The Goan
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The Goan is a broadsheet, daily newspaper published in the English language from Panjim or Panaji, the state-capital of Goa. It is the youngest and fourth-in-size English-language daily newspaper published out of Goa after the older two local newspapers The Navhind Times (founded in 1963), the Herald (formerly O Heraldo, launched in 1900 and converted to an English-language broadsheet from Portuguese in 1983) and the Goa-edition of The Times of India.
History and origins[edit]
Initially, the paper was published as a weekly, called The Goan on Saturday, which first came out on July 28, 2012,[1] soon after the Goa state elections held that year. An earlier update said that expansion of the newspaper group was planned with a "slew of publications" in 2015[1] to allow the company "to further strengthen its base and grip on the region's media business."[1]
The newspaper has reported on proposed developments by big hotel chains and multinational corporations associated with the Goan tourism industry.[2]
Ownership and publishers[edit]
The Goan is linked to the mining house of the Timblos and also has sister publications in Marathi (Goan Varta).[3], Konkani (Bhangarbhuim)[4] and in local TV operations (Prudent).
The group also publishes a Devanagari-script Konkani daily. After the closure of the Sunaparanta[5] newspaper owned by the Salgaocars, another mining house in Goa, the Bhangarbhuim is the only daily newspaper to be published in Konkani, and it is published in the Devanagari script.
Background and affiliation[edit]
This newspaper is a part of the Fomento Publications group, the media division of the Sociedade de Fomento Industrial Pvt Ltd,[6][1], a prominent private Goa-based commercial organisation connected to the Timblos group that has interests in iron-ore mining and the luxury hotel sector.[7] It is also identified as Formento Resources.[8]
Fomento Publications is the media division of Sociedade de Fomento Industrial Pvt Ltd[1], a mining house that dates back to the times of Portuguese-rule in Goa, prior to 1961, and hence its name. This is the first venture of this mining conglomerate into the media.[1] An earlier publication, called West Coast Times, was published as an English-language daily out of the South Goa headquarters town of Margao, by another branch of the Timblo family, not to be confused with this.
Editors[edit]
Among its editors-in-chief and editors have been Sujay Gupta, Derek Almeida[9], Ishan Joshi, and the current incumbent (as of December 2021) is Joel Afonso[10]
History[edit]
It started as The Goan on Saturday, a weekly, with its launch on July 28, 2012. It launched as a daily subsequently.[1] This newspaper is also a sister publication of Prudent TV, which has its operations in Goa.Its other group publication is the smaller Devanagari Konkani newspaper Bhangarbhuim which also has its website besides a presence on other social media.[11] Govan Varta, a Marathi language newspaper, and Sindhudurg Live are also part of this group.
Goa's newspaper scene[edit]
Goa, with a population of 1.6 million, has a total of four daily newspapers in the English language. There were five dailies in the language earlier[12], but one -- Gomantak Times -- shut down its operations at the end of May 2020, during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Goan is seen as the smallest.
In 2018, there were reports of pressures leading to some staff of the paper being taken off their jobs.[12] The now-extant Delhi-based media-watching site TheHoot.org said in 2018: "Over the past year itself, one newspaper (The Goan) jettisoned a number of its senior staff."[12]
It has been involved in campaigns on waste management.[13]
In March 2017, the Press Council of India dismissed a complaint by Sameer Sardana, of Dehradun, against the editor of The Goan which was however dismissed on merit.[14]
The editorial offices of The Goan are located in the Sta. Inez locality of the state-capital Panjim. It is situated on the third floor of the Fourth Estate (Kamat Metropolis), close to the Fire Brigade and the Caculo Mall locality.[15]
Newspaper's approach[edit]
The paper has promised to offer a "complete paper" for " locals, other Indians in Goa, NRI and foreigners."[16] Because of its relatively fewer advertisements -- as a new newspaper -- The Goan has been fairly comprehensive in its coverage of outstation and local news; however in the pandemic year of 2020, like the other newspapers in Goa, its operations have been somewhat affected by a fewer number of pages and economic challenges.
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "LinkedIn The Goan | LinkedIn". LinkedIn. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
- ↑ Keith Forrester, Banyan Tree Adventures: Travels in India (O Books, 2018), ISBN 9781785358098 Search this book on
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- ↑ "The Goan Goan Varta epaper dated Sat, 9 Jan 21". epaper.thegoan.net. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
- ↑ "Bhaangarbhuin". Readwhere - India's Largest Digital Newsstand. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
- ↑ "End of an era: Sunaparant, Goa's only Konkani newspaper, shuts down after 28 years - Living News , Firstpost". Firstpost. 2015-08-01. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
- ↑ "The Goan - Overview, Competitors, and Employees". Apollo.io. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
- ↑ Feb 12, TNN /; 2019; Ist, 05:55. "Taj to run Cidade de Goa, open another 299-room hotel by 2020 | Goa News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
- ↑ "Formento Resources". Retrieved Jan 9, 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Narayan, Rajan (2017-04-08). "WHY NO GOAN EDITORS?". Goan Observer. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
- ↑ "Joel Afonso - Editor, The Goan". VM Salgaocar Institute of International Hospitality Education. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
- ↑ "'Bhangarbhui' launches the first Konkani daily website._Prudent Media Goa - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 "A media recession in Goa?". Retrieved 2020-11-29.
- ↑ "TERI's Waste NAMA project collaborates with The Goan to spread awareness in Panaji". www.teriin.org. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
- ↑ Press Council of India 38th Annual Report (April 1, 2016 - March 31, 2017). Press Council of India, New Delhi. 2017. p. 170. Search this book on
- ↑ "The Goan EveryDay". www.thegoan.net. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
- ↑ "Read All Goa Newspapers here | Goa Latest News | Breaking News | Latest Updates and News in Goa | Newspapers in Goa". www.goanewspapers.com. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
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