List of newspapers in Singapore
The following is a list of newspapers in Singapore.
In circulation
There are a total of eighteen newspapers in active circulation today, of which three are distributed for free. Some of these also carry supplementary tabloid pull-outs sold together with the main spreadsheet, such as Digital Life, Mind Your Body, and Urban, which are distributed together with The Straits Times.Newspaper | Language | Format | Founded | Average daily circulation | Average daily circulation |
Berita Harian | Malay | general daily broadsheet | 1 July 1957 | 39,300 | 50,600 |
Berita Minggu | Malay | general weekly broadsheet | 1 July 1957 | 39,300 | 50,600 |
zbCOMMA | Chinese | weekly tabloid | 1 January 1994 | 40,400 | 54,400 |
Lianhe Wanbao | Chinese | general daily broadsheet | 16 March 1983 | 102,000 | 91,000 |
Lianhe Zaobao | Chinese | general daily broadsheet | 16 March 1983 | 188,600 | 172,500 |
Good Paper | English | "Social Causes" online, free quarterly print and e-copy tabloid | 21 January 2011 | 15,000 | |
Shin Min Daily News | Chinese | general daily broadsheet | 18 March 1967 | 100,300 | 130,600 |
Tamil Murasu | Tamil | general daily broadsheet | 1 January 1932 | 11,300 | 15,700 |
tabla! | English | general free weekly tabloid | 10 October 2008 | 30,000 | |
Business Times | English | financial daily broadsheet | 1 October 1976 | 36,900 | 42,200 |
The New Paper | English | free general daily tabloid | 26 July 1988 | 113,300 | 85,600 |
The Straits Times | English | general daily broadsheet | 15 July 1845 | 393,300 | 449,200 |
Thumbs Up | Chinese | general weekly tabloid | 15 January 2000 | 21,200 | 27,500 |
Today | English | free daily compact newspaper | 10 November 2000 | 300,000 on daily | |
WEEKENDER | English | lifestyle free home delivered weekly broadsheet | 1 October 2012 | 230,000 weekly | |
TGIF Papers | English | general free weekly tabloid | 1 January 2013 | 50,000 | |
Pravasi Express | English and Malayalam | general fortnightly tabloid | 15 July 2012 | 7000 | |
The Life News | English | National Fortnightly and facsimile of Parent edition The Life News, Australia National Edition and The Life News Ltd UK. tabloid |
Defunct papers
The Singapore Tiger Standard, an English morning daily accused as "anti-Merdeka" by S. Rajaratnam, closed in 1959 after the People's Action Party came to power.In 1971, the government crackdown on newspapers perceived to be under foreign influence or with subversive tendencies saw the closing of The Eastern Sun and The Singapore Herald. Editorial executives of Nanyang Siang Pau, which was accused of propagating Chinese ethnic chauvinism, had been ordered detained without trial for a period of at least two years, and publication of the Chinese daily was briefly halted.
English language
- Eastern Sun
- New Nation
- Pravasi Express
- Project Eyeball
- Singapore Herald
- Singapore Monitor
- Singapore Tiger Standard or Singapore Standard
- Streats
- Weekend TODAY
- "My Paper"
Chinese language
- Chong Shing Chinese Daily Newspaper - established on 20 August 1907; disestablished in 1910. The newspaper was founded and operated by members of the Tongmenghui and was aimed at promoting the 1911 Xinhai Revolution in China. The members responsible for the newspaper were Tan Chor Lam, Teo Eng Hock and Chan Po-yin. The daily distribution involved 1,000 copies.
- Friday Weekly - established on 22 February 1991; disestablished on 7 January 2009 as zbCOMMA
- Nanyang Siang Pau - established on 6 September 1923; disestablished on 16 March 1983 as Lianhe Zaobao and Lianhe Wanbao
- Sin Chew Jit Poh - established on 15 January 1929; disestablished on 16 March 1983 as Lianhe Zaobao and Lianhe Wanbao