Jacob Mathew

Jacob Mathew is Executive Editor and Publisher of the Malayala Manorama Group of Publications in Kerala, India. The Malayala Manorama group publishes Malayala Manorama daily with a circulation of more than 1.9 million copies per day. The group has 50 publications, as well as the 24-hour news broadcast channel Manorama News and FM stations. Manoramaonline is one of the most widely read newspaper websites in India.

Jacob Mathew is a trustee of the Press Institute of India/Research Institute for Newspaper Development and is also on the Asian Board of INMA. He is a past president of the Indian Newspaper Society and is a past chairman of the Advertising Standards Council of India.

He was elected 8 April 2011 by the WAN-IFRA General Assembly of Members, held during the WAN-IFRA Board meeting in Dublin, Ireland.

He is the first Indian to hold the presidency of WAN-IFRA. He succeeded Gavin O’Reilly, Chief Executive Officer of Independent News & Media plc, who was president since 2004 and notably oversaw the 2009 merger of the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) with IFRA.