Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The New Straits Times is an English-language newspaper published in Malaysia. It is Malaysia's oldest newspaper still in print (though not the first), [3] having been founded as a local offshoot of Singapore-based The Straits Times on 15 July 1845. It was renamed as the New Straits Times on 13 August 1974.
The New Straits Times Press (initially News [sic?] Straits Times Press Sdn. Bhd.) was formed by the directors of the Directors of The Straits Times Press (Malaysia) Berhad, in a desire to meet the reasonable aspirations of Malaysians to have a majority shareholding in the company which produced the largest mass-circulation organ in the territories of East and West Malaysia.
It has a daily circulation of about 250,000 (As of January 2017), far eclipsing the circulation of its next-largest paid English-language competitor, the New Straits Times (which has a circulation of approximately 65,000). The Star is a member of the Asia News Network. It is owned by the publicly listed Star Media Group.
Media Prima owns more than 98% equity interest in the New Straits Times Press (Malaysia) Berhad (NSTP), which owns three of Malaysia's most recognised print and online news brands – namely its namesake the New Straits Times, [15] Berita Harian and Harian Metro, [16] [17] and their respective weekend editions [18] as well as an online ...
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.
Singapore Press Holdings Limited (SPH) was formed on August 4, 1984, through a merger of three organisations, The Straits Times Press Group, Singapore News and Publications Limited and Times Publishing Berhad. [3] SPH readership has stagnated since the early-2000s, as Singaporeans increasingly turned to online media for their news consumption. [4]
Harian Metro is a Malaysian Malay language daily newspaper published by the New Straits Times Press.It was established in March 1991 as Malaysia's first Malay-language afternoon tabloid in the Klang Valley, contrasting with the morning tabloids prevalent in other parts of the country.
Media Prima was established on 27 November 2000 as Profitune Sdn. Bhd., [19] with a focus on multimedia and communications services. On 1 October 2001, MRCB announced that it proposed to divested its equity interest in its media subsidiaries, Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Berhad (STMB) and The New Straits Times Press (Malaysia) Berhad (NSTP), in which the latter had acquired from Renong Berhad in ...