Goa Today

Goa Today was a monthly magazine published from Panaji, Goa, India, since 1966,^[1][2] featuring news, literature and local issues.^[3] Goa Today is considered the "grand-daddy" of all monthly magazines in Goa.^[4] It was founded by Francisco Damasceno do Rosario Dantas and former joint-editor of The Navhind Times, Lambert Mascarenhas.^[1] As of 2021, it has "paused" its publication.

Goa Today

Copies of the magazine
Categories	Politics, culture
Frequency	Monthly
Founded	1966
First issue	1966
Final issue	2021
Country	India
Based in	Panaji, Goa
Language	English

History

The main problem facing the magazine in the 2010s is fostering enough advertising to meet publication costs.^[4]

During Mascarenhas' and Dantas' ownership, Norman Dantas was first Associate editor and then as Executive editor for the magazine.^[5] When Goa Today was sold to Salgaocar Mining Industries, Mascarenhas was followed as editor by Vaman Sardesai, who left in 1987 to become India's ambassador to Angola.^[6] He was followed as editor by the poet-journalist Manohar Shetty, who maintained the high standards and promoted Goan literature while keeping the balance between history, political issues and literature.^[7] Vinayak Naik is the current editor.^[4]

In the mid 1980s, Goa Today was purchased by the Salgaocar Mining Industries, now part of the V. M. Salgaocar group of companies, which also own the Salgaocar Football Club of Goa.^[4]

The magazine's publication was "paused" in May 2021, citing declining sales due to digital news and the COVID-19 pandemic in India, with the hope of restoring publication in a different format in the future.^[8]