status active founded 1993 founder shyam goenka country of origin nepal headquarters location tinkune kathmandu distribution nepal key people kailash sirohiya publication types periodical imprints kantipur the kathmandu post saptahik nepal nari official website ekantipur.com kantipur publications pvt. ltd. nepali . . is a media firm based in kathmandu nepal . the company operates five widely circulated print publications a national television network and a radio station . it is the first media organization in nepal to gain membership to the world association of newspapers and news publishers wan . it was founded by shyam goenka and its chairman is kailash sirohiya . contents 1 history 1.1 trouble with maoists 2 properties 2.1 newspapers and magazines 2.2 broadcasting 3 references 4 external links history edit in february 1993 exactly two years after nepal s constitution was amended to permit a free press kantipur and the kathmandu post were founded by shyam goenka when he was 29 years old . 1 in fact he had taken the initiative to start the newspapers with very limited resources when just about everybody dismissed his efforts to start a private media house as a bad business move . however kantipur defied all naysayers and went on to write a history of its own perhaps the greatest success story for a corporate in nepal post 1990 after mr binod raj gyawali and kailash sirohiya took over equal partnership . 2 in fact it was a phase when the print media in the private sector not only succeeded in acquiring credibility a tag that until then was monopolized by the government owned gorkhapatra and the rising nepal but also promoted professionalism in journalism to a great extent attracting talents to join in . 3 the massacre of the royal family in june 2001 prompted the first crisis between kantipur publications and the government . two directors of kantipur mr binod raj gyawali and kailash sirohiya were arrested and charged with sedition after publishing comments by a maoist leader about the death of king birendra . 4 the proclamation of a state of emergency on november 26 2001 by king gyanendra under the direction of then prime minister sher bahadur deuba suspended the press freedom guaranteed by the country s constitution a decade earlier . police began a wave of repression more than fifty journalists were arrested many publications were banned outright . following a february 1 2005 royal coup by king gyanendra kantipur publications operated under tighter restrictions . journalists throughout nepal were subject to imprisonment and beatings by the royal nepal army . nevertheless kantipur publications continued to criticize the regime despite the royal proclamation and the ongoing civil war . in march 2005 narayan wagle editor in chief of kantipur was held for questioning by police on suspicion of criticizing the king in print . 5 during the 2006 uprising kantipur publications continued operations despite increased crackdowns by the monarchy on private media . 6 press freedom has been restored since the restoration of democracy in nepal in may 2006 allowing kantipur publications to operate without fear of reprisal by the state . trouble with maoists edit in 2007 kantipur publications faced pressure from maoist aligned organizations such as young communist league 7 and the all nepal trade union federation . 8 however an agreement was reached between kantipur and the federation . 9 this abruptly led the longest serving chairman mr hem raj gyawali to resign . properties edit newspapers and magazines edit kantipur daily newspaper circulation 3 60 000 the most widely read newspaper in nepal . 10 the kathmandu post an english language daily newspaper circulation 82 000 10 kopila a weekly supplement that comes with kantipur . targeted towards kids . saptahik a weekly entertainment tabloid circulation 2 00 000 10 nepal magazine magazine focusing on politics and society circulation 75 000 10 nari women s magazine monthly circulation 36 000 10 broadcasting edit kantipur television network popularly known as ktv provides news and original entertainment . it is an affiliate channel to cnn . kantipur fm provides news and original entertainment throughout the kathmandu valley on channel 96.1 . the first privately owned and operated fm radio station in nepal . established in 1998 . kantipur gold provides national and international sporting activities promoting the development of sports in the country . references edit protest letter . reporters without borders . august 22 2001 . archived from the original on 23 october 2005 . editorial with malice towards none and charity towards all nation weekly april 19 25 2004 p. 6 http www.nepaldemocracy.org media nepali media at crossroad.htm nepal annual report 2002 print . archives.rsf.org . retrieved 2015 06 12 . world association of newspapers . wan press.org . retrieved 2015 06 12 . world association of newspapers . wan press.org . retrieved 2015 06 12 . newspaper closure maoist madness by dinesh wagle free press vs maoists updates on kantipur struggle by dinesh wagle kantipur and maoist agreement by dinesh wagle a b c d e about us . ekantipur.com . retrieved 2014 03 01 . 11 . http www.kmg.com.np kantipur publication external links edit ekantipur.com official site of kantipur publications . kantipur daily the kathmandu post saptahik nepal magazine nari magazine phalano.com a photoblog of work by kantipur photojournalists . rajeshkc.com kantipur journalist photographer and political cartoonist . todd krainin kathmandu post photojournalist . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kantipur publications & oldid 740619393 categories newspapers published in nepalpublishing companies of nepalhidden categories articles containing nepali language text navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured 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