Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Broadsheet |
Publisher | Ideal Publication Trust |
Editor-in-chief | O. Abdurahman |
Editor | VM Ibraheem |
Founded | 1987 |
Political alignment | Neutral |
Language | Malayalam |
Headquarters | Silver Hills, Kozhikode, Kerala, India |
Circulation | Above 350,000 daily |
Sister newspapers | Madhyamam Weekly |
Website | madhyamam |
Madhyamam (meaning Medium) is a Malayalam-language newspaper published in Kerala, India, since 1987.[1] It was founded by Ideal Publications Trust run by the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind wing in Kerala.[2][3] It has nine editions in India (seven in Kerala and one each in Mangalore[4] and Bangalore) and its Persian Gulf edition Gulf Madhyamam has nine in the Middle East.
According to Indian Readership Survey 2021[5] and IRS 2010 Q4, it is the fourth popular newspaper in Kerala with a circulation of 1.5 lakhs and readership of 6 lakhs.[6][7]
The newspaper and its team of journalists have secured nearly ninety awards including Ramnath Goenka Journalism Award, Statesman Award for Rural Reporting, PUCL Journalism Award for Human Rights, ESR World Journalism Prize and the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) Developing Asia Journalism Award.[8]
The newspaper has exposed multiple stories of land encroachments, farming frauds, and malpractices in the name of assisted fertility.[8] It also exposed an alleged kidney racket in tribal settlements in Idukki district of Kerala prompting a public outcry[9] followed by an in-depth investigation by both the state government[10] and the Indian Medical Association (IMA)[11] into the incident.
According to O. Abdurahman, Editor of Madhyamam daily and Group Editor of MediaOne channel, both run by Jamaat-e-Islami Hind Kerala