Madhyamam

Madhyamam

Front page of Madhyamam, 9 April 2009
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Publisher	Ideal Publication Trust
Editor	O. Abdurahiman
Founded	1987
Political alignment	Pro- centre-Left
Language	Malayalam
Headquarters	Silver Hills, Kozhikode , Kerala, India.
Circulation	above 904,000 daily
Sister newspapers	Madhyamam Weekly
Website	MADHYAMAM.com

Madhyamam (Malayalam: മാധ്യമം, meaning Medium) is a Malayalam newspaper publish from Kerala, India, since 1987. It was founded in 1987 by the Ideal Publications Trust. It has 8 editions in India (7 in Kerala and one in Bangalore ) and its Gulf edition Gulf Madhyamam has 9 in the Middle East. According to Indian Readership Survey 2009 and IRS 2010 Q4, it is the fourth largest read newspaper in Kerala with a readership of 904,000 readers. Gulf Madhyamam is the oldest and largest Malayalam newspaper in the Middle East, with highest number of editions in the Gulf countries than any other daily in the middle east. The newspaper and its team of journalists have secured nearly ninety awards including Ramnath Goenka Journalism Award, Statesman Award for Rural Reporting, PUCL Journalism Award for Human Rights, ESR World Journalism Prize and the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) Developing Asia Journalism Award.

The newspaper exposed multiple stories of land encroachments, farming frauds, and malpractices in the name of assisted fertility. It also exposed an alleged kidney racket in tribal settlements in Idukki district of Kerala prompting a public outcry followed by an in-depth investigation by both the state government and the Indian Medical Association (IMA) into the incident.

Media One TV (Malayalam: മീഡിയാവണ്) is the leading television channel in Malayalam, operated by Madhyamam Broadcasting Limited. The company is owned by the Madhyamam Daily.

Madhyamam is owned by the Ideal Publications Trust, most of whose members are affiliated with the Kerala unit of the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind. The trust claims as their aim "providing non-profit non-partisan and value-based journalistic service free from market pressures". The non-profit nature of the ownership, it says ensures the paper stays free of market compulsions of a business concern and be selective in the advertisements it publishes.