Today (Singapore newspaper)
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Free daily newspaper format = Compact launch date = 7 September 1945 |
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| Owner | MediaCorp |
| Publisher | Mr Patrick Yong |
| Editor | Mr Walter Fernandez |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Singapore |
| Circulation | 677,000 (2011) |
| Official website | todayonline.com |
Today (Chinese: 今日报) is a free English-language compact in Singapore published by government-owned MediaCorp print media arm. It is distributed from Monday to Sunday.
The newspaper is distributed to selected homes and at MRT stations, bus interchanges, selected food and beverage outlets, shopping malls and other public areas. There are two editions to the paper, a morning and an afternoon edition.
Its circulation is around 677,000, with more than half of its readers being professionals, managers, executives and business people.[citation needed] It is the second-most-read English-language newspaper in Singapore, after The Straits Times.[1]
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[edit] History
It was launched on 10 November 2000, as a rival to Streats, another English-language freesheet published by the Singapore Press Holdings (SPH). Initially, the newspaper was available only on weekdays. On 27 April 2002, a weekend edition, Weekend TODAY, was launched, which is available on Saturdays. Weekend TODAY was developed as a longer and leisurely read for the weekends, is distributed to more than 150,000 homes and available free of charge at the usual distribution outlets.
In 2004, Streats was merged into the newspaper as a result of SPH and MediaCorp merging their television and free-newspaper operations.
On 29 May 2011, a Sunday edtion was launched, making TODAY a daily newspaper which provides news updates seven days a week.
[edit] TODAY Online Easy Reader
In addition to the print version of the newspaper, the TODAY Online Easy Reader is an application which allows readers to read the newspaper online as they do in print. It also allows for the downloading of the digital version as a PDF document.[2]
[edit] Suspension of mrbrown column
On 6 July 2006, the newspaper suspended a weekly opinion column by Lee Kin Mun (alias: mr brown) after the government criticised an article he wrote in his column discussing the rising cost of living in Singapore.[3]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "TODAY is Singapore's Second Most Read Daily". http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/383457/1/.html. Retrieved 17 October 2008.
- ^ "Newspapers like Straits Times and Today go Web 2.0". http://blogscapes.wordpress.com/2008/08/13/newspapers-like-straits-times-and-today-go-web-20/. Retrieved 28 September 2008.
- ^ "Daily Newspaper TODAY Sacks Blogger 'mr brown' after Government Criticism". Reporters Without Borders. 6 July 2006.
[edit] External links
- todayonline.com, newspaper's official website
- MediaCorp Print Overview
- SPH press release: "MediaCorp And Singapore Press Holdings Merge Their TV And Free Newspaper Operations"
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