<P> Rajyasamacharam was the first newspaper in Malayalam . This was started for religious propagation by Hermann Gundert under the Christian missionaries of Basel Mission in June 1847 from Illikkunnu in Thalassery . Pashchimodayam was the second newspaper in Malayalam . It started in October 1847 from Thalasseri . Deepika, the oldest Malayalam newspaper now in circulation, was established in 1887 . Malayala Manorama, Madhyamam, Mathrubhumi, Deshabhimani, Kerala Kaumudi and Janayugom are the other major newspapers in Malayalam . Malayala Manorama holds the record for the largest selling regional language newspaper in India . It is also the 11th most circulating newspaper in the world . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Areas of Publication </Th> <Th> Established </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Aksharanadam </Td> <Td> Kottayam </Td> <Td> 1995 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Chandrika </Td> <Td> Kannur, Malappuram, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, kottayam, Kozhikode, Doha, Dubai, Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, Bahrain </Td> <Td> 1934 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Deepika </Td> <Td> Kottayam, Kochi, Kannur, Thrissur, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode </Td> <Td> 1877 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Deshabhimani </Td> <Td> Kannur, Malappuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Kottayam, Thrissur, Kochi, Kozhikode, Bangalore, Bahrain, Kollam, Palakkad </Td> <Td> 1942 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> General </Td> <Td> Thrissur </Td> <Td> 1976 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Janayugom </Td> <Td> Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Kozhikode, Kannur, Kollam </Td> <Td> 1953 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Janmabhumi </Td> <Td> Kochi, Kottayam, Kannur, Thrissur, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode </Td> <Td> 1977 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kerala Kaumudi </Td> <Td> Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Kochi, Thrissur, Kozhikode, Kannur, Bangalore </Td> <Td> 1911 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kerala Kaumudi Flash </Td> <Td> Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Kochi, Thrissur, Kozhikode, Kannur, Malappuram </Td> <Td> 2006 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Madhyamam </Td> <Td> Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Kannur, Malappuram, Kottayam, Thrissur, Kozhikode, Bangalore, Mangalore, Mumbai, Bahrain, Dubai, Qatar, Kuwait, Jeddah, Riyadh, Dammam, Abha, Oman </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Malayala Manorama </Td> <Td> Kottayam, Kozhikode, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Palakkad, Kannur, Kollam, Thrissur, Malappuram, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Chennai, Bangalore, Delhi, Mangalore, Bahrain, Dubai </Td> <Td> 1888 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mangalam </Td> <Td> Kottayam, Kozhikode, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Idukki, Kannur </Td> <Td> 1969 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mathrubhumi </Td> <Td> Kozhikode, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Kottayam, Palakkad, Kannur, Kollam, Thrissur, Malappuram, Alappuzha, Chennai, Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi, Bahrain </Td> <Td> 1923 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Pravasi Express </Td> <Td> Singapore </Td> <Td> 2012 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Siraj Daily </Td> <Td> Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Kannur, Kozhikode, Bangalore, Dubai, Oman, Qatar </Td> <Td> 1984 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Thejas </Td> <Td> Kozhikode, Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Kannur, Kottayam, Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, Doha </Td> <Td> 2006 </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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