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Media in Chennai plays an important part in the social and economic upliftment of the city. There are various print medias and electronic medias operating from Chennai. Chennai’s media are partially based on English language; the lion’s share is based on the local Tamilian language. Each of the print media and electronic media are fighting tooth and nail to regain their market share. Now various events on all aspects are taking place in Chennai, whether in cultural, social or political. The frequent stiffs between tow glaring political personalities are always highlighted in bold letters in newspapers and television channels operating from Chennai.
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Chennai’s media are operational not only in English language, but also in the local Tamilian language. Respective publication groups run all these. It goes to different television channels. The language mostly spoken is Tamilian, but on a wider section English language is spoken. Now let’s come to the print medias and the electronic medias separately.
The different newspapers operational from Chennai is stated as follow:
The Hindu- The Hindu is a popular English daily published from Chennai. It covers all gamut of the news not only of the local Tamil Nadu, but also throughout the nation and also from around the globe. The newspaper is operational for more than 150 years.
Indian Express- Indian Express is one of the oldest English language publications from Chennai. This newspaper has good market share in the English language market in the Chennai city proper. This newspaper is owned by Hindu group of publications.
Indiavarta- This is an English daily from Chennai.
Apollo Times- Apollo Times is an English daily from Chennai covering news on current general affairs. This paper is also has its circulation in local Tamilian language. V.Jayakrishnan owns the newspaper group.
Dinakaran- Dinakaran is an English daily published from Chennai covering news item on general issues. This daily is also published in the vernacular language.
Times Chennai- Times Chennai is an English daily covering news on general affairs. This newspaper is also published in local Tamilian and is owned by R. Badrinarayan.
Dinmani- Dinmani is a local daily published from Chennai. This newspaper does the coverage on general issues.
There are more vernacular dailies published from Chennai. The names of vernacular dailies are Dinamalar, Viduthalai, Kumudam and Kanian Tamil News.
There are also some popular television channels operating from Chennai city. The names of the television channels are Asia Net Telivision (Tamilian), BBC World Service, Eenadu T.V ( Tamilian), NDTV ( English), Jaya TV ( Tamilian), Raj TV ( Tamilian) and Zee News( English)
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