Different sections were added in these papers like Crime, Debates, and Entertainment which made them more vibrant and demand was increasing each day. The Kannada print media was growing and after about the 80s, more people were getting habitual of reading newspapers. ‘Vrittant Patrike’ lasted for 54 years and was stopped in 1940. ‘Vrittanta Patrike,’ the first most circulated weekly Kannada newspaper was started in 1886 with 4000 copies, became the longest-running newspaper among others. He is considered to be the father of Kannada Journalism with more than 9 newspapers founded by him. Venkatakrishnaiah, who is also known as Tataiah. Later, Kannada Journalism grew on the lightning speed and flourished the most in the era of M. Subudhi Prakash was the first weekly Kannada magazine while Mysore Vrittant Bodhini was started to inform people about government activities. Then in 18, two weekly magazines named ‘Subudhi Prakash’ and ‘Mysore Vrittant Bodhini’ were also started in Belgaum and Mysore respectively. It was a fortnightly and one major objective of this newspaper was to propagate Christianity. The newspaper was ‘Mangalooru Samachara’ which was started by a missionary named ‘Hermann Moegling’.

The era of print media in Karnataka started in 1843 with its first newspaper published in Mangalore. Kannada speaking population: 4.3 crores.Here, Margnews is giving you a sneak peek into the history and current changes concerning the growth of the Kannada media industry. The Kannada language is also known as ‘Kanarese’. The history of Media in Karnataka can be traced back to 1843 and credit to give it a start goes to Christian missionaries.

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