Chennai Newspaper

The Hindu, is the city's most popular English-language newspaper. Other english dailies include the New Indian Express and Deccan Chronicle. According to the National Readership Survey (2006) seven out of ten people in Tamil Nadu who read an English language newspaper read The Hindu. Based on the same survey, The Hindu is the second most widely read English language newspaper in India; the New Indian Express is at number six. The relatively new entrant in Chennai, the Deccan Chronicle, has built a circulation of almost 300,000 copies everyday in Tamil Nadu and has the fourth biggest readership nationally.

There are over 10 newspapers in Tamil, the widely circulated being Dina Malar. Dina Thanthi, Dinakaran, Dinamani are some of the Tamil dailies. There are many weeklies and monthlies published in Tamil. Kumudam, Ananda Vikatan, Kunkumam are some of the most famous weeklies in Tamil.