List of newspapers in Timor-Leste

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Timor-Leste has a rich print media environment, with several daily newspapers and a number of weekly publications. [1] [2] The oldest and most widely-read newspaper in the country is Suara Timor Lorosae , which originated in 1993 as Suara Timor Timur during the Indonesian occupation period and relaunched with its current name in 2000. [1] [3] [4] Other major dailies include the Independente , Timor Post  [ de ], and Jornal Nacional Diário  [ de ]. A state-run news agency, Tatoli, was launched in 2016. [5] Newspapers are concentrated in Dili, the capital, and are mostly published in the Tetum language, with English, Indonesian, and Portuguese also appearing in print. [2]

Contents

Newspapers

NewspaperFoundedLocationOwnershipCirculationTypeLanguageRef.
Business Timor Bali, IndonesiaPrivate1,000 (2010)WeeklyTetum [6] [7] [8]
Diário Tempo Dili Private500 (2013)Daily [3]
Diáriu Timoromanc. 2010sPrivateDailyTetum, Indonesian, Portuguese [9]
Dili Post Dili PrivateDaily [10]
The Dili Weekly2007 Dili Private1,000 (2010)Online weeklyTetum, English [6] [11] [12]
Independente 2011 Dili PrivateDailyTetum, English, Indonesian, Portuguese [8] [9] [13]
Jornal Nacional Diário  [ de ]2005 Dili Private1,650 (2010)DailyTetum, Portuguese, Indonesian [6] [8] [9] [14]
Jornal Nacional Semanário  [ de ]2003 Dili Private2,000 (2008)WeeklyTetum, Portuguese [3] [8] [14]
The Oekusi Post2020PrivateOnlineTetum, English, Indonesian [15] [16]
Suara Timor Lorosae 1993 Dili Private2,000 (2013)DailyTetum, English, Indonesian, Portuguese [3] [13] [17]
Tatoli 2016 Dili GovernmentOnline dailyTetum, English, Indonesian, Portuguese [5] [9]
Tempo Semanal Dili Private500 (2013)WeeklyTetum, English, Indonesian, Portuguese [2] [3] [9] [17]
Timor Post  [ de ]2000 Dili Private700 (2024)DailyTetum, English, Indonesian, Portuguese [8] [10] [18]

Defunct newspapers

NewspaperFoundedCeasedLocationOwnershipCirculationTypeLanguageRef.
A Voz de Timor  [ pt ]19591975 Dili GovernmentWeeklyPortuguese [19] [20]
Diário Tempo2005PrivateDailyTetum, English, Indonesian [14]
Dili Times19992000 Darwin, AustraliaPrivateMonthlyEnglish [21] [22] [23]
Dili Post1982DiliPrivateWeekly [24]
Kla'ak Semanálc. 2008c. 2009 Dili PrivateWeeklyTetum [6] [25] [26]
Kroat2010 Baucau Private500 (2010)Daily [6]
Lalenok2000 Dili Private900 (2000)WeeklyTetum [27] [28] [29] [30]
Lia Foun  [ pt ]20052005 Dili PrivateWeeklyTetum, Portuguese [3] [31]
Lian MauberePrivateWeeklyIndonesian [27] [32] [33]
Lifau Pos2003 Dili Private500 (2008)WeeklyTetum, Baikenu, Indonesian [6] [14]
New East Timor [note 1] 19992000 Dili INTERFET WeeklyTetum, English, Indonesian [34] [35] [36]
Tais Timor20002002 Darwin, Australia UNTAET 50,000 (2002)MonthlyTetum, English, Indonesian, Portuguese [14] [18] [37] [38]
Talit@kum19982003 Dili PrivateBiweeklyIndonesian [14] [27] [32] [39]
Timor19381939 Dili Portuguese [40]
Timor Sun2002 Dili Private1,000 (2008)WeeklyEnglish, Indonesian [14]
Vox Populic. 1999PrivateWeeklyTetum, Indonesian [14]

See also

Notes and references

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Published in Tetum as Timor Lorosae Foun and in Indonesian as Timor Timur Baru

References

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  2. 1 2 3 Rowlands, Lyndal (2020). "Timor-Leste". The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Mass Media and Society. 5: 1771–1773. Retrieved 2025-04-06– via SAGE Publications.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Kaplan, Robert B.; Baldauf Jr., Richard B. (2013-12-16). Language Planning in the Asia Pacific: Hong Kong, Timor-Leste and Sri Lanka. Oxford: Routledge. pp. 99–101. ISBN   978-1-317-98180-0.
  4. ↑ Tanuredjo, Budiman (2018-02-14). "Seperempat Abad Koran "Suara Timor Lorosae"" [A Quarter Century of the "Voice of East Timor" Newspaper]. kompas.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2025-04-05.
  5. 1 2 "Prime Minister presents Timor-Leste News Agency". Government of Timor-Leste. 2016-07-29. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Monthly Governance Report December 2010 (PDF). United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste. 2010. p. 88.
  7. ↑ "East Timor media guide". BBC News. 2023-06-05. Retrieved 2025-04-05.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 Macalister, John; Akoyt, Melky Costa (2024). "English in Timor–Leste: Language use in newspapers". English Today. 40 (2): 140–144. doi:10.1017/S0266078423000317. ISSN   0266-0784.
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  16. ↑ "About Us". The Oekusi Post. 2020-03-14. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
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  19. ↑ "A Voz de Timor online". Timor Archives. 2019-06-16. Retrieved 2025-04-05.
  20. ↑ "A voz de Timor". Library of Congress. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  21. ↑ Chongkittavorn, Kavi (1999-11-29). "E Timor's language problem: Diak ka lae?". The Nation. Retrieved 2025-04-06– via ETAN.
  22. ↑ Sherlock, Kevin P. (2002). The Timor Collection of Kevin Sherlock, Darwin (PDF). p. 108 – via Timor Archives.
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  24. ↑ 20 tahun Timor Timur membangun. Pemerintah Daerah Tingkat I Timor Timur. 1996. p. 202.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
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  29. ↑ McDonald, Hamish (2000-10-27). "Tongue-tied in East Timor". The Age. Retrieved 2025-04-06– via ETAN.
  30. ↑ Guterres, Virgilio da Silva (May 2000). "No surrender in East Timor". No. 123. p. 6. Retrieved 2025-04-07.
  31. ↑ "O jornal lia foun". Library of Congress. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  32. 1 2 "East Timor - 2004 Annual Report". ETAN. Reporters Without Borders. 2004-05-03. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
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  35. ↑ Cotton, James (2002). "Australia's East Timor Experience: Military Lessons and Security Dilemmas" (PDF). The National Institute for Defense Studies. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
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  37. ↑ "Tais Timor" (PDF). Tais Timor. Vol. I, no. 12. 2000-08-06. p. 1. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
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