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His most significant contribution was the setting up an in-house newsprint factory when other newspapers were paying significant amounts to 8purchase newsprints from elsewhere.

SP Adithanar, belonging to the Nadar community, studied law in England and the US and practised in Singapore before returning to Tamil Nadu to set up the newspaper. The paper currently boasts of 16 editions across Tamil Nadu and India and an edition from Dubai. It should be noted that news channel ownership is also considered a prerequisite in the arsenal of political parties.ДЄmong the newspapers in Tamil, in Tamil Nadu, the prominent players are Dina Thanthi (which leads the pack in terms of circulation), Dina Mani, Dina Malar, Dinakaran, Tamil Murasu, Makkal Kural, Malai Malar and The Hindu (Tamil).ДЄmong these Dina, Thanthi has been a trendsetter ever since SP Adithanar established it in 1942.

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This is especially because TV news channels still only offer highly biased and politicised versions of current affairs. Even though TV news is as ubiquitous as anywhere else in the country, the newspapers still hold pride of place. Tea Kadai or tea shop counters filled with the dayвЂ™s headlines are commonplace across the state. The state has a literacy rate of about 80 per cent at last count, and its people have always been ardent followers of news, especially the newspaper. Tamil Nadu has a long, enduring history of journalism, beginning with the newspaper, Swadesamitran, which began its print-run in 1882 and continued till 1985. A map showing the circulation of Dina ThanthiДЄ History of Dina Thanthi: Establishing and creating a new readership in Tamil NaduДЄs the state is going into what will be among its most fiercely contested elections later this year, the role that the popular Tamil daily Dina Thanthi and the media groupвЂ™s other outlets in shaping Tamil readers/ viewers views and opinions become as important as it has ever been in its long history. Mass media, media, media series, print media, tamil nadu

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