Nepal Magazine
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 Cover of Nepal Magazine (29 January 2017) | |
| Editor | Basanta Basnet[1] |
|---|---|
| Founding Editor | Vijay Kumar Pandey[2] |
| Categories | News magazine |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Circulation | 45,000 |
| Publisher | Kailash Sirohiya[3] |
| Founded | 2000[4] |
| Company | Kantipur Publications[5] |
| Country | Nepal |
| Language | नेपाली |
| Website | nepalmag |
The Nepal Magazine was a weekly national magazine published by Kantipur Media Group in Kathmandu, which also published Kantipur and The Kathmandu Post.[6] The magazine focused on national socio-political matters of Nepal, with satirical pieces on current affairs and trends of the country, along with lighter stories of lifestyle and arts.[7] Nepal had the country's largest circulation for a weekly news-magazine, according to the official data released by Press Council Nepal in 2016.[8] Basanta Basnet was the Editor.[9] After the COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal, Kantipur media group stopped publishing Nepal Magazine along with its other publications.[10][11]
History
[edit]Nepal Magazine was established in 2000 as a fortnightly magazine. It had been covering political issues along with photo story, movie review, celebrity gossips and literature. Its two notable annual publication are Plus 2 College Ranking[12] and Person of the year.[4] Nepal was generally regarded as leading and influential nepali magazines, along with Himal Khabarpatrika.[13]
Editors
[edit]The magazine has been under five editors so far, Vijay Kumar Pandey, Tirtha Koirala, Kishor Nepal, Prashant Aryal, Sudheer Sharma, Narayan Wagle and Basanta Basnet [Editor].[14]
Notable staff and columnists (past and present)
[edit]- Abhi Subedi
- Rabindra Mishra
- Khagendra Sangraula
- Leela Mani Paudyal
- Madhab Basnet
- Ram Bahadur Rawal
- Prashant Aryal
References
[edit]- ^ "Kantipur Media Group Team". KMG. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ "Five Reasons to Read Vijay Kumar Pandey's new book KHUSHI". Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^ "Executive Profile Kailash Sirohiya". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
- ^ a b "Kantipur Publication". Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^ "News and Views-Nepal Homepage". Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "Nepali Magazines". Archived from the original on 17 October 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "२०४६ पछिका म्यागेजिन". Archived from the original on 2016-10-26. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
- ^ "कुन पत्रिका कति छापिन्छन्? यस्तो छ प्रकाशकको दावी". Retrieved 2017-02-09.
- ^ "KMG Team".
- ^ @therecord. "Print is back but many journalists are not - The Record". www.recordnepal.com. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
- ^ Magazine, New Spolight. "KMG Shut Down Its Weekly And Monthly Publications". SpotlightNepal. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
- ^ "Top Ten Plus Two Colleges of Nepal 2072 / 2015". Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^ "२०४६ पछिका म्यागेजिन". Archived from the original on 2016-10-26. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
- ^ "NEW EDITORS IN KANTIPUR, KATHMANDU POST AND NEPAL MAGAZINE". 2008-08-18. Retrieved 21 October 2016.