Malayalam journalism
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Malayalam journalism refers to journalism
Journalism
Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...

 in the Malayalam language
Malayalam language
Malayalam , is one of the four major Dravidian languages of southern India. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India with official language status in the state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry. It is spoken by 35.9 million people...

. It began its history with the publication of the Raajyasamaachaaram and the Pashchimodhayam under the direction of Hermann Gundert
Hermann Gundert
Rev. Dr. Hermann Gundert was a German missionary and scholar, who compiled a Malayalam grammar book, Malayalabhaasha Vyakaranam , the first Malayalam-English dictionary , and translated the Bible into Malayalam. He worked primarily at Tellicherry on the Malabar coast, in Kerala, India...

 in June 1847.

Defunct Malayalam newspapers

These defunct newspapers played important roles in the public life of Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

 during stormy periods by courageously expressing dissent, and reflecting and molding public opinion. Many of the newspapers had to close due to persecution by the authorities. The names of some of them survive as sobriquets of their editors.
  • Kerala Tribune (Mathews.K.Lukose Poriyakal Ayoor).People Tribune*Mathews.K.lukose Chief Editor)
  • Keralamithram (edited by Kandathil Varghese Mappila and published by Devji Bhimji)
  • Kerala Pathrika (edited by Chengalathu Kunhirama Menon
    Chengalathu Kunhirama Menon
    Chengalath Kunhirama Menon is the founder/editor of Kerala Pathrika -first and earliest malayalam newspaper published from Kozhikode, Kerala during 1885....

    )
  • Kerala Sanchari (edited by Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar
    Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar
    Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar was a Malayali barrister, landlord, journalist, essay writer, critic and short story writer. He was one of the pioneers in these fields in Kerala.-Early life:...

    , otherwise known as Vadakkan Kesari, and published by the Spectator Press, Calicut)
  • Swadeshabhimani (edited by K. Ramakrishna Pillai
    Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai
    Swadeshabhimani K. Ramakrishna Pillai was a writer, journalist, Newspaper editor, and political activist in the erstwhile princely state of Travancore . He was the editor of the newspaper Swadeshabhimani and hence known by the name. The criticisms against the Diwan of Travancore, P...

     and published by Vakkom Abdul Khadir Moulavi)
  • Mithavadhi (edited by Moorkkoththu Kumaran and later by C. Krishnan)
  • Kesari
    Kesari
    This article is about the Marathi newspaper. For other uses of the word, see Kesari Kesari is a newspaper founded by Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, a prominent leader of the Indian Independence movement....

     (edited by Kesari Balakrishna Pillai
    Kesari Balakrishna Pillai
    Kesari Balakrishna Pillai , was a prominent Malayalam writer, art and literary critic, journalist, thinker and visionary.Kesari Balakrishna Pillai, who was known by the name of the newspaper he ran, "Kesari". He was also a literary critic, essayist and translated literary works form French and...

    , otherwise known as Thekkan Kesari)
  • Sahodharan (edited by Sahodaran Ayyappan
    Sahodaran Ayyappan
    Sahodaran Ayyappan was a social reformer, thinker, journalist, and politician of Kerala, India. He was one of the outspoken followers of Sree Narayana Guru.-Overview:...

    )
  • Al-Ameen (edited and published by Mohammed Abdul Rahiman
    Mohammed Abdul Rahiman
    Muhammad Abdur Rahiman was a Muslim politician from Kerala, India and a leader of the Khilafat Movement. He was born at Azhikode, Ernakulam, Kodungallur in 1898, in the Kingdom of Cochin, India. Abdul Rahiman Sahib was an orator and writer.-Education:His Primary education was from Veniyambadi and...

    )
  • Malabar Mail (edited by Fr. Thomas Veluthedathu and M. M. Varkey, and published by Mar Augustine Kandathil)

Current Malayalam newspapers

  • Chandrika
    Chandrika
    This article is about a Malayalam newspaper. For the soap brand, see Chandrika .Chandrika is a Malayalam newspaper run by the Indian Union Muslim League, Kerala. It is published from Kozhikode and was the first attempt to have a newspaper from Malabar Muslims to support the political party...

     fouded by Indian Union Muslim League
  • Deepika (founded and edited initially by Nidhiry Mani Kathanar
    Nidhiry Mani Kathanar
    Nidhiry Mani Kathanar alias Fr. Emmanuel Nidhiri was a colossus in the history of the Syrian Malabar Nasrani church in Kerala. He led the community against a fearless fight against the European hegemony over the Nasrani Christians...

    )
  • Deshabhimani (founded by the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
    Communist Party of India (Marxist)
    The Communist Party of India is a political party in India. It has a strong presence in the states of Kerala, West Bengal and Tripura. As of 2011, CPI is leading the state government in Tripura. It leads the Left Front coalition of leftist parties in various states and the national parliament of...

     and edited initially by V. V. Dakshinamoorthi
    V. V. Dakshinamoorthi
    V. V. Dakshinamoorthi is a senior Communist Party of India leader and member of the Kerala state secretariat.-References:...

    )
  • Kerala Kaumudi
    Kerala Kaumudi
    Kerala Kaumudi is a popular Malayalam newspaper, founded in 1911 by C. V. Kunhiraman with K. Sukumaran B.A. as the founder editor. Printed from Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Alappuzha, Kochi, Kozhikode, Kannur in Kerala and Bangalore, Kerala Kaumudi is the third most circulated Malayalam daily. The...

     (founded and edited initially by C. V. Kunhiraman
    C. V. Kunhiraman
    C.V. Kunhuraman was a man of letters, social reformer, founder of Kerala Kaumudi, journalist and leader. He was a follower of Sree Narayana Guru.-Career:...

    )
  • Madhyamam
    Madhyamam
    Madhyamam is a Malayalam daily newspaper published from Kerala, India, since 1987.. It was founded in 1987 by the initiatives of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind. It has 10 editions in India and its Gulf edition Gulf Madhyamam has 9 in the Middle East...

     (founded by the Ideal Publications Trust and edited initially by P. K. Balakrishnan
    P. K. Balakrishnan
    P. K. Balakrishnan was a Malayalam novelist, critic and historian. His multifaceted interests took him through politics, journalism, public speaking and creative writing...

     and K. A. Kodungallur)
  • Malayala Manorama
    Malayala Manorama
    Malayala Manorama is a daily news paper, in Malayalam language, published in the state of Kerala, India. It was first published as a weekly on 14 March 1890, and currently has a readership of over 16 million . The Malayalam word "manorama" roughly translates to "entertainer"...

     (founded and edited initially by Kandathil Varghese Mappila)
  • Mangalam
    Mangalam Weekly
    Mangalam is a weekly magazine started by the late M.C. Varghese and now published by Mangalam Publications, Kottayam, Kerala, India. It has a circulation exceeding 1.5 million readers, and publishes a special international edition for non-residents....

     (founded by M. C. Varghese)
  • Mathrubhumi
    Mathrubhumi
    Mathrubhumi is a Malayalam language newspaper that is published from Kerala, India. Mathrubhumi was founded by K. P. Kesava Menon, an active volunteer in the Indian freedom struggle against the British.-History:...

     (founded and edited initially by K. P. Kesava Menon
    K. P. Kesava Menon
    Kizhakke Potta Kesava Menon was a patriot, idealist and Indian independence activist. He had born in Tharoor village of Palakkad as the grandson of the Maharajah of Palghat and as the son of Bhiman Achan. He graduated in Arts from Madras University and Bar-at-law from Middle Temple...

    )
  • Veekshanam edited by K.L.Mohanavarma
  • Varthamanam
    Varthamanam
    Varthamanam is a Malayalam daily published from Calicut, Cochin, and Doha by Media View Limited. Well known Malayalam critic and orator Sukumar Azhikode was the founding chief editor of the newspaper. Jafar Atholi is the editor in charge of Varthamanam now. Varthamanam as a newspaper uplifting...

     edited by Jafar Atholi
  • Janmabhumi
    Janmabhumi
    Janmabhumi Newspaper is an Indian daily newspaper founded in 1977, published in a broadsheet format and owned by Matruka Pracharanalayam Ltd.The paper's Managing Director is Kummanam Rajashekharan.The paper's editor in chief is Hari S. Kartha....

     edited by Hari.S. Kartha.
  • Janayugam founded by Communist Party of India
    Communist Party of India
    The Communist Party of India is a national political party in India. In the Indian communist movement, there are different views on exactly when the Indian communist party was founded. The date maintained as the foundation day by CPI is 26 December 1925...

     edited by Veliyam Bharghavan
    Veliyam Bharghavan
    Veliyam Bharghavan is a Communist leader from the Kerala, India. He was the state Secretary of Communist Party of India from 1998 to 2010. In 2010 he retired from that position due to his health issues. He hails from Veliyam village of Kollam district. He is an advocate of a merger between CPI...

  • Metro Vaartha Editor: Renji Panicker.
  • General
    General
    A general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....

     founded In 1976 , From Thrissur , Kerala .

Journals

  • Janashakthi Weekly  http://www.janashakthionline.com
  • Chintha Varika , Chief Editor: C P Narayanan
  • Madhyamam weekly , Chief Editor: V.A.Kabeer
  • Deshabhimani Weekly which was edited by Thayattu Shankaran  and M.N. Vijayan
  • Grihalakshmi
    Grihalakshmi
    Gruhalakshmi was a 1938 Telugu film produced and directed by H. M. Reddy. It was the maiden film for Rohini Pictures and Chittor V. Nagaiah. The film was adaptation of the popular stage play Rangoon Rowdy written by Somaraju Ramanuja Rao.-The plot:The social film is about a decadent dancer,...

     (Edited by K. K. Sreedharan Nair)
  • Samakalika Malayalam Vaarika edited by S.Jayachandran Nair
  • Kala Kaumudi ( Founded by M.S.Mani)
  • Kesari, Malayalam Journal , RSS
    Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
    Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or National Patriotic Organization), also known the Sangh, is a right-wing Hindu nationalist, paramilitary, volunteer, and allegedly militant organization for Hindu males in India...

     Malayalam Mouthpiece.
  • Chandrika ( Founded by Musthafa)
  • Thejas (founded by Inter Media Publishing Ltd and edited by Prof. P Koya)

Malayalam journalists

  • E.M.S. Namboodiripad
  • V.R. Krishna Iyer
  • T. J. S. George
    T. J. S. George
    Thayil Jacob Sony George , better known as TJS George, is a writer and biographer who received a Padma Bhushan award in 2011 in the field of literature and education. The fourth of eight siblings, TJS was born in Kerala, India to Thayil Thomas Jacob, a magistrate, and Chachiamma Jacob, a housewife....

  • Kunhananthan Nair Berlin
  • Abu Abraham
    Abu Abraham
    Attupurathu Mathew Abraham , pen name Abu, was an Indian cartoonist, journalist, and author. He was a life-long atheist and rationalist....

  • G.Shakthidharan
  • M. N. Vijayan
    M. N. Vijayan
    M.N. Vijayan was an Indian writer, orator and academic.-Early life:...

  • Venkitesh Ramakrishnan
  • Hameed Chennamangaloor
    Hameed Chennamangaloor
    Hameed Chennamangaloor is a prominent social critic in Kerala, India. He is a staunch critic of religious fundamentalism. He was born to Areepattamannil Abdul Salam of Chennamangaloor and Katheeshumma of Perumanna. He had his early education at Chennamangaloor and Mukkam...

  • Parvathi Menon, The Hindu.
  • Leela Menon
  • C.Unni Raja
  • I.V. Das
  • Sidharthan Paruthikkad
  • John Brittas
  • Babu Bharadwaj
  • K.Mohanan
  • Narikkutty Mohanan
  • N.Prabha Varma
  • Mangad Rathnakaran
  • P.K.Prakash
  • V.K. Madhavan Kutty
  • Jomichan George Teekoy
  • Thayat Shankaran
  • P. Govinda Pillai
    P. Govinda Pillai
    P. Govinda Pillai, veteran Communist Party of India leader and ideologue from Kerala, India, and former Chief Editor of Deshabhimani, was born on 23 May 1926 at Pulluvazhi, Perumbavoor as the son of Parameswaran Pillai and Parukuttyamma. He graduated with BA Hons...

  • Shashi Kumar
  • M.G. Radhakrishnan
  • M.C. Varghese
  • B.G. Verghese
    B G Verghese
    Boobli George Verghese , usually known as B G Verghese, is a senior Indian journalist, who was editor of the leading papers Hindustan Times and Indian Express ....

  • Mammen Mathew
  • K. P. Kesava Menon
    K. P. Kesava Menon
    Kizhakke Potta Kesava Menon was a patriot, idealist and Indian independence activist. He had born in Tharoor village of Palakkad as the grandson of the Maharajah of Palghat and as the son of Bhiman Achan. He graduated in Arts from Madras University and Bar-at-law from Middle Temple...

  • M.P.Veerendra Kumar


Journalists from Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

 who contributed to Indian journalism in the English language include:
  • Swadeshabhimani K. Ramakrishna Pillai
    Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai
    Swadeshabhimani K. Ramakrishna Pillai was a writer, journalist, Newspaper editor, and political activist in the erstwhile princely state of Travancore . He was the editor of the newspaper Swadeshabhimani and hence known by the name. The criticisms against the Diwan of Travancore, P...

     wrote the Vruththaanthapathrapravarthanam (1912), the first book on journalism in the Malayalam language.
  • Dr. T. M. Nair (Swarajya), Barrister G. P. Pillai
    G. P. Pillai
    Govindan Paramaswaran Pillai was born in Alathoor in Kerala, India, in an aristocratic nair family.After gaining a B.A. at the University of Madras he was admitted to the Middle Temple in London in 1898, where he was called to the bar in 1902...

     (Madras Standard)

  • Barrister George Joseph
    George Joseph
    George Joseph, founder of Mercury Insurance Group of Los Angeles, was born in West Virginia in 1921. The son of a West Virginia restaurateur of Lebanese origin, he served as a B-17 navigator in World War II, serving in some 50 missions, and then attended Harvard...

     (Independent, Young India
    Young India
    Young India was a weekly journal published in English by Mahatma Gandhi from 1919 to 1932. Gandhi wrote various quotations in this journal that inspired many. He used the Young India to spread his unique ideology and thoughts regarding independence....

    ) (brother of Pothan Joseph
    Pothan Joseph
    Pothan Joseph was a journalist in 20th century India whose career spanned the twenty years before and twenty years after India's independence. He worked with notable people of the time such as Annie Besant, Mahatma Gandhi, Sarojini Naidu, and Motilal Nehru...

    , arguably the doyen of Indian journalists; Hindustan Times
    Hindustan Times
    Hindustan Times is an Indian English-language daily newspaper founded in 1924 with roots in the Indian independence movement of the period ....

    , Deccan Herald
    Deccan Herald
    The Deccan Herald is a leading English-language daily newspaper distributed in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is published by the Printers Private Limited and has a number of editions in Bangalore, Hubli, Mysore, Mangalore and Gulbarga....

    , Indian Express, Dawn
    Dawn
    Dawn is the time that marks the beginning of the twilight before sunrise. It is recognized by the presence of weak sunlight, while the sun itself is still below the horizon...

     etc.)
  • V. K. Krishna Menon, K. Shankar Pillai
    K. Shankar Pillai
    Kesava Shankara Pillai , better known as Shankar, was an Indian cartoonist. He is considered as the father of political cartooning in India...

     (arguably the doyen of Indian cartoonists; Shankar's Weekly)

Television Age

Television Age started in Malayalam in 1985 with the starting of telecasting in Malayalam by Doordashan.

Doordarshan

Doordarshan
DoorDarshan
Doordarshan is an Indian public service broadcaster, a division of Prasar Bharati. It is one of the largest broadcasting organizations in India in terms of the infrastructure of studios and transmitters. Recently, it has also started Digital Terrestrial Transmitters. On September 15, 2009,...

 started news bullettins along with its inception. It is now one of the largest broadcasting organizations in the world in terms of the infrastructure of studios and transmitters.

Asianet

Asianet
Asianet
Asianet Communications Limited is an Indian media conglomerate jointly owned by STAR TV and Jupiter Entertainment. Formed in 1991 and headquartered in the city of Thiruvananthapuram in the south Indian state of Kerala, the company owns several television channels including Asianet, the first...

 was the first Malayalam TV Channel in private sector is Asianet
Asianet
Asianet Communications Limited is an Indian media conglomerate jointly owned by STAR TV and Jupiter Entertainment. Formed in 1991 and headquartered in the city of Thiruvananthapuram in the south Indian state of Kerala, the company owns several television channels including Asianet, the first...

 started by Shashikumar
Shashikumar
Shashikumar is an actor and politician from Karnataka, India. He is considered to be one of the 1990s top actors in the Kannada film industry with a vast number of commercially successful movies. He is also known for his distinct dancing skills in the industry...

, a famous left minded media person , in 1990 with his NRI uncle Reji Menon as main investor. They started their news bulletins in 1994. It was a turning point in the history of Malayalam journalism. The news persons behind this initiative were B. R. P. Bhaskar, T. N. Gopakumar
T. N. Gopakumar
T. N. Gopakumar is an Indian journalist. He is presently the Editor in Chief, Asianet News. Gopakumar is the producer and anchorperson of the popular weekly programme Kannadi on Asianet. He has many awards and accolades to his credit, including the Kerala Sahithya Academy Award for his book...

, Neelan, K. Rajagopal
K. Rajagopal
Datuk K. Rajagopal, is a Malaysian football manager and former professional player. He is currently the head coach of Malaysia and former Under-23 Malaysia coach....

, C. L. Thomas, K. Jayachandran, N. P. Chandrasekharan, and N. K. Raveendran mainly CPM loyalists. This channel became the nursery of Television Journalism in Malayalam. The founding leaders of some of the news channels of Kerala were the products of Asianet like M. V. Nikesh Kumar (Indiavision), N. P. Chandrasekharan (People) and K. P. Jayadeep (Manorama News). Later Shashikumar was driven out of the channel when other business interests took control of the channel. The full ownership gone to Raji Menon . Later the channel was taken over by the Rajeev Chandrasekhar's group. At present the world media baron Rupert Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch
Keith Rupert Murdoch, AC, KSG is an Australian-American business magnate. He is the founder and Chairman and CEO of , the world's second-largest media conglomerate....

 is the owner of Asianet channels except Asianet news. UPA governments' foreign direct investment policy in press helped him for take over. This made the channel playing its role in what is referred to as Crony Capitalism. Noted journalist and Magsaysay Award Winner Sainath Opined: "The dominant media are not pro-corporate or pro-big business. They are corporates.".

Indiavision

Indiavision
Indiavision
Indiavision is an Indian news channel in Malayalam language based at Kochi, Kerala state. Founded in 2003, it was the first exclusive news channel in Malayalam. It has its registered office at Edappally in Kochi and its telecasting studio is located at Padivattom, Kochi. Indiavision started...

 was the first full fledged news channel started in Malayalam. It started functioning in 2003 August under the leadership of M. K. Muneer
M. K. Muneer
M. K. Muneer is the Minister for Social Welfare and Panchayat in the present UDF Ministry of the South Indian state of Kerala, headed by Sri Oommen Chandy. He was also the Minister for Public Works in both A K Antony Ministry 3 and the previous Oommen Chandy Ministry...

.Mr.MV Nikesh Kumar (Executive Editor), N. P. Chandrasekharan (Associate Editor) and A. Sahadevan (Programme Consultant)and MT Vasudevan Nair.

Kairali TV

Kairali TV
Kairali TV
Kairali TV is an Indian television channel broadcasting in the Malayalam language catering to the Malayalam speaking population in Kerala as well as abroad . The channel, headquartered in Trivandrum, has studio facilities in Trivandrum as well as Kochi. Malayalam Communications Limited is the...

 is a Malayalam television channel . It is the first public limited channel promoted by keralites in the world.Currently, Mammootty, film actor in Malayalam, holds the post of Chairman and John Brittas is the Managing Director. Other important leaders are: D Prabha Varma- Director, News and Current Affairs, N. P, Chandrasekharan- Executive Editor, Somakumar- Executive Producer and Abraham Mathew- Chief Correspondent.
In 2005, a news channel People TV
People TV
People TV is an Indian television channel based at Trivandrum. It was launched by Malayalam Communications Limited. The channel focusses on news and current issues. It was People TV that introduced camera sting operation in Malayalam Television Journalism successfully...

was launched by Kairali TV
Kairali TV
Kairali TV is an Indian television channel broadcasting in the Malayalam language catering to the Malayalam speaking population in Kerala as well as abroad . The channel, headquartered in Trivandrum, has studio facilities in Trivandrum as well as Kochi. Malayalam Communications Limited is the...

.

The HQ and studio of the channel is at East Fort, Thiruvananthapuram(Trivandrum). It has a transmission centre at Ernakulam too. A state-of-the-art HQ was constructed in Trivandrum as the Communist Marxists got rule of the State .

The channel owners claim that their vision is to create programmes that meet international standards of production excellence. Kairali TV has gained considerable viewership and popularity in a short span of time. People TV is another channel owned by Kairali, that caters news and current affairs round the clock. WE TV, a channel for the youth has started transmission on April 14 of 2007.

Jeevan TV

Jeevan TV is a 24 hour Malayalam television channel, with its headquarters at Palarivattom, Kochi, India. It uses the slogan "The complete family channel". Further it is a semi news channel. It is promoted by the Catholic Church of Kerala although the journalists working there came from Chenkottukonam Swami's Punyabhumi. Mar Andrews Thazhath, Metropolitan Arch Bishop of Trichur is the chairman of this channel. Currently Baby Mathew Somatheeram is the Managing Director. Other important leaders are: Isac Joseph-Working Chairman, PJ Antony-Executive Editor, Dr Biju Alappatt-Chief Co-ordinator, MS Banesh-News Editor, Babu Velappaya-News Editor,Jeevan TV,was established in the year 2002.This well known television channel is one such channel aired for the malayalam- speaking viewers that caters to the interest of an entire family.

JaiHind TV

JaiHind TV
JaiHind TV
Jaihind TV is a Malayalam channel , based in Thiruvananthapuram , Kerala. It was launched on August 17 , 2007 in Delhi by Indian National Congress President and UPA chairperson Smt.Sonia Gandhi....

 is the general entertainment channel in Kerala, Controlled by Indian National Congress broadcasting from Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala . It is a full time channel but some type of entertainment programs also broadcasting K.P.Mohanan is the Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of the channel.

Manorama News

In 2006, Manorama News was started with Indiavision's Pramod Raman and Shani Prabhakaran as anchors. K. P. Jayadeep and Pramod Raman [Romi Mathew] were also became coleaders of this channel.

Online Journalism

Real advent of Malayalam Online Media started in 2000. Newspapers started their online editions during late 1990s. But those were replica of the print news online.

During April 2000 First Malayalam Portal was started under the leadership of P V Harikrishnan. When it was started the name was malayalam.indiainfo.com. Later it was rechristened as Thatsmalayalam.com. Now the portal is under oneindia.in
Oneindia.in
Oneindia.in is an Indian online portal owned by Greynium Information Technologies Pvt. Ltd., which provides news updates, sports news, travel, entertainment, videos, and classifieds. Alexa Traffic Rank of Oneindia.in is ranked number 525 in the world and Google page rank of Oneindia.in is 7...



Drishyam TV; First Free Malayalam Television Channel on the Internet started on 2005.

By September 2000 Webdunia.com started Weblokam.com.

Malayalam Citizen Journalism

Kerala Social Network www.koottam.com promotes citizen journalism among keralites.
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