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| Type | Morning DailyNewspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | The Printers (Mysore) Private Limited |
| Founder(s) | K.N. Guruswamy |
| Editor | K.N. Shanth Kumar |
| Founded | 1948; 77 years ago (1948)[1] |
| Political alignment | Independent |
| Language | Kannada |
| Headquarters | M.G.Road,Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
| Circulation | 355,888 (as of 2022)[2] |
| Readership | 2.13 million (IRS 2019 Average Issue Readership)[3] |
| OCLC number | 37626596 |
| Website | www |
| Free online archives | epaper |
Prajavani (Kannada:Voice of the People) is a leading Kannada-language broadsheet daily newspaper published inKarnataka,India. Having areadership of over 2.13 million, it is one of thelargest circulated newspapers in thestate.
Prajavani was founded in 1948 in Bangalore byK.N. Guruswamy. The Printers (Mysore) Private Limited, the company which owns the newspaper, continues to be privately held by members of the founding family.
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 ofDalits, 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.
Prajavani was the leading Kannada newspaper for decades, until it was overtaken in circulation byVijaya 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.[4] Some analysts have also attributed this to the launch ofVijaya Vani, by the original owner of Vijaya Karnataka,Vijay Sankeshwar and hisVRL Group, which has apparently eaten into the readership ofVijaya Karnataka. Other regional competitors includeUdayavani,Varthabharathi,Kannada Prabha andSamyukta Karnataka.
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