The New Straits Times is an English-language newspaper published in Malaysia. It is Malaysia's oldest newspaper still in print having been founded as The Straits Times in 1845, and was reestablished as the New Straits Times in 1974. The paper served as Malaysia's only broadsheet format English language newspaper.
Mediacorp Pte. Ltd. is the national public broadcaster of Singapore. As a mass media conglomerate, it holds interests in radio broadcasting, television broadcasting and digital content creation. It runs 6 television channels, 11 radio stations, and an on-demand streaming service, MeWatch, making it the largest media business in Singapore. It holds a monopoly on free-to-air television in Singapore after merging with previous broadcaster and competitor SPH Mediaworks, a division of the Singapore Press Holdings. It is owned by Temasek Holdings, a state-owned investment arm of Singapore.
Muhammad Taufik bin Batisah is a Singaporean singer and winner of the first season of the reality TV series Singapore Idol.
Television in Singapore began on 15 February 1963. The public broadcaster, MediaCorp TV, has a monopoly on terrestrial television channels and is fully owned by government holding company Temasek Holdings. Local pay TV operators are StarHub TV and Singtel TV. The private ownership of satellite dishes is banned.
Dato' Sri Siti Nurhaliza binti Tarudin is a Malaysian singer and businesswoman with almost 300 local and international awards. She made her debut after she won a local singing competition show Bintang HMI in 1995 when she was 16. Her debut single, "Jerat Percintaan", won the 11th Anugerah Juara Lagu and another two awards for Best Performance and Best Ballad. The album, as of 2005, has sold more than 800,000 units in Malaysia. She has recorded and sung in multiple languages, including Malaysian, Javanese, English, Mandarin, Arabic, Urdu, and Japanese.
CNA is an English-language news channel based in Singapore. It broadcasts free-to-air domestically and as a subscription network to 29 territories across Asia and Australia.
Adrian Pang Yeow Soon is a Malaysian-born Singapore former actor, host, and contracted artiste under FLY Entertainment and prominently a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 1990 to 2010. He first came to prominence in Singaporean television by acting in some English-language and Chinese-language television dramas produced by MediaCorp and SPH MediaWorks in the 1990s. Since then, he has diversified into hosting and theatre production. More recently, he had a small role in the Hollywood cybercrime movie Blackhat (2015), starring Chris Hemsworth and Wang Lee Hom. In 2010, Pang announced that after his current artiste contract with Mediacorp expires in March, he will experimentally leave Mediacorp.
Singapore Press Holdings Limited is a media organisation in Singapore with businesses in print, digital, radio, and outdoor media, and property and aged care. SPH has over 4,000 employees, including a team of approximately 1,000 journalists, including correspondents operating around the world. The company was one of the country's "blue-chip" counters on the Singapore Exchange, and is a constituent of the Straits Times Index. This will no longer be the case from 22 June 2020.
Jesseca Liu is a Malaysian actress, who is based in Singapore was named as one of the Seven Princesses of Mediacorp in 2006. She was a prominently a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 2004 to 2010. Now she is a contracted artiste under MediaCorp and managed under HIM International Music.
Warna 94.2FM is a Malay language contemporary music radio station operated by Mediacorp. The station plays a unique blend of international Malay top 40 music from 1950s and beyond, and provides Islamic General Service for Singapore.
Anugerah Planet Muzik, commonly known by the acronym APM, is an award ceremony for artists engaged in the music industries of the Malay-speaking region in Southeast Asia ; the awards nominate singers from countries within said region which are Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. Organised by MediaCorp's Malay Broadcast Division, Suria, Warna 94.2FM & Ria 89.7FM, this prestigious music awards ceremony and achievements in the regional Malay-Indonesia music industry. APM is supported by Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA), Composers and Authors Society of Singapore (COMPASS) and Indonesian Music Award Foundation (YAMI).
Dato' Aaron Mustapha bin Aziz , is a Singaporean actor and singer currently based in Malaysia. He is largely known in Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore.
Kasbani Bin Kasmon Singapore-born fitness personality, better known by his nickname, Que Andrea Kasbani, is a fitness model and a cover model who has been featured in various magazines such as the Manja Magazine (Singapore), Mangga (Malaysia), Maskulin Magazine (Malaysia), REPS Magazine (Indonesia), Cosmopolitan Magazine (Singapore), SUTRA Magazine (Singapore) and Ifitness Magazine (Singapore) as well as on the fitness sutra website. Apart from modeling, Kasbani is also a freelance actor and has been featured on show such as BlogTv on ChannelNewsAsia and on Suria.
Saleha binti Abdul Rashid, better known by her pen name Salmi Manja, is a Malaysian novelist, poet, and journalist. She was among the first Malaysian professional women writers and best known for her 1960 novel Hari Mana Bulan Mana. Femininity, women's issues, and Islam are recurring themes in her work.
Bhumiband is an independent Singaporean Malay band. Formed in 2003, the band consists of lead singers Ard and Awi Rafael, pianist and keyboardist Hang Dimas, drummer Zuher, lead guitarist Athif, bassist Kif, and percussionist Eddy. The band's lineup has remained static during its history, with the only exceptions of the departure of guitarist and co-songwriter Nazri, Ard and Kif in 2005. Hang Dimas would later join the band Hujan in 2008. Awi Rafael also has a successful solo career after Bhumiband. Irfan and Reamie both become official members in 2016.
Kampong Bahru Bus Terminal (Chinese:甘榜峇鲁路巴士终站) is a bus terminal in Singapore. It is situated along Spooner Road off Kampong Bahru Road in Bukit Merah, and is located near Outram Community Hospital, as well as the Singapore General Hospital.
Asmah Laili was a radio producer, and television presenter in Singapore, who also became famous for her programs and publications on Malay cuisine.
