Shin Min Daily News
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | SPH Media Trust |
| Founded | 18 March 1967 (21,074 issues) |
| Language | Chinese |
| Headquarters | Toa Payoh, Singapore |
| Website | https://www.shinmin.sg/ |
Shin Min Daily News (Chinese: 新明日报; pinyin: Xīnmín Rìbào; lit. 'New Ming Pao Daily') is a Singapore Chinese-language afternoon newspaper currently published by SPH Media Trust. First started on 18 March 1967, by Singapore businessman Liang Runzhi (梁潤之) and the renowned Hong Kong writer Louis Cha as an offshoot of Hong Kong's Ming Pao, it featured exclusive serializations of some of Cha's wuxia novels in its early days. In the early 1980s, Cha sold his shares in the paper after the Singapore government ruled that foreigners could only hold up to 3% of shares in locally based papers.
Shin Min is a tabloid-style paper focusing on entertainment and local news with sensationalised headlines, although it is printed on broadsheets. Its main competitor was Lianhe Wanbao, which was also published by the SPH. Wanbao ceased publication on 24 December 2021 and merged into Shin Min.[1][2]
Shin Min was also published in Malaysia until 1994, and it was the first Chinese language newspaper to be published in tabloid.
References
- ^ "年底并入《新明日报》 《联合晚报》结束38年历史" [Merging into Shin Min Daily News, Lianhe Wanbao ends 38 years of history]. Lianhe Zaobao (in Chinese). Singapore Press Holdings. 26 September 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
- ^ Tan, Ashley (26 September 2021). "Lianhe Wanbao to merge with Shin Min Daily News in Dec. 2021". Mothership.sg. Mothership. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
