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Founder Si.Pa.Aditanar handed over his business to his son, Shivanthi Adityan who expanded the family affair further. This nationally-trusted family owns under its masthead, Daily Thanthi, Maalai Malar, Gokulam Kathir, Rani Muthu and Rani Weekly. Balasubramanian Adityan, grandson of Si. Pa. Aditanar, is the Managing Director of Malar and has greatl... y contributed to the success of the household name that Malar Publications has become. HISTORY AND BACKGROUND: Malar was incorporated on February 22, 1979 as a Private Limited company, taking over the business of printing and publishing Maalai Malar. It is a credit to Malar that printing and publishing facilities have been established in nine locations in Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry. Effective from 1st April 2005, Malar has taken over the business of Printing from Rani Printer (P) Ltd, cable distribution & TV content programming from Air Media Network (P) Ltd, printing and publishing of newspaper Maalai Murasu from Nellai Murasu (P) Ltd and marketing of advertisement space from Sovereign Media Markets (P) Ltd. BUSINESS: Malar prints and publishes 'Maalai Malar' and Nellai 'Maalai Murasu', the No.1 evening newspaper in India and has 9 editions apart from Gokulam Kathir - a Tamil monthly magazine. Malar prints special supplements for Daily Thanthi, magazines - Rani Muthu and Rani weekly - apart from undertaking third-party printing jobs. Malar broadcasts through cable AMN TV in 19 centres in Tamil Nadu having a combined viewership of 9 million people. Addtionally, Malar has a media marketing division which markets advertising space for Daily Thanthi, Maalai Malar, Gokulam Kathir, Rani Muthu and Rani Weekly. DIVERSIFICATION:Malar has established FM broadcasting centres at Chennai in the year 2006-07 and at, Madurai, Coimbatore, Trichy, Tirunelveli, Tuticorin and Pondicherry in 2007-08 at an out-lay of Rs. 600 million.Read More