List of newspapers in Singapore

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The following is a list of newspapers in Singapore, including those that are currently in publication as well as those that have since ceased operations.

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In circulation

Singapore's major daily newspapers

NewspaperLanguagePublisherFormatFounded
Berita Harian Malay SPH Media daily broadsheet 1 July 1957;68 years ago
Lianhe Zaobao (联合早报) Chinese SPH Mediadaily broadsheet16 March 1983;42 years ago
Tamil Murasu (தமிழ் முரசு) Tamil SPH Mediadaily broadsheet2 May 1936;89 years ago
The Business Times English SPH MediaFinancial daily broadsheet1 October 1976;48 years ago
The Straits Times EnglishSPH Mediadaily broadsheet15 July 1845;180 years ago

Secondary newspaper

NewspaperLanguagePublisherFormatFoundedAverage daily circulation (2013) [1] Average daily circulation (2016) [2]
zbCOMMA (早报逗号)Chinese SPH Media weekly tabloid 1 January 1994;31 years ago54,40040,400
Good Paper English"Social Causes" online, [3] free quarterly print and e-copy tabloid 21 January 2011;14 years ago15,000 (print)
Shin Min Daily News (新明日报)Chinese SPH Media general daily broadsheet 18 March 1967;58 years ago130,600100,300 (print + digital)
tabla! English SPH Media general free weekly tabloid 10 October 2008;16 years ago30,000
The New Paper English SPH Media free general daily tabloid 26 July 1988;37 years ago85,600113,300
Thumbs Up (大拇指)Chinesegeneral weekly tabloid 15 January 2000;25 years ago27,50021,200
WEEKENDER [4] Englishlifestyle free home delivered weekly broadsheet 1 October 2012;12 years ago230,000 weekly
TGIF Papers Englishgeneral free weekly tabloid 1 January 2013;12 years ago50,000 (200,000 monthly)
Pravasi Express [5] English and MalayalamPravasi Publicationsgeneral fortnightly tabloid 15 July 2012;13 years ago7,000 (200,000 online)
The Life News [6] EnglishNational Fortnightly (digital) and a facsimile of Parent edition The Life News, Australia National Edition and The Life News Ltd UK. tabloid (20,000 online)

Defunct papers

Prior to the dominance of the The Straits Times in recent decades, Singapore had a diverse landscape of prominent English-language newspapers. The earliest among them was the The Singapore Chronicle , established in 1824 as the first newspaper in Singapore. It served the settlement for over a decade before ceasing publication in 1837. In the early twentieth century, The Malaya Tribune emerged as a major competitor and, at its peak, outsold The Straits Times. However, it experienced a significant decline following the Japanese occupation of Singapore and ultimately ceased operations in 1951.

Other notable publications included the Singapore Tiger Standard , an English-language morning daily founded in 1950, which came under criticism for its editorial stance. It was labelled "anti-Merdeka" by S. Rajaratnam and was closed in 1959 following the rise to power of the People's Action Party (PAP). [7] [8] In 1971, the Government initiated a crackdown on media outlets perceived to be under foreign influence or exhibiting subversive tendencies. This led to the closure of both The Eastern Sun and the Singapore Herald . [9]

English language

Chinese language

Editorial executives of Nanyang Siang Pau, which was accused of propagating "Chinese ethnic chauvinism", had been ordered detained without trial for a period of two years, and publication of The Chinese Daily was briefly halted. [13] [14]

Tamil language

Malay language

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Annual Report 2013" (PDF).
  2. ↑ "SPH Annual report 2016" (PDF).
  3. ↑ "GoodPaper".
  4. ↑ "Weekender Singapore". Weekender Singapore.
  5. ↑ "PravasiExpress | A bilingual Malayalam, English Newspaper".
  6. ↑ "The life News | An English language Newspaper".
  7. ↑ "Ex-journalist leads PAP attack No. 2 on the English Press" . Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "After 9 years paper closes doors". 1 August 1959. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  9. ↑ "Opposition Paper in Singapore Is Closed on Government Order". The New York Times. 29 May 1971. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Seow, Francis (1998). The Media Enthralled: Singapore Revisited, Volume 10. Lynne Rienner Publishers. pp. 6–9. ISBN   1555877796.
  11. ↑ Abdul Rahim, Zackaria (10 November 2000). "TODAY is here". Today (retrieved from NLB). Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  12. ↑ "TODAY to merge with CNA, become digital long-form weekend magazine". CNA. 28 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  13. ↑ Campbell, Colin (20 July 1982). "Singapore, Citing Unity, Again Reins In the Press". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  14. ↑ "Nanyang affair raised at C'wealth Press Union" . Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  15. ↑ Rebecca Chan Chung, Deborah Chung and Cecilia Ng Wong, "Piloted to Serve", 2012
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Lee, Meiyu (21 January 2020). "From Lat Pau to Zaobao: A History of Chinese Newspapers". BiblioAsia. Singapore: National Library Board . Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  17. ↑ "《星期5周报》发行李资政将主持仪式". Lianhe Wanbao . Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  18. 1 2 Oon, Clarissa (31 December 2008). "Hip new student weekly with Zaobao". The Straits Times . pp. B3.
  19. ↑ "各校校长同赞《星期5周报》 学生应有的报纸可作生活指导". Lianhe Wanbao. 19 February 1991. p. 8. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  20. ↑ "年底并入《新明日报》 《联合晚报》结束38年历史" [Merging into Shin Min Daily News, Lianhe Wanbao ends 38 years of history]. Lianhe Zaobao (in Chinese). Singapore Press Holdings. 26 September 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  21. ↑ "Koh Yew Hean Press | Infopedia". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
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