 The nearest International airport is Kannur International Airport in Kannur which lies about away from Mysuru city.Newspaper publishing in Mysore started in 1859 when Bhashyam Bhashyacharya began publishing a weekly newspaper in Kannada called the "Mysooru Vrittanta Bodhini", the first of a number of weekly newspapers published in the following three decades.A well-known Mysore publisher during Wodeyar rule was M. Venkatakrishnaiah, known as the father of Kannada journalism, who started several news magazines.