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Establishment

The paper was established in Mumbai by journalist Khalid Ansari in 1979 as a family-owned newspaper. The Sunday edition of the paper began in 1981. Later, his son, Tariq Ansari led the paper, who sold its ownership to Jagran Prakashan in 2010.Jagran to Buy Mid-Day Infomedia for Rs 200 crore. Economic Times. 06 May 2010.The newspaper underwent an overhaul, both, of its print editions and its website in early 2014, creating several new sections in the daily newspaper, in its Sunday edition and on its website.WEB, Mid-Day official website,weblink www.mid-day.com, 22 May 2015, It founded Radio One (India), a radio station initially operating as Radio Midday in Mumbai, which was eventually acquired by HT Media as 94.3 Radio One in 2019.WEB, Bhula, Pooja, Who Owns Your Media: Hindustan Times’s journey from broadsheet to media conglomerate,weblink Newslaundry, 19 July 2022,

Relaunch of the newspaper and website in 2014

Originally, the newspaper published two editions in Mumbai: an early-morning and a noon edition. Since April 2009, only the morning editions have been published and the company has dropped printing a noon newspaper, citing positioning issues. During the overhaul and relaunch of the newspaper and the website in 2014, the paper's slogan was also changed to Made in Mumbai.WEB, Mid-day relaunches in new avatar,weblink www.bestmediainfo.com, 22 May 2015, NEWS, Hasan, Abid, mid day ropes in dhiman chattopadhyay,weblink 24 May 2015, Exchange4Media, 31 December 2012,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150524080802weblink">weblink 24 May 2015, dead, As of 2014, the paper had an estimated readership base of 5,00,000 for MiD Day (English) in Mumbai and was featured in the list of top 10 Indian newspapers by readership in the 2013 Indian Readership Survey list.WEB, Sheth, Darshan, IRS 2013 topline findings,weblink www.slideshare.net, 30 January 2014, 22 May 2015, The new look Mid-Day has received both positive and negative reactions.WEB, New look mid-day scores high in survey,weblink www.pressinstitute.in, 22 May 2015, {{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}WEB, Mayank Shekhar joins Mid-day as Entertainment Head - Exchange4media,weblink 2020-07-28, Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – exchange4media, en, BOOK, The Anatomy of a Sting, Bhupen, Patel, 17 December 2018, {{ASIN, 0143441760, in, }}In October 2019, the Sunday Mid-Day was relaunched with a new look.WEB,weblink Mid-Day's new promise: 'We have a Sunday for you', afaqs!, 23 October 2019,

Journalists jailed for reports on chief justice

On 20 September 2007, four journalists of Mid Day, including Resident Editor Vitusha Oberoi and City Editor MK Tayal, were sentenced to four months jail on contempt of court charges, because of a report they had filed on the ex-Chief Justice of India, Y. K. Sabharwal.NEWS,weblink 4 journos get jail term for scandalising ex-CJI, 21 September 2007, IBNLive, 23 September 2007, CNN, Many in the legal community feel that in the 2006 Delhi sealing drive, Justice Sabharwal may have had a conflict of interest since his sons own a firm with relations to the Delhi real estate. Former Solicitor General KK Sud had called this behaviour "the height of indiscretion."NEWS , The High Court, however, sentenced the journalists without considering the veracity of the reports, and this led to considerable controversy.NEWS , Ex-law minister Shanti Bhushan stated that the Parliament had in 2006 amended the Contempt of Courts Act to say that "if the allegations against a judge were found to be true, then they would not be considered contemptuous." In view of this, the judgment, he said, may be "only aimed at terrifying the media and an attempt to curb truthfulness."NEWS, HC gives 4-month jail to Mid-Day journalists, grants bail,weblink 18 March 2014, Outlook India magazine, 21 Sep 2007,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140318160033weblink">weblink 18 March 2014, dead,

Awards and other achievements

• Mid-day made it to the top 10 English dailies at the IRS 2019 Q1WEB, 30 April 2019, IRS 2019 Q1: TOI, Mumbai Mirror, Mid Day and Mint record double-digit growth in AIR,weblink 28 July 2020, BestMediaInfo,
• Asia Multimedia Publishing Media Awards 2009WEB,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120301202446weblink">weblink dead, 1 March 2012, MiD DAY Infomedia,
• INMA AWARDS 2008 at California – USA INMA AWARDSWEB,weblink INMA Global Media Awards, INMA, {{Failed verification|date=October 2021}}
• Amsterdam IFRA AWARDS 2008WEB,weblink Home, WAN-IFRA, {{Failed verification|date=October 2021}}

Senior staff

Jyotirmoy Dey, the Special Investigations Editor of Mid-Day was shot dead on 11 June 2011 in Mumbai by unknown assailants.WEB, Ahmed, Shoaib,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110613121708weblink">weblink dead, 13 June 2011, Mumbai journo shot dead by 4 unidentified men – India News, IBNLive, CNN, 11 June 2011, 16 September 2011,

Midday International Icon Awards

In 2021, Midday started the International Icon Award to felicitate various achievers in a different field.WEB,weblink Glitz and glam at the Mid-Day International Icon Awards in Dubai,

See also

• List of newspapers in India

References

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External links

• {{Official website|www.mid-day.com}}
• {{Official website|www.middayinfomedia.com/|name=Corporate website}}
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