List of newspapers in Singapore

The following is a list of newspapers in Singapore.

In circulation

There are a total of sixteen newspapers in active circulation today, of which three are distributed for free. Some of these also carry supplementary tabloid pull-outs sold together with the main spreadsheet, such as Digital Life, Mind Your Body, and Urban, which are distributed together with The Straits Times.

NewspaperLanguageFormatFounded Average daily circulation (2016)[1] Average daily circulation (2013)[2]
Berita HarianMalaygeneral daily broadsheet1 July 1957 39,30050,600
Berita Minggu (Sundays only)Malaygeneral weekly broadsheet1 July 1957 39,30050,600
zbCOMMA (早报逗号)Chineseweekly tabloid1 January 1994 40,40054,400
Lianhe Wanbao (联合晚报)Chinesegeneral daily broadsheet16 March 1983 102,000 (print + digital)91,000
Lianhe Zaobao (联合早报)Chinesegeneral daily broadsheet16 March 1983 188,600 (print + digital)172,500 (print + digital)
Good PaperEnglish"Social Causes" online,[3] free quarterly print and e-copy tabloid21 January 2011 15,000 (print)
Shin Min Daily News (新明日报)Chinesegeneral daily broadsheet18 March 1967 100,300 (print + digital)130,600
Tamil Murasu (தமிழ் முரசு)Tamilgeneral daily broadsheet1 January 1932 11,30015,700
tabla!Englishgeneral free weekly tabloidOctober 2008 30,000
Business TimesEnglishfinancial daily broadsheet15 July 1845 36,900 (print + digital)42,200 (print + digital)
The New PaperEnglishgeneral daily tabloid26 July 1988 113,30085,600
The Straits TimesEnglishgeneral daily broadsheet15 July 1845 393,300 (print + digital)449,200 (print + digital)
Thumbs Up (大拇指)Chinesegeneral weekly tabloid15 January 2000 21,20027,500
TodayEnglishfree daily compact newspaper10 November 2000 300,000 on daily
WEEKENDER[4]Englishlifestyle free home delivered weekly broadsheet1 October 2012 230,000 weekly
TGIF PapersEnglishgeneral free weekly tabloid1 January 2013 50,000 (200,000 monthly)
Pravasi Express[5]English and Malayalamgeneral fortnightly tabloid15 July 2012 7000 (200,000 online)

Defunct papers

The Singapore Tiger Standard, an English morning daily accused as "anti-Merdeka" by S. Rajaratnam,[6] closed in 1959 after the People's Action Party came to power.[7]

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.[8] 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.[9][10]

English language

  • Eastern Sun (closed in 1971 for receiving money from communist intelligence from Hong Kong)
  • New Nation
  • Pravasi Express (bilingual paper, in Malayalam and English)
  • Project Eyeball (folded on 1 January 2002, less than two years after its release)
  • Singapore Herald (closed in 1971)
  • Singapore Monitor
  • Singapore Tiger Standard or Singapore Standard (1950-1959)
  • Streats (merged with Today on 1 January 2005)
  • Weekend TODAY
  • "My Paper" (merged with "The New Paper" on 1 December 2016)

Chinese language

  • Chong Shing Chinese Daily Newspaper (中興日報) – established on 20 August 1907; disestablished in 1910. The newspaper was founded and operated by members of the Tongmenghui and was aimed at promoting the 1911 Xinhai Revolution in China. The members responsible for the newspaper were Tan Chor Lam, Teo Eng Hock and Chan Po-yin. The daily distribution involved 1,000 copies.[11][12]
  • Friday Weekly (星期5周报) – established on 22 February 1991; disestablished on 7 January 2009 as zbCOMMA
  • Nanyang Siang Pau (南洋商报) – established on 6 September 1923; disestablished on 16 March 1983 as Lianhe Zaobao and Lianhe Wanbao
  • Sin Chew Jit Poh (星洲日报) – established on 15 January 1929; disestablished on 16 March 1983 as Lianhe Zaobao and Lianhe Wanbao

See also

References

  1. ↑ "SPH Annual report 2016" (PDF).
  2. ↑ http://www.sph.com.sg/system/misc/annualreport/2013/SPH_AR2013_51.pdf
  3. ↑ http://www.goodpaper.sg/
  4. ↑ http://www.weekender.com.sg
  5. ↑ http://www.pravasiexpress.com
  6. ↑ "Ex-journalist leads PAP attack No. 2 on the English Press". Retrieved 2017-08-19.
  7. ↑ "After 9 years paper closes doors". 1959-08-01. Retrieved 2017-08-19.
  8. ↑ Times, Special To The New York (1971-05-29). "Opposition Paper in Singapore Is Closed on Government Order". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-08-19.
  9. ↑ Times, Colin Campbell, Special To The New York (1982-07-20). "SINGAPORE, CITING UNITY, AGAIN REINS IN THE PRESS". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-08-19.
  10. ↑ "Nanyang affair raised at C'wealth Press Union". Retrieved 2017-08-19.
  11. ↑ Rebecca Chan Chung, Deborah Chung and Cecilia Ng Wong, "Piloted to Serve", 2012
  12. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/PilotedToServe
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