The Malayala Manorama Company
The Malayala Manorama Company Limited, is a media house active in publishing, television, and periodicals. The Company publishes Kerala’s second oldest newspaper, Malayala Manorama. According to a World Press Trends Report (2016) Malayala Manorama is the fourteenth most circulated newspaper in the world. The Company has a television news channel in Malayalam called Manorama News, along with a Malayalam General Entertainment Channel, Mazhavil Manorama. The company is a closely held family enterprise with the descendants of Kandathil Varghese Mappillai and the extended family in charge of the Company’s various businesses. The Company also publishes the Malayalam women’s magazine, Vanitha and the English weekly called ‘The Week’.
Business Form
Private
Legal Form
Private Limited
Business Sectors
Media: Publishing and Broadcasting; Printing; Housing and Real Estate, Trade and Wholesale; Retail Trading; Toy manufacturing; Forestry and Logging; Shipping Services; Rubber plantations; Investments and Financial services; Tea and Coffee distribution and plantation; Flower export; Energy; Tyre manufacturing;
Individual Owner
Other Print Outlets
The Week (Missing Data)
Vanitha (Missing Data)
Manorama Arogyam (Missing Data)
Balarama, Kids comics (Missing Data)
Balarama Amar Chitra Katha (Missing Data)
Bhashaposhini, Arts and Literature magazine (Missing Data)
Kalikkudukka, Children’s Weekly (Missing Data)
Karshakasree, Agriculture Monthly (Missing Data)
The Man, Men’s Lifestyle (Missing Data)
Manorama Weekly (Missing Data)
Sampadhyam, Business Magazine (Missing Data)
Smart Life (Missing Data)
Fast Track, Auto magazine (Missing Data)
Thozhil Veedhi, Career (Missing Data)
Manorama Traveler (Missing Data)
Vanita, Hindi Women’s fortnightly (Missing Data)
Watch Time India, Technology Monthly (Missing Data)
Other TV Outlets
Mazhavil Manorama (Missing Data)
Manorama News (Missing Data)
Other Radio Outlets
Radio Mango, 91.9 FM (Missing Data)
Other Online Outlets
https://www.manoramaonline.com/home.html (Missing Data)
https://english.manoramaonline.com/home.html (Missing Data)
Media Business
TV Broadcasting
MMTV Limited (Manorama News)
Television General Entertainment MMTV Limited (Mazhavil Manorama)
Music
Manorama Music
Media School
Manorama School of Communication
Business
Tyre Manufacture
MRF Limited
Trade and Wholesale
Commercial Broadcasting Private Limited
Real Estate
Aero Estates and Leasing Company Limited
Badra Estates and Industries Limited
Reclaimed Rubber Manufacturer
GRP Limited
Plantations
Devon Plantations and Industries Limited
Balanoor Plantations and Industries Limited
Pandalur Plantations Private Limited
Coffee Distribution
India Coffee and Tea Distribution Company
Investments
Philips Investments Private Limited
Mammen Mappillai Investments Limited
Pearl Investments and Finance Company Private Limited
Peninsular Investments Private Limited
Tranquil Investments Private Limited
Kandathil Investments Private Limited
Comprehensive Investment and Finance Company Limited
Avittam Investments Private Limited
V A Investments Private Limited
Flower Export
Indo Bloom Limited
Rubber
M M Rubber Company Limited
The Gokul Rubber and Tea Plantations Limited
Coastal Rubber Equipment Private Limited
Housing
M M Housing Company Private Limited
Printing Inks
Nanotech Printing Inks (India) Private Limited
Printing
Balanoor Printers Limited
Retail Trading
G Mart Limited
Toy Manufacturing
Funskool
Forestry and Logging
Sicaf Private Limited
Machines
Devon Machines Private Limited
Manufacturing
JCEE Manufacturing and Services Private Limited
Financial Planning
Comprehensive Investment and Finance Company Private Limited
Shipping Services
Vibgyor Shipping Services (India) Private Limited
Energy
Tirunelveli Vayu Energy Generation Private Limited
Consultancy
Shuka Consultancy Services Private Limited
General Information
Founding Year
1889
Affiliated Interests Founder
founded the Malayala Manorama Group as a stock publishing company first in 1888, in a town called Kottayam in the south Indian state of Kerala. He brought out the first edition of the Malayala Manorama newspaper on 22 March 1890. He brought out the newspaper at a time when only Churches were publishing newspapers. He chose to make this newspaper different, and secular. He died at a young age of 47 years.
Employees
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Contact
MANORAMA BUILDING, KK ROAD,
KOTTAYAM, KERALA 686 001.
Tel.: 0481 2563646.
Email: sijijoseph@mm.co.in
Tax/ ID Number
CIN: U22121KL1889PLC000647
Financial Information
Revenue (Financial Data/ Optional)
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Operating Profit (in Mill. $)
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Advertising (in % of total funding)
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Management
Executive Board
Chief Editor and Managing Director, Malayala Manorama Company Limited, Director, MMTV Ltd., Director, Devon Plantations and Industries Limited
Director, Malayala Manorama Company Limited
Director, Malayala Manorama Company Limited, Director, MM Rubber Company Limited, Director, Indo Roses and Floriculture Limited, Director, Devon Plantations and Industries Limited, Director, Mammen Mappillai and Investments Limited, Director, Devon Machines Private Limited, Director, India Coffee and Tea Distributing Company Limited, Director, Stable Investments and Finance Company Limited, Director, MM Housing Private Limited, Director, Badra Estates and Industries Limited, Director, Devon Financial Services Limited
Director, Malayala Manorama Company Limited, Director, Mammen Mappillai and Investments Limited, Director, Balanoor Plantations and Industries Limited, Director, MM Housing Private Limited
Director, Malayala Manorama Company Limited, Director, GRP Limited, Director, Devon Plantations and Industries Limited, Director, MM Research Company Private Limited, Director, India Coffee and Tea Distributiing Company Limited, Director, Philips Investments Private Limited, Director, Commercial Broadcasts Limited, Director, Indo Bloom Limited, Director, Rembrandt and Vandykes Private Limited, Director, Philips Coffee and Tea Limited
Director, Malayala Manorama Company Limited, Director, The Gokul Rubber and Tea Plantations Limited, Director, Pandalur Plantations Private Limited, Director, SICAF Private Limited, Director, Balanoor Plantations and Industries Limited, Director, G Mart Limited, Director, Badra Estates and Industries Limited
Director, Malayala Manorama Company Limited, Director, The Tropical Plantations Limited, Director, Palampadam Plantations Limited, Director, Sundale Vacations Private Limited
A K Abraham, Director, Malayala Manorama Company Limited
Director, Malayala Manorama Company Limited
Further Information
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Most ownership data is available on the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India registry, Details about the Company’s history is available on the company website.A clear family tree, or how the shareholders are related to each other, however, is not available. Details about Corporate Governance is also not clearly apparent from their documents. The company has been written to, by email on 18th March 2019 and by courier on 22nd March 2019, seeking clarification and verification of data. There has been no response from the Company.
