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From 8 September 2016, the portal also presents news from two other Singapore Press Holdings Chinese-language newspapers, Lianhe Wanbao and Shin Min Daily News. According to The Washington Post, "Zaobao's combined print and digital circulation in Singapore fell from 187,900 in 2015 to 144,000 in 2020, according to company filings."
Lianhe Wanbao联合晚报. Lianhe Wanbao ( Chinese: 联合晚报; pinyin: Liánhé Wǎnbào; literally Joint Evening News) was a Singapore Chinese afternoon newspaper published daily by SPH Media from 16 March 1983 after the merger between the Singaporean editions of Nanyang Siang Pau and Sin Chew Jit Poh . Lianhe Wanbao focused mainly on local ...
Shin Min is a tabloid-style paper focusing on entertainment and local news with sensationalised headlines, although it is printed on broadsheets. Its main competitor was Lianhe Wanbao, which was also published by the SPH. Wanbao ceased publication on 24 December 2021 and merged into Shin Min.
SPH Media Trust ( SMT ), trading as SPH Media, is a mass media company in Singapore. Incorporated on 19 July 2021 as a company limited by guarantee, it was spun off from Singapore Press Holdings as part of a restructuring. It owns several major newspapers in the country, including the English-language The Straits Times and The Business Times ...
The Singapore Tiger Standard, an English morning daily newspaper, was accused as "anti-Merdeka" by S. Rajaratnam, 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 ...
Media of Singapore. List of newspapers. The Straits Times (also known informally by its abbreviation ST) is a Singaporean daily English-language newspaper owned by the SPH Media Trust. [2] [3] [4] Established on 15 July 1845, it is the most-widely circulated newspaper in the country and has a significant regional audience.
OCLC number. 46474542. Website. www .todayonline .com. Today is a Singaporean news website owned by Mediacorp. It was originally established in 2000 as a free newspaper, competing primarily with Singapore Press Holdings ' Streats. In 2004, SPH took a 40% stake in MediaCorp's publishing division and Today, discontinuing Streats in the process.
On 2 May 1971, three senior staff of the newspaper were arrested, accused of "a deliberate campaign to stir up Chinese racial emotions". In 1973, the chairman of the paper was detained and released in 1978. The newspaper merged with Sin Chew Jit Poh on 16 March 1983 to form the current Lianhe Zaobao and Lianhe Wanbao and has ceased to exist.