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{{Short description|Kannada daily newspaper}}<br />
{{Infobox Newspaper <br />
| logo = Prajavani-Logo.jpg<br />
| logo_size = 220px<br />
| name = Prajavani<br />
| image = PrajavaniCover.jpg<br />
| image_size = 240px<br />
| type = Morning Daily [[Newspaper]]<br />
| format = [[Broadsheet]] <br />
| foundation = {{start date and age|1948|df=y}} <ref name="Division2016">{{cite book|author=Publications Division|title=Press in India - 1968 (Part 1)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mp33DQAAQBAJ&pg=PA2|date=8 September 2016|publisher=Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting|isbn=978-81-230-2346-5|pages=2–}}</ref><br />
| founder = [[K.N. Guruswamy]]<br />
| editor = K.N. Shanth Kumar<br />
| parent company = [[The Printers (Mysore) Private Limited]]<br />
| ownership = Privately held (family owned) <br />
| political alignment = Independent<br />
| headquarters = <!-- No. 75, Mahatma Gandhi Road,-->[[Mahatma Gandhi Road, Bangalore|M.G.Road]], [[Bangalore]], Karnataka, India <br />
| circulation = 558,453 (as of August 2014)<ref>{{cite web|title=Report July-December 2013|url=http://www.auditbureau.org/files/Details%20of%20Language%20wise%20Most%20Circulated%20Report%20Pg%2031%2014%2007%202014.pdf|website=auditbureau.org|publisher=Audit Bureau of Circulation|access-date=20 August 2014}}</ref><br />
| readership = 200 million (IRS 2017 | Average Issue Readership)<br />
| website = {{url|http://www.prajavani.net}}<br />
| free = {{url|http://epaper.prajavani.net/}}<br />
| oclc = 37626596<br />
|owners=The Printers (Mysore) Private Limited|language=Kannada|political=Independent}}<br />
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'''''Prajavani''''' ([[Kannada language|Kannada]]:''Voice of the People'') is a leading Kannada-language broadsheet daily newspaper published in [[Karnataka]], [[India]]. Having a readership of over 2.01 million, it is one of the largest circulated newspapers in the [[Karnataka|state]].<ref>http://mruc.net/uploads/posts/a27e6e912eedeab9ef944cc3315fba15.pdf</ref><br />
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==History and ownership==<br />
Prajavani was founded in 1948 in Bangalore by [[K.N. Guruswamy]]. The Printers (Mysore) Private Limited, the company which owns the newspaper, continues to be privately held by members of the founding family.<br />
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==Stance==<br />
Prajavani (PV) has a history of being a politically independent newspaper, although it tends to opine with a liberal tilt. It is known for espousing the causes of [[Dalits]], encouraging women's empowerment and taking pro-poor positions on economic issues. It has managed to maintain an independent position, despite an increasingly polarized media landscape in Karnataka. Prajavani uses the tagline "the most trusted Kannada daily newspaper", which appears below its masthead.<br />
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==Position in the market==<br />
Prajavani was the leading Kannada newspaper for decades, until it was overtaken in circulation by ''[[Vijaya Karnataka]]'' (VK) in 2004. The gulf between PV and the upstart VK became huge for a while, but the two newspapers appear to be competing much more closely as of 2014, with PV having significantly recovered ground according to industry numbers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Report July-December 2013|url=http://www.auditbureau.org/files/Details%20of%20Language%20wise%20Most%20Circulated%20Report%20Pg%2031%2014%2007%202014.pdf|website=auditbureau.org/|publisher=Audit Bureau of Circulation|access-date=20 August 2014}}</ref> Some analysts have also attributed this to the launch of [[Vijaya Vani]], by the original owner of Vijaya Karnataka, [[Vijay Sankeshwar]] and his [[VRL Group]], which has apparently eaten into the readership of ''Vijaya Karnataka''. Other regional competitors include ''[[Udayavani]]'', ''[[Varthabharathi]]'', ''[[Kannada Prabha]]'' and ''[[Samyukta Karnataka]]''.<br />
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==Sister publications==<br />
* ''[[Deccan Herald]]'', a daily English newspaper<br />
*'' [[Sudha (weekly magazine)|Sudha]]'', a Kannada weekly magazine<br />
* ''[[Mayura (Kannada Magazine)|Mayura]]'', a Kannada monthly magazine<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of Kannada-language newspapers]]<br />
* [[List of Kannada-language magazines]]<br />
* [[List of newspapers in India]]<br />
* [[Media in Karnataka]]<br />
* [[Media of India]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{Official website|http://www.prajavani.net/}}<br />
* https://web.archive.org/web/20081206111259/http://prajavaniepaper.com/<br />
* [http://indianenews.com/prajavani-news-paper-today-kannada/ Prajavani News Paper] History<br />
* http://mruc.net/uploads/posts/a27e6e912eedeab9ef944cc3315fba15.pdf<br />
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