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| Type | Dailynewspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Print, online |
| Owner(s) | Kerala State Council of theCommunist Party of India |
| Publisher | Janayugom Publications Limited |
| Editor-in-chief | Binoy Viswam |
| Editor | Rajaji Mathew Thomas |
| Founded | 1947; 78 years ago (1947) |
| Political alignment | Left-wing |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Headquarters | Thiruvananthapuram |
| City | Kollam |
| Website | www |
| Free online archives | epaper www |
Janayugom is aMalayalam daily newspaper published inKerala, India. It is the official organ of theKerala State Council of theCommunist Party of India. It is the first newspaper in India using free software.[1] Originally started in 1947 as a weekly magazine fromQuilon to propagate the news and views of the party, on 16 November 1953 it was converted as a daily newspaper.
The first editor was N. Gopinathan Nair (alias Velya Gopi) and the first manager R. Gopinathan Nair (alias Kochu Gopi).M.N. Govindan Nair, a senior figure in theCommunist Party of India, supported the conversion of the publication from a weekly to a daily newspaper. By the 1950s, theJanayugom daily newspaper also was started and by the 70s theJanayugom family of publications had expanded to includeCinerama, a film weekly,Balayugom, a children's monthly andJanayugom Novelpathippu, a literary magazine. Later, all of these publications stopped one by one and only a monthly magazine fromCalicut remained. In 2007Janayugom was rejuvenated, now as a daily news paper. Marxist theoreticians likeC. Unniraja have been its chief editors. Its chief editor isBinoy Viswam and editor isRajaji Mathew Thomas.
In November 2019, the newspaper migrated toopen-source software. All desktops were moved to customizedLinux distribution ofUbuntu, all image editing was moved toGIMP and alldesktop publishing was moved toScribus.[2] Savings from the use of free software was over 10 million Indian Rupees ($130,000).[3]
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