Media

Mumbai has many publications of newspapers and television and radio stations. Popular English-language newspapers published and sold in Mumbai are the Times of India, mid-day, DNA, Hindustan Times, Mumbai Mirror and Indian Express. Marathi newspapers include Loksatta, Sakal, Lokmat Times and Maharashtra. Newspapers are also printed in other Indian languages. Mumbai home to India's oldest Newspaper Bombay Samachar which was published in Gujarati and in English since 1822. Bombay Durpan - the first newspaper Marathi - was launched by Balshastri Jambhekar in Mumbai, 1832.Popular magazines are Saaptahik Sakaal, Lokprabha Marathi and India Today, Outlook in English.

Many Indian and foreign channels can be watched in Mumbai. Mumbai households receive more than a hundred channels of cable television, and a majority of them are produced to meet the city polyglot population. The city is also the heart of many international media companies, with many news channels and print publications with a significant presence. The national television channel, Doordarshan, provides two free terrestrial channels, while the three main cable networks serve most households. Zee Marathi, ETV Marathi, DD Sahyadri, Zee TV, Star and the most popular are news channels. Satellite television (DTH) has yet to gain mass acceptance, because of the high costs of installation.

Bollywood, the Hindi film industry which is the largest branch of Indian cinema, is based in Mumbai. Bollywood is the largest film producer in the world, producing more than 800 films a year, twice as much as Hollywood. Bollywood has an audience of 3.6 billion people Marathi film industry is also based in Mumbai. There are twelve radio stations in Mumbai, with nine distribution on the FM band, as well as three stations of All India Radio broadcast on the AM band.