New Straits Times
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| description | English-language Malaysian daily newspaper |
| publishing company | New Straits Times Press |
| First edition | 1965 as Straits Times Malaysia |
| Frequency of publication | Every day |
| Sold edition | 140,000 copies |
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| Range | 0.29 million readers |
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| Web link | nst.com.my |
The New Straits Times (NST) is an English-language daily newspaper published in Malaysia . It originated in 1965 from the Malaysia edition of the Singapore- based newspaper The Straits Times . Based on the founding date of the Straits Times in 1845 , the New Straits Times describes itself as the oldest (still in print) newspaper in Malaysia. With a circulation of 140,000 copies, it was one of the smaller of the 10 most important Malaysian daily newspapers at the beginning of 2014. It is in competition with the English-language daily newspapers The Star and The Sun , both of which had about twice the circulation in 2014.
The New Straits Times is published by the New Straits Times Press , a subsidiary of the publicly traded Malaysian media group Media Prima . The publishing program also includes other newspapers in the Malaysian language , in particular the important daily Berita Harian .
history
In 1845 the American Catchick Moses and the English Robert Carr Woods founded the Straits Times newspaper in Singapore . It initially appeared weekly with a business newspaper as the Straits Times and Singapore Journal of Commerce , and from 1858 as the Daily Mail as a daily newspaper. As The Straits Times it became the most important English-language newspaper of the British colony British Malaya , which included the Malay Peninsula and the island of Singapore.
In 1956 a local edition was introduced for the Malaysian region. With the independence of Singapore in 1965, this resulted in the independent daily newspaper Straits Times Malaysia , while the Straits Times continued to appear in Singapore. Four years later, the sale of Singaporean newspapers in Malaysia and vice versa was banned due to political sensitivities. Since then, both newspapers have only appeared in their respective home countries.
When Malaysia decided in 1972 to limit foreigners' stakes in Malaysian newspapers to 20 percent, the previous owner The Straits Times Press brought the Straits Times Malaysia into the newly founded company The New Straits Times Press (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. and sold 80 percent of their shares. The newspaper was renamed the New Straits Times .
In the 2000s, the New Straits Times came under pressure from the star , founded in 1971 , who overtook it in terms of circulation. Following the example of the Star and other newspapers, the NST then gave up its 160-year tradition as a broadsheet newspaper and switched to the tabloid format in 2004/2005 . This step helped to increase the circulation by 10 percent.
In 2011 the design and content of the newspaper were revised. The first issue of the new format appeared on November 11, 2011. The New Straits Times was the first newspaper to be available in a "3D edition", in which images could be viewed with 3D glasses . From February 21, 2012, the newspaper experimented with another new technology: It became the first "speaking newspaper" to reproduce recorded commercials.
Political controversies and closeness to the government
In 2012, the Australian Senator Nick Xenophon , independent member of the Australian Parliament , was present as an observer at a demonstration critical of the government in Islamic Malaysia. The New Straits Times then reported on an alleged anti-Islamic testimony by Xenophon and his liberal attitudes towards LGBT issues, along with critical comments from an opposition politician on these statements. In fact, Xenophon had criticized Scientology , and the NST had replaced “Scientology” with “Islam” in its quote. The affair caused a stir in the Australian and Malaysian media and contributed to the public perception of the New Straits Times as a medium close to the ruling coalition Barisan Nasional .
The German Foreign Office also classifies the New Straits Times as “close to the government”.
comics
The well-known Malaysian cartoonist Lat has been drawing cartoon caricatures for the New Straits Times since 1974 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Malaysia on Auswaertiges-amt.de, accessed on September 23, 2014.
- ↑ a b New Straits Times at nstp.com.my, accessed September 23, 2014.
- ↑ a b c HERITAGE: Evolving with the Times . New Straits Times, June 29, 2014, accessed September 23, 2014.
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↑ a b Flavors ( Memento of the original dated December 22, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) 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. on the website of the Malaysian Embassy in Seoul, accessed on September 23, 2014: “The first Malaysian edition of the paper was produced in 1956.” The Straits Times . Encyclopedia Britannica, accessed on September 23, 2014. The Encyclopedia Britannica gives the name as early as 1956 with New Straits Times ; The newspaper has only had this name since 1972. Archived copy ( memento of the original from September 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. or 1974 [1] .
- ↑ Malaysia's first newspaper, the long-abandoned The Prince of Wales Island Gazette , first appeared in Penang in 1805. Archived copy ( memento of the original from November 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) 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. .
- ↑ Group structure of Media Prima ( Memento of the original from April 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) 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. at mediaprima.com.my, accessed on September 23, 2014 (PDF).
- ^ The Straits Times, May 1, 1846, p . 4 . NewspaperSG, accessed September 23, 2014.
- ↑ Respected Citizens: the History of Armenians in Singapore and Malaysia - Moses (Movsessian) ( Memento of the original from February 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Amassia Publishing, ISBN 978-0975108208 .
- ^ A b New Straits Times Press, Penang at penang-traveltips.com, accessed September 23, 2014.
- ↑ Good sentiments towards Malaysians on the rise on singapore-window.org, May 8, 2005, last accessed on September 23, 2014.
- ↑ a b Marc Edge: Censorship vs. self-censorship: Press control in Fiji and Singapore . October 6, 2011, accessed September 23, 2011.
- ↑ The Straits Times, Sep. 17, 1972, p. 1, in the National Library of Singapore.
- ↑ New Straits Times ( Memento of the original from September 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) 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. at mediaprima.com.my, accessed September 23, 2014.
- ↑ 'Korean Tempo' launches a radical facelift . Jakarta Post, May 10, 2005, accessed September 23, 2014.
- ↑ Setting New Standards - 2012 Annual Report ( Memento of the original dated September 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) 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. . Media Prima, accessed on September 23, 2014 (PDF, 4 MB). New Straits Times format change on page 31.
- ^ Mario R. García: New Straits Times: It is 11-11-11 and launch day . Garcia Media, November 11, 2011, last accessed September 23, 2014.
- ↑ First talking newspaper ( Memento of the original from April 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) 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. . New Straits Times, February 21, 2012, accessed September 23, 2014.
- ^ Observer under scrutiny ( Memento of May 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ). New Straits Times, May 2, 2012.
- ↑ Daniel Flitton: Xenophon verballed in Malaysia . The Age , May 3, 2012, last accessed September 23, 2014.
- ↑ Senator caught in Muslim slur row . The Australian , May 3, 2014.
- ↑ Clara Chooi: Main - Malaysia - Aussie senator to sue NST, calls anti-Islam report 'sickening' ( Memento of the original from August 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) 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. . The Malaysian Insider, May 4, 2014, last accessed September 23, 2014.
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↑ Pilcher, Tim and Brad Brooks: The Essential Guide to World Comics . Collins & Brown, 2005, page 125.
Lat not retiring as yet ( Memento of the original from May 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) 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. . New Straits Times, March 24, 2014, accessed September 24, 2014.
