The following is a list of newspapers in Singapore.
In circulation[]
There are a total of sixteen newspapers in active circulation today,Template:When of which three are distributed for free. Some of these also carry supplementary tabloid pull-outs sold together with the main spreadsheet, such as Digital Life, Mind Your Body, and Urban, which are distributed together with The Straits Times.
| Newspaper | Language | Format | Founded | Average daily circulation (2016)[1] | Average daily circulation (2013)[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berita Harian | Malay | general daily broadsheet | 1 July 1957 | 39,300 | 50,600 |
| Berita Minggu (Sundays only) | Malay | general weekly broadsheet | 1 July 1957 | 39,300 | 50,600 |
| zbCOMMA (早报逗号) | Chinese | weekly tabloid | 1 January 1994 | 40,400 | 54,400 |
| Lianhe Wanbao (联合晚报) | Chinese | general daily broadsheet | 16 March 1983 | 102,000 (print + digital) | 91,000 |
| Lianhe Zaobao (联合早报) | Chinese | general daily broadsheet | 16 March 1983 | 188,600 (print + digital) | 172,500 (print + digital) |
| Good Paper | English | "Social Causes" online,[3] free quarterly print and e-copy tabloid | 21 January 2011 | 15,000 (print) | |
| Shin Min Daily News (新明日报) | Chinese | general daily broadsheet | 18 March 1967 | 100,300 (print + digital) | 130,600 |
| Tamil Murasu (தமிழ் முரசு) | Tamil | general daily broadsheet | 1 January 1932 | 11,300 | 15,700 |
| tabla! | English | general free weekly tabloid | October 2008 | 30,000 | |
| Business Times | English | financial daily broadsheet | 15 July 1845 | 36,900 (print + digital) | 42,200 (print + digital) |
| The New Paper | English | general daily tabloid | 26 July 1988 | 113,300 | 85,600 |
| The Straits Times | English | general daily broadsheet | 15 July 1845 | 393,300 (print + digital) | 449,200 (print + digital) |
| Thumbs Up (大拇指) | Chinese | general weekly tabloid | 15 January 2000 | 21,200 | 27,500 |
| Today | English | free daily compact newspaper | 10 November 2000 | 300,000 on daily | |
| WEEKENDER[4] | English | lifestyle free home delivered weekly broadsheet | 1 October 2012 | 230,000 weekly | |
| TGIF Papers | English | general free weekly tabloid | 1 January 2013 | 50,000 (200,000 monthly) | |
| Pravasi Express[5] | English and Malayalam | general fortnightly tabloid | 15 July 2012 | 7000 (200,000 online) |
Defunct papers[]
The Singapore Tiger Standard, an English morning daily accused as "anti-Merdeka" by S. Rajaratnam,[6] closed in 1959 after the People's Action Party came to power.[7]
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.[8] Editorial executives of Nanyang Siang Pau, which was accused of propagating Chinese ethnic chauvinism, had been ordered detained without trial for a period of at least two years, and publication of the Chinese daily was briefly halted.[9][10]
English language[]
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- Eastern Sun (closed in 1971 for receiving money from communist intelligence from Hong Kong)
- New Nation
- Pravasi Express (bilingual paper, in Malayalam and English)
- Project Eyeball (folded on 1 January 2002, less than two years after its release)
- Singapore Herald (closed in 1971)
- Singapore Monitor
- Singapore Tiger Standard or Singapore Standard (1950-1959)
- Streats (merged with Today on 1 January 2005)
- Weekend TODAY
- "My Paper" (merged with "The New Paper" on 1 December 2016)
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Chinese language[]
- Chong Shing Chinese Daily Newspaper (中興日報) – established on 20 August 1907; disestablished in 1910. The newspaper was founded and operated by members of the Tongmenghui and was aimed at promoting the 1911 Xinhai Revolution in China. The members responsible for the newspaper were Tan Chor Lam, Teo Eng Hock and Chan Po-yin. The daily distribution involved 1,000 copies.[11][12]
- Friday Weekly (星期5周报) – established on 22 February 1991; disestablished on 7 January 2009 as zbCOMMA
- Nanyang Siang Pau (南洋商报) – established on 6 September 1923; disestablished on 16 March 1983 as Lianhe Zaobao and Lianhe Wanbao
- Sin Chew Jit Poh (星洲日报) – established on 15 January 1929; disestablished on 16 March 1983 as Lianhe Zaobao and Lianhe Wanbao
See also[]
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- Censorship in Singapore
- Communications in Singapore
- Media of Singapore
References[]
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- ↑ http://www.sph.com.sg/system/misc/annualreport/2013/SPH_AR2013_51.pdf
- ↑ http://www.goodpaper.sg/
- ↑ http://www.weekender.com.sg
- ↑ http://www.pravasiexpress.com
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- ↑ Rebecca Chan Chung, Deborah Chung and Cecilia Ng Wong, "Piloted to Serve", 2012
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/PilotedToServe