Nation Group (Thailand) Public Company Limited (NATION) (
Thai: บริษัท เนชั่น กรุ๊ป (ไทยแลนด์) จำกัด (มหาชน)) is one of Thailand's largest media companies. The company operates two digital television stations, three national newspapers (English, Thai business, and Thai mass circulation), a university, a book and cartoon unit, printing and logistics operations, and new media and digital platforms. Its symbol on the
Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) is "NATION".
History
Nation Group was founded on 1 July 1971 by a group of Thai journalists with the launch of The Voice of the Nation, an
English language newspaper. It was later renamed The Nation with the motto "Thailand's Independent Newspaper". The company later expanded into Thai business
newspaper publishing and
television media, both of which are number one in their respective news categories in Thailand.[citation needed] Nation Group is a founding member of
Asia News Network, an alliance of 21 media in 19 Asian countries.
In January 2018 the Nation Multimedia Group, in a hostile acquisition, was taken over by
Sontiyan Chuenruetainaidhama, founder of conservative outlets T News and INN News.[4]
2013: Licenses received to operate two digital television channels, "NOW 26" and "
Nation TV".
2019: Paper issues of the English-language daily The Nation will be discontinued, replaced by an online edition. The last paper copy will be the 28 June edition.[5]
Education Business Unit, Nation U Co., Ltd.[2]: 59–64
Publications
The Nation Multimedia Group publishes the following:
Krungthep Thurakij (Bangkok Business News): A daily Thai-language business newspaper with circulation in the 80,000-100,000 range. This paper is also popular with Thai intellectuals. Its political stance is progressive.
Kom Chad Luek (Sharp, Clear, Deep): A mass-circulation, Thai-language daily, with circulation in the 500,000-600,000 range. It was launched in 2001.[9]