The Hindu rates slashed!

April 16th, 2008

The Hindu, morning English daily is the leader in South India. The Hindu for a single-edition has the second largest circulation newspaper in India, and the largest circulation for a single-edition English-language newspaper in the country. With a circulation of 1.17 million copies, The Hindu and has its largest base of circulation in South India, especially Tamil Nadu. Begun in 1878, it was founded on the principles of fairness justice. Headquartered at Chennai, The Hindu was published weekly when it was launched and started publishing daily in 1889. The Hindu became, in 1995, the first Indian newspaper to offer an online edition. Now, after the launch of TIMES of INDIA, the worlds largest selling English daily, the Hindu has slashed their rates from Rs. 3.25 to Rs. 2.50 per copy from Monday to Saturday and Rs. 3/- per copy on Sunday, previously it was Rs. 4/- copy. The other competitors in Tamil Nadu are Deccan Chronicle and The New Indian Express. Recently, the The new Indian Express too has made some change to their paper quality, which looks good now. The question is everyones mind is that, Will The Hindu continues to be the Leader or not??

>> Snap shot of The ‘new’ New Indian Express