Trinidad Express

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Trinidad Express

description National daily newspaper
language English
publishing company Caribbean Communications Network ( Trinidad and Tobago )
Headquarters Port of Spain
First edition June 6, 1967
founder Vernon Charles, Tajmool Hosein
Frequency of publication Every day
Sold edition 75,000 copies
Editor-in-chief Omatie Lyder
Web link www.trinidadexpress.com

The Trinidad Express is the second oldest of three daily newspapers in Trinidad and Tobago . The newspaper, published by the Caribbean Communications Network (CCN), has its editorial office in Port of Spain and has been published since 1967.

Format and edition

The Daily Express appears daily from Monday to Saturday; The Sunday Express special is published on Sundays . Two target group-specific special formats are Express Woman , which appears on Sundays, and Express Business, which appears on Wednesdays . In 1990 the Daily Express had a circulation of 60,000 and the Sunday Express 72,000. In 2002 the Daily Express had a circulation of 75,000. Omatie Lyder has been editor-in-chief of Express formats since 2011.

history

The Trinidad Express was founded in 1967 by a group of journalists who wanted to counter the British-dominated Trinidad Guardian , which was founded in colonial times, with a purely local daily newspaper. The journalists had previously worked for the Trinidadian office of the Daily Mirror , which closed in 1967. The establishment was financed by Vernon Charles, then owner of Joseph Charles Bottling Works Ltd, and the constitutional lawyer and former member of parliament Tajmool Hosein, who had helped draft Trinidad's constitution in 1962. The first edition appeared on June 6, 1967. Less than two years later, the newspaper was bankrupt, but in February 1969, Ken Gordon installed an experienced restructuring engineer as CEO who saved the Express from closing. In 1970, the Express survived an advertising boycott triggered by the newspaper's stance on the black power movement, which parts of the economy felt too soft. In the 1970s, the Express made significant profits and acquired stakes in other press companies in the Caribbean. Gordon later founded the Caribbean Communications Network (CCN) as a holding for the Express and its holdings. Since 1980 the newspaper has been presenting the Express Individual of the Year Award for individual achievements by people or organizations. From 1990 to 1992, on the initiative of editor Rosemary Stone, at the time the only female fashion journalist in the Caribbean, the Express organized the Color Me Caribbean fashion week , the first in Trinidad. In 1997 an online presence was installed for the newspaper, which in 2016 attracted around 140,000 visitors per month. In August 2015, Express was the only Trinidadian daily newspaper to install a paywall for its online offering, which led to criticism in other media. In 2016, the newspaper lost a lawsuit against the CEO of a state-owned real estate company and had to pay TT $ 550,000 in compensation for defamation in two articles.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b PressReference.com: Trinidad and Tobago. Retrieved May 15, 2016 .
  2. ↑ a b Stuart H. Surlin, Walter C. Soderlund: Mass Media and the Caribbean . Taylor & Francis, London 1990, ISBN 978-2-88124-447-6 , pp. 41 .
  3. ↑ Trinidad Express of April 7, 2013: Express co-founder dies. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 18, 2016 ; accessed on May 18, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.trinidadexpress.com
  4. ↑ Small Kitchen Chef Yes: Ken Gordon, a Jewel of the Caribbean. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 16, 2016 ; accessed on May 18, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / smallkitchenchefja.wordpress.com
  5. ↑ Trinidad Express of April 3, 2016: Rowley is 2015 Express Individual of the Year. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 18, 2016 ; accessed on May 18, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.trinidadexpress.com
  6. ↑ Caribbean-Beat.com: Not all gowns and glamor: Fashion Week Trinidad & Tobago. Retrieved May 18, 2016 .
  7. ↑ OneCaribbeanMedia.net: The Trinidad Express Newspapers. Retrieved May 17, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Wired868.com: Pay-per-view: Express on the ledge; Mr Live Wire tries to talk newspaper down. Retrieved May 17, 2016 .
  9. ↑ Trinidad Guardian of August 20, 2015: Express paywall hands digital audience to Guardian. Retrieved May 17, 2016 .
  10. ↑ Trinidad Newsday of May 13, 2016: Trinidad Express to pay $ 550,000. Retrieved May 17, 2016 .