Pudhari is a popular Marathi daily, printed in three centres[2] and distributed in Maharashtra, Goa and North Karnataka. It is the leader in Kolhapur and Western Maharashtra and the third-largest Marathi newspaper daily in the entire state of Maharashtra.[1][3] Alongside Satyawadi, it is one of the two oldest surviving newspapers in the state.[4]
Pudhari was founded as a weekly in 1937 and turned daily in 1939 by Ganpatrao Jadhav.[4]Pratapsinh Jadhav followed in his footsteps. Currently, Dr. Yogesh Jadhav is the chairman and group editor of Pudhari Publications, while Dr. Pratapsinh Jadhav is the Chief Editor.
In 2016, Pudhari's publisher, Pudhari Publications, invested in new colour printing and design technologies.[2]
References
^ abcSujata Anandan (29 June 2016). "Once upon a time a fiefdom no more". Hindustan Times. Some years ago as Kolhapur's leading Marathi daily, Pudhari, was attempting to make inroads into Pune, it ran into some fierce resistance by the Sharad Pawar-family-owned Sakal group of newspapers. Pudhari's young owner-editor, Yogesh Jadhav, had then told me rather wryly, 'When we were in school, the history books told us that Pune had once upon a time belonged to the Peshwas. Now our children will grow up thinking Pune is owned by the Pawars!'
^ abDibyajyoti Sarma (21 July 2016). "Pudhari chooses QI Press Controls for automation". PrintWeek. Kolhapur-based publishers of Marathi daily Pudhari, Pudhari Publications, has commissioned ten mRC-3D cameras supplied by QI Press Controls (QIPC), the Dutch specialist in measurement and control systems for the printing industry. [...] With the help of all these systems, Pudhari Publications expects to make savings in paper, ink and energy, to improve the quality of the final product, to speed up the production process and to ramp up productivity in the plant. In addition to its print works in Kolhapur, the company has two other plants.
^"MAGINDIA – How media planners can exploit the Marathi dailies". MagIndia. 18 November 2008. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2018. Lokmat and Sakal lead the pack in Maharashtra. The next 3 players, Punya Nagari, Pudhari and Loksatta are the challengers. They are unable to match the delivery of the Top 2, but their inclusion (at card rates), by way of partial substitution, does improve delivery, as well as the efficiency of the media plan. [...] Lokmat and Sakal unquestionably dominate the 'Desh' region, while Pudhari, Punya Nagari and Tarun Bharat make the challengers list. Their readership is significant, but cannot replace that of the leaders.
^ abArun Bhosale; Ashok S. Chousalkar; Lakshminarayana Tarodi, eds. (2001). Freedom movement in princely states of Maharashtra. Kolhapur: Shivaji University. pp. 119–120. OCLC260105288 – via Google Books. "Satyawadi and Pudhari, the only two surviving news-papers from the Princely past were more of 'loyalist'. [...] Pudhari launched as a weekly in 1937 by the Kolhapur news Association, was turned into a daily in 1939. Due to financial crises, the association handed it over to G. G. Jadhav in 1943 (Pudhari 7-3-43).
