The Jakarta Post
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| description | Indonesian daily newspaper |
| language | English |
| publishing company | PT Bina Media Tenggara |
| First edition | April 25, 1983 |
| Frequency of publication | Every day |
| Editor-in-chief | Meidyatama Suryodining Council |
| Web link | thejakartapost.com |
The Jakarta Post is an English language newspaper in Indonesia based in the capital Jakarta . The daily newspaper was founded in 1982, when the then Information Minister Ali Murtopo and Jusuf Wanandi, who represented the newspaper Suara Karya of the ruling Golkar party , agreed on the possibility of creating a high-quality newspaper in English. This was intended to counter the western-dominated news channels with an Indonesian perspective. In order for the Jakarta Post to appear at a high journalistic level, four media companies, actually competing with one another, worked together to publish the newspapers and news magazines Karya, Kompas, Sinar Harapan and Tempo.
The company PT Bina Media Tenggara , the owner of the newspaper, was founded that same year. At that time, the Indonesia Times and the Indonesian Observer were already two English-language newspapers available on the Indonesian market. The first eight-page issue appeared on April 25, 1983 , including news about Russian espionage activities in the region, and sold 5,474 copies. After the editors-in-chief changed in 1991, the newspaper switched to a more pro-democratic course. Jakarta Post was one of the few English-language daily newspapers in Indonesia to survive the Asian crisis of 1997 and 1998.
Over 50,000 broadsheet copies are now printed and sold every day .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b The Jakarta Post History. In: website of the newspaper. The Jakarta Post, accessed November 23, 2011 .