

The publishers of two new newspaper groups decided on Wednesday to merge even before they were to begin publication next month. Binod Gyawali, the publisher of Nagarik and Hari Shrestha, the publisher of Dainikee decided to pool their resources and bring out only Nagarik, the Nepali daily. Gyawali had earlier split off from Kantipur, taking away many of its top journalists. But he split again and had decided to go it alone. Insiders said the reason was a contracting media market and the need to challenge the combined circulation lead of Kantipur and Annapurna Post. Nagarik's English sister paper is Republica and Nagarik's sister paper is Newsfront. It is not yet clear what will happen to the English publications
Yubaraj Ghimire, has been designated 'Group Editor' while Narayan Wagle will be editor of Nagarik. Republica's editor Prateek Pradhan says, "With a vision for long-term sustainence and development of journalism, we have taken this step."
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