Kantipur (daily)

Kantipur
कान्तिपुर
Front page of Kantipur on 02 February 2017
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Kantipur Media Group
Founder(s)Shyam Goenka
PublisherKailash Sirohiya
Editor-in-chiefUmesh Chauhan
FoundedFebruary 20, 1993 (1993-02-20)[1]
LanguageNepali
HeadquartersCentral Business Park, Thapathali, Kathmandu
CountryNepal
Circulation453,000[2]
Websiteekantipur.com%20ekantipur.com

Kantipur (Nepali: कान्तिपुर) is a Nepali language daily newspaper, published from Kathmandu, Biratnagar, Nepalgunj, and Bharatpur of Nepal simultaneously. It was founded by Shyam Goenka.[3] Kantipur's publishers report that the circulation of this newspaper is just above 453,000 copies per day. It is regarded as the most widely read newspaper in Nepal; according to an audience survey in 2016, over half of those who read newspapers in Nepal were readers of Kantipur, considerably more than any other newspapers.[4] The newspaper is also a source of information of homeland for Nepali diaspora.

Sudheer Sharma has been the editor-in-chief of the newspaper since August 6, 2019 (Second time joined after nearly one and half year). The other sister publications of Kantipur Daily are Nari Magazine (Monthly Magazine), Nepal Magazine (Weekly Magazine), and Saptahik (Weekly Magazine).

  1. ^ "Kantipur marks 23rd anniversary". The Kathmandu Post. Archived from the original on 2016-11-01. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Kantipur". Kantipur Media Group. Archived from the original on 7 June 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  3. ^ Yubaraj Ghimire, (n.d.) (July 23, 2016). "Nepali Media at Crossroad: Can they Mediate Constitution-Making and Peace Processes?". www.nepaldemocracy.org. Archived from the original on 2018-11-11.
  4. ^ Understanding World Media. K.K. Publications. 2021. p. 99. Archived from the original on 2022-08-26. Retrieved 2022-08-26.

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