Jacob Mathew is the Executive Editor and Publisher of the

Malayala Manorama Group of Publications based out of Kerala,

India.

Malayala Manorama has completed 125 years of proud age. The

group publishes Malayala Manorama daily with a circulation of

over 2.2 million copies per day. The group has 50 publications

including The Week (General Interest Newsmagazine) and Vanitha

(India’s largest circulated Women’s Fortnightly). Malayala

Manorama also broadcasts Manorama News, a 24 hour news

channel, has an Entertainment Channel “Mazhavil Manorama” and

FM stations – ‘Radio Mango’. It is also very dominant in the digital

space. ManoramaOnline is one of the most widely read newspaper

websites.

Jacob Mathew is currently a trustee of the Press Institute of

India/Research Institute for Newspaper Development and is also on

the Asia Board of INMA (International News Media Association).

Past President of the Indian Newspaper Society (INS) and has

served as the past chairman of the Advertising Standards Council

of India (ASCI).

First Indian and Second Asian to be elected as the President of

WAN-IFRA (World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers)

for a 2 year term.

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