Janayugom

Janayugom is a Malayalam daily newspaper published in Kerala, India.[1][2][3][4][5][6] It is the official organ of the Kerala State Council of the Communist Party of India. It is the first newspaper in India using free software.[7] Originally started in 1947 as a weekly magazine from Quilon to propagate the news and views of the party, it was later converted as a daily newspaper.

Janayugom
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatPrint, online
Owner(s)Communist Party of India Kerala State Council
Editor-in-chiefKanam Rajendran
EditorRajaji Mathew Thomas
Founded1947
Political alignmentLeft-wing
LanguageMalayalam
HeadquartersThiruvananthapuram
CityQuilon
Websitewww.janayugomonline.com
Free online archivesepaper.janayugomonline.com
m.facebook.com/janayugomdaily/

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 the Communist Party of India, supported the conversion of the publication from a weekly to a daily newspaper. By the 1950s, the Janayugom daily newspaper also was started and by the 70s the Janayugom family of publications had expanded to include Cinerama, a film weekly, Balayugom, a children's monthly and Janayugom Novelpathippu, a literary magazine. Later, all of these publications stopped one by one and only a monthly magazine from Calicut remained. In 2007 Janayugom was rejuvenated, now as a daily news paper. Marxist theoreticians like C. Unniraja have been its chief editors. Its chief editor is Kanam Rajendran and editor is Rajaji Mathew Thomas .

Free/open-source software

In November 2019, the newspaper migrated to open-source software. All desktops were moved to Kubuntu Linux, all image editing was moved to GIMP and all desktop publishing was moved to Scribus.[8] Savings from the use of free software was over 10 million Indian Rupees ($130,000).[9]

See also

References
  1. RNI | Reg. No.3286/1958 | Name:JANAYUGOM | Publication City: KOLLAM | Link: http://rni.nic.in/registerdtitle_search/registeredtitle_ser.aspx
  2. RNI | Reg. No.19942/1970 | Name:JANAYUGOM | Publication City: KOZHIKODE | Link: http://rni.nic.in/registerdtitle_search/registeredtitle_ser.aspx
  3. RNI | Reg. No.3051/1957 | Name:JANAYUGOM | Publication City: KOLLAM | Link: http://rni.nic.in/registerdtitle_search/registeredtitle_ser.aspx
  4. RNI | Reg. No.KERMAL/2007/26835 | Name:JANAYUGOM | Publication City: KOCHI | Link: http://rni.nic.in/registerdtitle_search/registeredtitle_ser.aspx
  5. RNI | Reg. No.KERMAL/2007/26836 | Name:JANAYUGOM | Publication City: THIRUVANANTHAPURAM | Link: http://rni.nic.in/registerdtitle_search/registeredtitle_ser.aspx
  6. RNI | Reg. No.KERMAL/2012/45302 | Name:JANAYUGOM | Publication City: KANNUR | Link: http://rni.nic.in/registerdtitle_search/registeredtitle_ser.aspx
  7. http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/2019/nov/02/free-open-source-software-will-offer-solutions-to-it-startups-pinarayi-2055860.html
  8. https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/dus5sn/janayugom_the_south_indian_daily_newspaper_has/
  9. https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/2019/nov/02/free-open-source-software-will-offer-solutions-to-it-startups-pinarayi-2055860.html


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