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Mathrubhumi

Privately Held
+2
Newspaper Publishing1,200+ employeesFounded 1923๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India
Headquarters
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณKozhikode, Kerala (+1)
Industry
Newspaper Publishing
Employees
1,200+
Founded
1923
Company type
Privately Held
Ranking
#6,181,769

Conceived as the mouthpiece of India's freedom movement, Mathrubhumi is one of the front-runners among the Malayalam newspapers. The first copy of Mathrubhumi was published on 18th March 1923 - the day before the first anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi's arrest for the first time by the British police. Led by K.P. Kesava Menon, the prominent freedom fighter, as Editor and K. Madhavan Nair as Managing Director, Mathrubhumi was envisaged for spreading the message of the great National Movement. Now with 16 editions- 10 in Kerala , one each in New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Qatar & Dubai- it has an impressive circulation of over 1.5 million copies. In 1979 the Company launched Grihalakshmi, a magazine exclusively for the women of Kerala. Chitrabhumi in 1982, a magazine catering the interests of the Malayalam movie buffs, followed it. Mathrubhumi's other publications are Thozhilvartha, Mathrubhumi Sports Masika, Balabhumi, Mathrubhumi ArogyaMasika, Mathrubhumi Yathra, Mathrubhumi Minnaminni & Cartoon Plus, which was later replaced with a monthly "Mathrubhumi Chithrakatha". Our Annual "Mathrubhumi Year Book " is published both in Malayalam and English. Celebrity lifestyle Magazine "Mathrubhumi Star & Style" replaced Chithrabhumi in 2013. Mathrubhumi Books, the publishing house, has already made a mark of its own in Malayalam Publishing industry. On 5th September, 1997 the Company launched the online edition www.mathrubhumi.com. Mathrubhumi operates 5 FM Radio stations under the name "CLUB FM". Mathrubhumi Music is the music label owned by the company. On January 2013 Mathrubhumi launched its first Television Channel, "Mathrubhumi News" , a 24x7 Malayalam News Channel. "Kappa TV" a speciality entertainment channel was launched in February 2013. Redmic, launched in 2015, is the events division of Mathrubhumi. Silverbullet, a joint venture of Mathrubhumi launched in 2017, is an E-learning platform for engineering and medical entrance aspirants.

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Kenya
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Kenya
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๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ชKenya1st market entered ยท 2026
Exploring
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Current stageExploringTesting the waters
Confidence49%Medium
Tracking since2026first signal

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Cloud footprint๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Singapore3w ago

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Conceived as the mouthpiece of India's freedom movement, Mathrubhumi is one of the front-runners among the Malayalam newspapers. The first copy of Mathrubhumi was published on 18th March 1923 - the day before the first anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi's arrest for the first time by the British police. Led by K.P. Kesava Menon, the prominent freedom fighter, as Editor and K. Madhavan Nair as Managing Director, Mathrubhumi was envisaged for spreading the message of the great National Movement. Now with 16 editions- 10 in Kerala , one each in New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Qatar & Dubai- it has an impressive circulation of over 1.5 million copies. In 1979 the Company launched Grihalakshmi, a magazine exclusively for the women of Kerala. Chitrabhumi in 1982, a magazine catering the interests of the Malayalam movie buffs, followed it. Mathrubhumi's other publications are Thozhilvartha, Mathrubhumi Sports Masika, Balabhumi, Mathrubhumi ArogyaMasika, Mathrubhumi Yathra, Mathrubhumi Minnaminni & Cartoon Plus, which was later replaced with a monthly "Mathrubhumi Chithrakatha". Our Annual "Mathrubhumi Year Book " is published both in Malayalam and English. Celebrity lifestyle Magazine "Mathrubhumi Star & Style" replaced Chithrabhumi in 2013. Mathrubhumi Books, the publishing house, has already made a mark of its own in Malayalam Publishing industry. On 5th September, 1997 the Company launched the online edition www.mathrubhumi.com. Mathrubhumi operates 5 FM Radio stations under the name "CLUB FM". Mathrubhumi Music is the music label owned by the company. On January 2013 Mathrubhumi launched its first Television Channel, "Mathrubhumi News" , a 24x7 Malayalam News Channel. "Kappa TV" a speciality entertainment channel was launched in February 2013. Redmic, launched in 2015, is the events division of Mathrubhumi. Silverbullet, a joint venture of Mathrubhumi launched in 2017, is an E-learning platform for engineering and medical entrance aspirants.

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