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The paper changed its name to The Standard in 1977 but the name East African Standard was revived later. It was sold to Kenyan investors in 1995. In 2004 the name was changed back to The Standard. It is the main rival to Kenya's largest newspaper, the Daily Nation. In 1989, at a time when Kenya was going into multi-party era, the Standard Group ...
The Daily Nation was started in the year 1958 as a Swahili weekly called Taifa by the Englishman Charles Hayes. It was bought in 1959 by the Aga Khan, and became a daily newspaper, Taifa Leo (Swahili for "Nation Today"), in January 1960. An English-language edition called Daily Nation was published on 3 October 1960, in a process organised by ...
This is a list of national newspapers, i.e. those that circulate throughout the whole country, contrasted with local newspapers serving a city or region. National newspapers on this list also include metropolitan newspapers with expanded distribution networks.
Newspapers, magazines, radio stations, television stations. Number of employees. 1,400 (2004) Website. www.nationmedia.com. Nation Media Group (NMG), formerly known as East African Newspapers (Nation Series) Ltd, is an East African media group based in Kenya and listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange. It is owned by Aga Khan IV.
Newspaper Publisher/parent company Website Nairobi: The Daily Nation [1] Nation Media Group: Nairobi: KSN: Kenya Satellite News Network Nairobi: The Standard: Standard Group Limited Nairobi: The EastAfrican: Nation Media Group: Nairobi: The Kenya Times [5] [2] Nairobi: The Sub-Saharan Informer (pan-national) Nairobi: Taifa Leo: Nation Media Group
Ledger-Enquirer (1828, founded as Columbus Enquirer) [6] Star-Gazette (1828, founded as Elmira Gazette, the first newspaper of the now massive Gannett conglomerate) The Providence Journal (1829) The Post-Standard (1829) The Philadelphia Inquirer (1829, founded as The Pennsylvania Inquirer)
e. Newspapers published in Nigeria have a strong tradition of the principle of "publish and be damned" that dates back to the colonial era when founding fathers of the Nigerian press such as Nnamdi Azikiwe, Ernest Ikoli, Obafemi Awolowo and Lateef Jakande used their papers to fight for independence. [1][2] Until the 1990s, most publications ...
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 ...