Lokmat and Sakal are two major Marathi language newspapers in India. Lokmat was started in 1918 and is now a large media group with newspapers, television channels, magazines and digital properties. It is led by Managing Director Vijay Darda and has over 3,000 employees. Sakal began in 1932 and is the largest independently owned media business in Maharashtra, publishing newspapers, magazines and digital content with over 800 employees. Both newspapers have expanded their operations significantly over the decades.

1. Marathi newspapers
Lokmat
&
Sakal
By
Sonakshi Saxena

2. LokmatLokmat Media pvt.ltd.

4. • Lokmat Media Pvt. Ltd. is a leading multi platform
media company.
• Diversified portfolio of
publishing, broadcast, digital, entertainment, com
munity and sports verticals.
• Vijay Darda Managing Director of the Lokmat
Group.
• It has an employee strength of more than 3,000 .
• Lokmat Group makes its content available for the
global readers through its news portal
www.lokmat.com

5. •It also has a partnership with Yahoo! to provide content to a co-
branded Marathi section on Yahoo! India’s news portal.
• Lokmat’ is the largest read regional language newspaper in India
with 23.8 million readers.
•Lokmat entered the TV space.
•Lokmat’s magazine division Cymbal Media publishes an
international magazine called ‘G2 – The Global Gujarati’.
•Lokmat Group made its foray in the entertainment sector through
its subsidiary Lokmat Entertainment for production and
distribution of films and television content.
•Lokmat runs sports leagues across various cities in Maharashtra

7. •1918 - Lokmat weekly newpaper was started by Loknayak
Bapuji Aney in as a weapon to fight the British imperialism
during the freedom movement of India.
•When the publication was first started as a handwritten
newspaper from Yavatmal.
•1971 - Late Shri Jawaharlal Darda launched Lokmat’s first
full daily edition on December 15, 1971 from
Nagpur, Maharashtra.
•Company was incorporated by Late Shri Jawaharlal
Darda under the name Lokmat Newspapers Private Limited.
•1987 Lokmat Times (English) are published as well.

8. •1997 Lokmat's Yuva Nxt is a forum.
• Late 80s and the 90s by focusing on the needs of the
readers they improve the quality of newspaper.
•1998 – Marathi news website -
www.lokmat.com launched .
•In 1999 Lokmat Samachar (Hindi).
•2000 Sakhi Manch .
•2005 – ePaper for Lokmat launched.

9. •Lokmat is published from
Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Nashik, Kolha
pur, Jalgaon, Ahmednagar, Solapur, Akola & Panaji
and became 5th largest in all India ranking.
•2006 – Lifestyle magazine ‘G2, The Global Gujarati’
launched.
•2008 - IBN Lokmat goes on air on 6th April 2008.
•2010 - Lokmat releases Jetaa, a Marathi film co-
produced with RDP in August 2010.

10. •Bal Vikas Manch serves as a platform.
• 2012 - Lokmat creates Guinness World Record in
Aurangabad.
•2013 - Lokmat Samachar launches its 7th edition
from Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh.
•2013 – Lokmat Times launches its 3rd edition in
Nashik .

12. •Type-Daily Newspaper
•FormatBroadsheet
•Publisher -Lokmat Media Limited
•Editor-in-chief Vijay J. Darda
•Founded-Jawaharlal Darda, presently
managed by Vijay J. Darda andRajendra
Darda.
•Circulation15,888,099 Daily
•Official website- official site Lokmat.com -
newsportal
•Editions-Nagpur
,Aurangabad,Mumbai,Pun,Ahmednagar,Solap
ur,Kolhapur ,Nashik,Jalgaon ,Akola,Goa,Goa
edition (Marathi in 2009)

14. •Language-Hindi daily
•Format-Broadsheet
•published from
Nagpur, Aurangabad,
Akola, Kolhapur and
Jalgaon and 15 sub
editions.
•7th edition was
launched from
Chhindwara, Madhya
Pradesh.

16. • Type-English daily
•Format –
Broadsheet
• Published from
Aurangabad, Nag
pur and Nashik.

18. • Type- international business cum
lifestyle magazine.
•Content- luxury brands and trends
in fashion, cuisine and
entertainment.
•Distribution- across India and
several countries around the world.
•G2 won the Asian Publishing
Management Award in the “Best
New Launch of local title” category
in 2007.
•Site- www.readg2.com

19. Type-joint venture
company.(2008)
Venture –with IBN18
Broadcast Limited (“ibn18”)
Language –Marathi
Editor of IBN-Lokmat -
journalists Nikhil Wagle
Editor-in-chief of IBN
Network- Rajdeep
Sardesai,

21. •Instituted the Jawaharlal Darda Excellence Awards
• Journalists - Sopan Pandharipande and Savita
Harkare won the prestigious Ramnath Goenka
award for investigative journalism.
•G2 –A Gujrati Magazine by the Lokmat group was
awarded as the Best New Launch of a local title
category in 2007 by the Asian Publishing
Management.
•IBN Lokmat, the only Marathi channel to win the
prestigious Maharashtra Times Sanman Award

22. What’s New
•Lokmat Samachar launches its 7th edition from
Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh on 12th July 2013
•» Lokmat Times launches its 3rd edition in Nashik on 26th
Jan ’13
•In 2012 Mr. Ratan Tata, Chairman of Tata Group launches
Lokmat's second coffee-table book.
•Lokmat Samachar launches its sixth edition in Pune in July
2012
•Actor – producer Aamir Khan donnes the robes of a Guest
Editor for Lokmat’s special edition on 6th May

23. SakalSakal Media Group

25. •Sakal means ‘morning' in Marathi.
•Sakal is the largest independently owned Media
Business in Maharashtra, India. Headquartered in
Pune.
•Sakaal operations consist of regional
newspapers, magazines, and Internet publishing.
• It ranks among the top 10 language dailies of
India.
•Sakaal media businesses combined employ more
than 800 people.

26. •It holds one of the largest Marathi websites,
eSakal, which reaches to 300,000 Internet users
across globe.
•Sakaal Media Group publishes 5 regional news
dailies, three Marathi, and two in English.
•Sakal publish two Marathi Weeklies, effectively
reaching an overall audience of over 6 Million
readers in print.
•Sakal group also available on www.sakal.in

28. •Sakal began its publication in Pune on January
1, 1932 in a novel way.
•Its founder, Dr. N. B. Parulekar.
•Sakal's birth coincided with the beginning of
Gandhiji's mass movement and Sakal wholly
supported it.
•Sakal made its appearance as a small 4-page daily.

31. •Type - Daily newspaper
•Format- Broadsheet
•Owner- Sakal Media Group
•Publisher- Sakal Media Group
•Editor-in-chief-Shriram Pawar
•Language-Marathi
•Headquarters-595, Budhwar
Peth, Pune, India
•Circulation-15,00,000 Daily
•Sister newspapers-Agro one
•Official website-
http://www.esakal.com

32. •Language-English
•published -Pune.
•Editor-Mr Rahul
Chandawarkar.
•3 weekliy
suppliments
(spice,she and
BigLeap .

33. •Marathi daily
•published from Panaji
•world's first-ever daily
on agriculture.
•16-page tabloid with 6
editions
the coverage includes
core farming as well as
agro-based activities like
dairy, poultry, fisheries, e
tc.

39. MAJOR ISSUES BEING ACTIVELY CAMPAIGNED FOR
ARE :
•Rural Poverty & Rural Employment.
•Quality of Primary Education.
•Co-ordination for Disaster Management
•Strengthening Governance for Development.

41. It arranges events targeting:
• Education
• Agriculture
• Travel-Tourism
• Business etc….
• Madhurangan ( ) for women
• Young Buzz and Sakal NIE (Newspaper In Education)
•international event- ‘EDUCON’

42. •Property Mahayatra
•Education Mahayatra
•Pune Shopping Festivals
• Family Health
• Sakal Shopping Festivals
• Sakal Edugain
• Sakal Investneet
• Sakal Vastu
• Sakal Shagun etc. are other some of the other events

43. Green IT award for Sakal
Agrowon Gets Award