Kerala Kaumudi

What Kerala Kaumudi does

Kerala Kaumudi is a Kerala-based private media company founded in 1911 (legal operating entity: Kerala Kaumudi Online) headquartered in Thiruvananthapuram. It operates a Malayalam-language news and content portfolio built on a legacy print daily (Kerala Kaumudi Daily) and extended across a digital-first news portal (keralakaumudi.com), a live television channel (Kaumudy TV), an Android mobile app (Kāzhcha), an e-paper digital edition, audio news, and a matrimonial service (Kaumudi Matrimony). The platform organizes content across 14+ verticals including Kerala politics, district-level local coverage across all 14 Kerala districts, national and international news, Gulf-region news, case diary/crime, cinema, lifestyle (health, food, finance, travel, tech, agriculture), spiritual content, astrology, cartoons, and literature.

The underlying technology is a Malayalam-language web content management and publishing platform with responsive web design, category-structured content sections, audio news delivery, live streaming, and digital e-paper rendering, complemented by an Android mobile application distributed through Google Play. Distribution is multi-channel: owned website and e-paper, Kaumudy TV broadcast and YouTube network (6+ channels covering news, movies, food, health, regional 360 coverage), and active social media accounts on Facebook, Twitter/X, and Instagram. The management team is anchored by Founder Editor K Sukumaran Ba and Chief Editor Deepu Ravi.

Kerala Kaumudi monetizes through three primary streams: digital advertising (banner, display, sponsored content on keralakaumudi.com), recurring e-paper subscriptions, and advertising/broadcast revenue from Kaumudy TV (also distributed on YouTube and live streaming). It serves three identifiable customer groups — Malayalam-speaking residents of Kerala (primary), the Malayalam diaspora in Gulf countries (secondary), and advertisers/brands seeking reach into this regional language audience (secondary). Specific pricing tiers, subscription rates, and financial disclosures were not publicly available in the source material.

Name

Kerala Kaumudi

Legal name

Kerala Kaumudi Online

Website

https://keralakaumudi.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1911

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Kerala Kaumudi is a Kerala-based private Malayalam-language media company (founded 1911) that publishes a regional daily newspaper and a digital news portal covering all 14 Kerala districts, national, international, and Gulf-region news, alongside Kaumudy TV, e-paper, audio news, a mobile app, and a matrimonial service for Malayalam-speaking audiences in India and the Gulf.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

News Publishing

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (513110), Periodical Publishers (513120)

SIC

Newspapers: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2711), Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Local & Regional Newspapers (Print & Digital) (MPAJADAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

News & Public Affairs Syndication (MPABAMAF)

Keywords

• Malayalam news publishing
• Digital news media
• Print newspaper
• TV broadcasting
• Online journalism

Headquarters

HQ city

Thiruvananthapuram

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Digital Advertising: Banner ads, display advertising, and sponsored content on keralakaumudi.com targeting high-volume Malayalam-speaking readership in Kerala, India, and Gulf regions.
2. E-Paper Subscription: Paid digital edition of the newspaper (Kerala Kaumudi Daily) delivered via e-paper platform, generating recurring subscription revenue.
3. Kaumudy TV Broadcasting: Live TV channel (Kaumudy) generating advertising and broadcast revenue, also distributed via YouTube and live streaming platforms.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Kerala Kaumudi publishes Malayalam-language news and editorial content through a multi-channel media portfolio including a flagship digital news portal (keralakaumudi.com), a daily print newspaper (Kerala Kaumudi Daily), the Kaumudy live television channel, an e-paper digital edition, an audio news service, and the Kāzhcha mobile application. It also operates the Kaumudi Matrimony online matrimonial service, serving Kerala residents and the global Malayalam-speaking diaspora.

Product overview

Kerala Kaumudi operates a comprehensive digital media portfolio consisting of the Kerala Kaumudi Online Malayalam news portal, Kaumudy TV channel, Kāzhcha mobile application, E-Paper digital publication, Kaumudi Matrimony service, and Audio News. The core offering is the Malayalam-language news website covering Kerala, national, and international news across multiple sections including politics, cinema, lifestyle, spiritual content, and specialized coverage.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Kaumudy: Television channel and online streaming platform
• Kaumudi Matrimony
• Kāzhcha

Products and services

• Kerala Kaumudi Online

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• ABP Network: ABP is a pan-Indian broadcast and digital news network covering multiple regional languages and verticals. While not Malayalam-focused, it overlaps with Kerala Kaumudi as a comparable multi-platform Indian regional news publisher with broadcast, print and digital.
• Eenadu: Eenadu is a large regional-language Indian news media group (Telugu) with print, TV and digital. Comparable as a regional-language legacy publisher with broadcast and digital extensions - useful for sizing a regional media house of Kerala Kaumudi's shape.
• The New Indian Express (Kerala edition): New Indian Express publishes a Kerala regional edition and a dedicated Kerala news website covering state politics and local reporting. It is a broader English-language incumbent whose Kerala portal overlaps with Kerala Kaumudi's local-news coverage.

Direct peers

• Kairali People TV: Kairali People is a Malayalam television news channel airing current affairs and live programming for Kerala and Gulf viewers. It competes for the same Malayalam broadcast ad budgets that Kaumudy TV monetizes.
• Mathrubhumi: Mathrubhumi is a leading Malayalam daily newspaper and news website headquartered in Kozhikode, Kerala, with broad digital and broadcast extensions. It competes head-to-head with Kerala Kaumudi for Malayalam-speaking readers, advertisers and Gulf-diaspora subscriptions.
• MediaOne TV: MediaOne is a Malayalam satellite news channel with a strong digital presence targeting Kerala and Gulf audiences. It is directly comparable to Kaumudy TV and overlaps with Kerala Kaumudi's Malayalam news-video offering.
• Asianet News Network: Asianet News is a leading Malayalam television news channel and digital news portal covering Kerala, India and the Gulf. It competes directly with Kaumudy TV and the Kerala Kaumudi website for Malayalam news video and ad share.
• Malayala Manorama: Malayala Manorama is the largest Malayalam-language daily newspaper and news portal in Kerala, with print, digital, TV and magazine properties. It directly competes with Kerala Kaumudi for Malayalam readers, advertisers and e-paper subscribers across all 14 Kerala districts.
• Manorama News (Kerala Kaumudi's direct print rival): Manorama News is the Malayalam TV news arm of the Malayala Manorama group, directly comparable to Kaumudy TV. Both fight for the same household advertisers and digital-video share in Kerala.

Emerging players

• News18 Kerala: News18 Kerala is the Malayalam-language regional vertical of Network18, offering digital news and video targeted at Kerala readers. It is a newer, English-Hindi parented entrant into the Malayalam digital space that competes with Kerala Kaumudi Online.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/kerala_kaumudi
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/Kaumudy/videos
• Facebookfacebook.com/keralakaumudi360
• Instagraminstagram.com/keralakaumudi
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kerala-kaumudi

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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