The ''Macau Daily Times'' () is one of the two daily
English-language
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newspapers
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published in
Macau
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, launched on June 1, 2007.
Overview
The paper started life among one English and several Chinese and
Portuguese language newspapers. It consists of between 20 and 36 pages.
Currently more than 30 journalists and contributors are working with the paper which includes a director, managing editor, contributing editors, reporters and designers.
The newspaper, like all press in Macau (and
Hong Kong
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), are protected by the
Basic Law and Press Law, which upholds the
freedom of the press
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in the enclave and restricting government regulation of the media. Journalists can protect their sources of information. An editorial on the website claims that the paper "is an independent and unbiased newspaper that voices every side's opinion'.
Since March 1, 2012, Paulo Coutinho, an award-winning journalist with a career over 25 years in television, magazines and newspapers, is the director and editor-in-chief. Kowie Geldenhuys is the founder and administrator of the ''Macau Daily Times.''
See also
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Media of Macau
Media in Macau are available to the public in the forms of: television and radio, newspapers, magazines and the Internet. They serve the local community by providing necessary information and entertainment. Macau's media market is rather small. T ...
References
External links
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{{Foreign-language newspapers in China
Newspapers published in Macau
2007 establishments in Macau