Mumbai Media keeps the residents of Mumbai updated about the current happenings of the city. Television, newspapers and radio are considered to be the most authentic resources of Mumbai media. Some of the local newspapers mostly-read by the city dwellers are Afternoon Dispatch and Courier, Mid-Day Mumbai, Indian Express, Urdu Times Daily, Bombay Samachar, Navbharat Times, Maharashtra Times.
Among the above mentioned newspapers, Mid-Day Mumbai, Afternoon Dispatch and Courier and Indian Express are English newspapers, whereas, Bombay Samachar is written in Gujrati language and Maharashtra Times in Marathi language. Besides this, Navbharat Times is Hindi and Urdu Times Daily is a Urdu language newspaper.
The matters that are mainly covered by the newspapers of Mumbai are politics, current affairs, business, entertainment, sports, real estate and travel-related articles. Apart from this, Mumbai Mirror, Time Out Mumbai, Lok Satta, Mumbai Samachar, Saamna, Maharashtra Times are also there to provide information. In the year 1777 Rustomji Keshaspathi first printed English newspaper in Mumbai.
Gujarati daily Mumbai Samachar, on the other hand is considered to be the first vernacular newspaper of this city. In 1822, Fardoonjee Marzban published it. While talking about Mumbai newspapers, Indian Venture Capital Journal and Projects Monitor also deserve mention. They give news of the financial sector of the city. Lokmat, on the other hand, is an Online Marathi-language newspaper. It provides all sorts of information, from regional to national news, from art
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and culture to sports news. Other online newspapers are Mumbai Newsline, Taj Today and Equity Master.
Apart from reading newspapers, watching television channels are also quite helpful to keep one updated. Some of the news channels mostly watched by the people of Mumbai are Aaj Tak, BBC, Channel Newsasia International and Tara Newz. Added to these, the sports and entertainment television channels serving as important Mumbai media are Aastha TV, ATN, B4U, Channel Guide, CNN, CIne Channel, India TV, Channel [V], CVO, CNBC India, Care TV, Hungama TV , ETC, Kairali TV, Lashkara , Jain TV, MTV, STAR, Sahara-One, SONY, Janmat, Sanskar TV, Times Now, ZOOM and several others.
Now-a-days listening to radio, especially FM channels are highly preferred by the people of Mumbai. The most popular radio stations of Mumbai are:
- Radio City, 91.1 MHz
- Red FM, 93.5 MHz
- Big 92.7, 92.7 MHz
- Radio One, 94.3 MHz
- Gyan Vani, 105.6 MHz
- Radio Mirchi, 98.3 MHz
- Fever 104 FM, 104.0 MHz and many others.
Magazines also play important roles in the media sector of Mumbai. Some of the most-read magazines of Mumbai are National Products News (business-related news), Savvy (art and culture), Epic India, Man's World (deals with physical fitness tips), Humanscape (deals with social issues) and Sanctuary Asia (gives travel-related information).
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