduction of a cinema supplement, introduction of a business supplement, introduction of an astrology supplement, introduction of daily colour printing, introduction of a new sleek format, introduction of modern newspaper layout and content, etc.. Karnataka 50 - a 138 page broadsheet, massive special edition by Kannada Prabha on the occasion of the golden jubilee celebration of Karnataka state, is a record in the history of Kannada journalism.
Known for the Breaking news and the Special campaigns Kannada Prabha is one of the most vivacious kannada newspapers. It's online portal [http://www.kannadaprabha.com/ www.kannadaprabha.com] is the no.1 kannada destinations on the net. [http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/kannadaprabha.com Alexa Info]
Khadri Shamanna and YNK (Y N Krishnamurthy) are the two most celebrated Editors of Kannada Prabha who made the newspaper most respected among the other news dailies in Karnataka. Currently the newspaper is reaching its new peak with a very young brigade led by Editor Shri H R Ranganath and Executive Editor Shri [http://www.ravihegde.com/ Ravi Hegde] .
Media Academy Award for the Best Designed Kannada Newspaper: Kannada Prabha has won the prestigious Karnataka Media Academy award for the Best Designed Newspaper successively for three times since the inception of the award in 2005.
References
Other Kannada Newspapers
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[http://prajavani.net Prajavani]
[http://www.udayavani.com Udayavani]Samyukta Karnataka
[http://www.sanjevani.com Sanjevani]
[http://www.eesanje.com Eesanje]
[http://www.informationcell.com/kannada.php InformationCell Kannada Section]
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