| Although English and Hindi are the official languages of | | | | paper's editor. Many Indian newspapers have online |
| India, the Indian news media do not publish all of their | | | | editions that help online readers get the latest news |
| reports in either English or Hindi. Many of the Indian | | | | without having to subscribe to all of them. |
| news media cater to the local states listeners | | | | Friday editions of each Indian newspaper are very |
| readers and to the language of theirs. Although | | | | popular in India. Readers have found both informative |
| individual mother tongues in India number several | | | | content and forthright opinions in these editions. |
| hundred only 29 languages are spoken by millions of | | | | Among newspapers in India, The Times of India is |
| Indians. | | | | the largest English newspaper, with 2.14 million copies |
| Some cater to the Telugu speaking residents of India. | | | | daily. The Times of India was the first newspaper in |
| Some cater to those in India for whom Tamil has | | | | India to start trivializing news and is thought of my |
| always been their mother tongue. | | | | many to be a sensationalist tabloid. |
| The Indian newspapers do differ only as to the | | | | India has some 300 big newspapers, with a combined |
| language of their target audience. The focus for each | | | | circulation of 157m last year—a rise of 12.9% on |
| of the newspapers falls into one of these four | | | | 2005. Only a few dozen of these rags, with a |
| categories ie, general, business, sports, | | | | circulation of 35m, are in English, but they get about |
| entertainment, and regional news. | | | | half of the advertising cash. More than 300 big papers |
| Indian news in Newspapers are most often published | | | | are read by almost 160 mil lion people in India. In last |
| on a daily or weekly basis. Some of the papers that | | | | few years literacy has improved by about 20 per |
| come out only once a week have managed to | | | | cent and also Indians now have become hungrier for |
| gather a large number of readers. Indian news | | | | news and information. This has led to the rise of |
| readers study carefully the content of any paper and | | | | advertising and marketing media to take advantage |
| also look for reports that reveal the opinion of a | | | | of it. |