The Edge Media Group is the publisher of business and financial publications in Malaysia and Singapore with headquarters in

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Selangor Selangor (; ), also known by its Arabic language, Arabic honorific Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity", is one of the 13 Malaysian states. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the east ...

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

. It is divided into four subsidiaries: The Edge Communications Sdn Bhd, publisher of ''The Edge Malaysia'' – a Business and investment weekly publication launched in 1994 available in both print and digital formats and ''The Edge CEO Morning Brief'' – a digital business and political news publication available every Tuesday-Friday morning, The Edge Publishing Pte Ltd, publisher of ''The Edge Singapore'' – a local newspaper with in-depth and analytical coverage on business and investments within Singapore and across the region, The Edge Property Sdn Bhd and The Edge Property Pte Ltd.

Circulation

The ''Edge Malaysia'' is audited by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. As of January 2014, it has an approximate circulation of 22,572. The ''Edge Malaysia'' caters to corporate executives and the general public with interest in the Malaysian financial market and is distributed nationwide via newsstands.

1MDB scandal

On 24 July 2015, the Malaysian government suspended the publishing license of the Edge media group's two print publications, the ''Edge Weekly'' and the ''Edge Financial News'', alleging that their coverage of the

1Malaysia Development Berhad 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB; ) is an insolvent Malaysian strategic development company, wholly owned by the Minister of Finance (Incorporated). 1MDB was established to drive strategic initiatives for long-term economic development ...

threatened the country's national security and public order. The Edge's print publications was suspended for three months, beginning on 27 July 2015. The suspension of ''The Edge'' newspapers was criticised by several opposition politicians, the Institute of Journalists Malaysia, and business leaders including the

CIMB Group CIMB Group Holdings Berhad () is a Malaysian universal bank headquartered in Kuala Lumpur and operating in high growth economies in ASEAN. CIMB Group is an indigenous ASEAN investment bank. CIMB has a wide retail branch network with 1,080 bran ...

chairman Nazir Razak and the

Air Asia Capital A Berhad, () operating as AirAsia (stylized as ''airasia'') is a Malaysian multinational low-cost airline headquartered near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is the largest airline in Malaysia by fleet size and destinations. AirAsia operate ...

executive

Tony Fernandes Anthony Francis Fernandes (born 30 April 1964) is a Malaysian entrepreneur. He is the founder of Tune Air Sdn. Bhd., which took over the first Malaysian budget airline, AirAsia. Fernandes turned AirAsia, a failing government-linked commerci ...

. On 27 July, ''The Edge'' filed a judicial review challenging the ban.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Edge 1994 establishments in Malaysia Newspapers published in Malaysia English-language newspapers published in Asia Publications established in 1994 Asian news websites Malaysian news websites