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List of newspapers in Singapore

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The following is a list of newspapers in Singapore.

In circulation

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Singapore's major daily newspapers

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Newspaper Language Publisher Format Founded
Berita Harian Malay SPH Media Daily broadsheet 1 July 1957; 67 years ago (1 July 1957)
Lianhe Zaobao (联合早报) Chinese SPH Media Daily broadsheet 6 September 1923; 101 years ago (1923-09-06) (as Nanyang Siang Pau (南洋商报))
15 January 1929; 96 years ago (1929-01-15) (as Sin Chew Jit Poh (星洲日报))
Tamil Murasu (தமிழ் முரசு) Tamil SPH Media daily broadsheet 2 May 1936; 88 years ago (2 May 1936)
The Business Times English SPH Media Financial daily broadsheet 1 October 1976; 48 years ago (1 October 1976)
The Straits Times English SPH Media Daily broadsheet 15 July 1845; 179 years ago (1845-07-15)

Secondary newspaper

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Newspaper Language Publisher Format Founded Average daily circulation (2013)[1] Average daily circulation (2016)[2]
zbCOMMA (早报逗号) Chinese SPH Media weekly tabloid 1 January 1994; 31 years ago (1 January 1994) 54,400 40,400
Good Paper English "Social Causes" online,[3] free quarterly print and e-copy tabloid 21 January 2011; 14 years ago (21 January 2011) 15,000 (print)
Shin Min Daily News (新明日报) Chinese SPH Media general daily broadsheet 18 March 1967; 58 years ago (18 March 1967) 130,600 100,300 (print + digital)
tabla! English SPH Media general free weekly tabloid 10 October 2008; 16 years ago (10 October 2008) 30,000
The New Paper English SPH Media free general daily tabloid 26 July 1988; 36 years ago (26 July 1988) 85,600 113,300
Thumbs Up (大拇指) Chinese general weekly tabloid 15 January 2000; 25 years ago (15 January 2000) 27,500 21,200
WEEKENDER[4] English lifestyle free home delivered weekly broadsheet 1 October 2012; 12 years ago (1 October 2012) 230,000 weekly
TGIF Papers English general free weekly tabloid 1 January 2013; 12 years ago (1 January 2013) 50,000 (200,000 monthly)
Pravasi Express[5] English and Malayalam Pravasi Publications general fortnightly tabloid 15 July 2012; 12 years ago (15 July 2012) 7,000 (200,000 online)
The Life News[6] English National 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

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The Singapore Tiger Standard, an English morning daily newspaper, was accused as "anti-Merdeka" by S. Rajaratnam,[7] and was closed in 1959 after the People's Action Party came to power.[8]

In 1971, the Government crackdown on newspapers perceived to be under foreign influence or with subversive tendencies; saw the closing of The Eastern Sun and The Singapore Herald.[9] 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.[10][11]

English language

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Chinese language

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Tamil language

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Malay language

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See also

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References

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  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. ^ Campbell, Colin (20 July 1982). "Singapore, Citing Unity, Again Reins In the Press". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  11. ^ "Nanyang affair raised at C'wealth Press Union". Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Seow, Francis (1998). The Media Enthralled: Singapore Revisited, Volume 10. Lynne Rienner Publishers. pp. 6–9. ISBN 1555877796.
  13. ^ Abdul Rahim, Zackaria (10 November 2000). "TODAY is here". Today (retrieved from NLB). Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  14. ^ "TODAY to merge with CNA, become digital long-form weekend magazine". CNA. 28 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  15. ^ Rebecca Chan Chung, Deborah Chung and Cecilia Ng Wong, "Piloted to Serve", 2012
  16. ^ a b c d e f g h 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. ^ a b 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.