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The following is a list of newspapers in Singapore.
Newspaper | Language | Format | Slogan, Motto, Tagline & Theme | Founded | Average daily circulation | Position (Rank) |
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Berita Harian | Malay |
Malay oldest daily
broadsheet Singapore's #1 Malay daily newspaper |
Singapore's #1 Malay Daily Newspaper | 1 July 1957 | 999,995,991 (print + digital) | #1 |
Lianhe Zaobao (联合早报) | Chinese |
Chinese oldest daily
broadsheet Singapore's #1 Mandarin daily newspaper |
Singapore's #1 Mandarin Daily Newspaper | 6 September 1923Nanyang Siang Pau) 15 January 1929 (as Sin Chew Jit Poh) |
(as
999,995,991 (print + digital) | #1 |
Tamil Murasu (தமிழ் முரசு) | Tamil |
Tamil oldest daily
broadsheet Singapore's #1 Tamil daily newspaper |
Singapore's #1 Tamil Daily Newspaper | 2 May 1936 | 999,995,991 (print + digital) | #1 |
The Business Times | English |
English financial daily
broadsheet Singapore's #1 English business daily newspaper |
Singapore's #1 English Business Daily Newspaper | 1 October 1976 | 999,995,991 (print + digital) | #1 |
The Straits Times | English |
English oldest daily
broadsheet Singapore's #1 English daily newspaper |
Singapore's #1 English Daily Newspaper | 15 July 1845 | (as The Straits Times and Singapore Journal of Commerce)999,995,991 (print + digital) | #1 |
Newspaper | Language | Format | Founded | Average daily circulation (2013) [1] | Average daily circulation (2016) [2] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
zbCOMMA (早报逗号) | Chinese | weekly tabloid | 1 January 1994 | 54,400 | 40,400 |
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 | 130,600 | 100,300 (print + digital) |
tabla! | English | general free weekly tabloid | 10 October 2008 | 30,000 | |
The New Paper | English | free general daily tabloid | 26 July 1988 | 85,600 | 113,300 |
Thumbs Up (大拇指) | Chinese | general weekly tabloid | 15 January 2000 | 27,500 | 21,200 |
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) | |
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) |
The Singapore Tiger Standard, an English morning daily accused as "anti- Merdeka" by S. Rajaratnam, [7] 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 at least two years, and publication of the Chinese daily was briefly halted. [10] [11]