The ''Daily Nation'' is the highest circulation Kenyan independent

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with 170,000 copies.

History

The ''Daily Nation'' was started in the year 1958 as a Swahili weekly called ''Taifa'' by the Englishman Charles Hayes. It was bought in 1959 by the Aga Khan, and became a daily newspaper, ''Taifa Leo'' (Swahili for "Nation Today"), in January 1960. An English language edition called ''Daily Nation'' was published on 3 October 1960, in a process organised by former editor of the British ''

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'', Michael Curtis. The publisher was East African Newspapers (Nation Series) Ltd, which later became the Nation Media Group with operations throughout the African Great Lakes region. The newspaper is published by

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from its headquarters at Nation Centre on Kimathi Street in

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. It also maintains a website, which hosts online editions of the daily and Sunday titles. Access is partially free and the site's daily hit rate is more than three million. A 55-minute colour

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about the paper was released in 2000, directed by

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and Joop van Wijk.

Market share

The ''Daily Nation'' and its Sunday edition paper ''Sunday Nation'' had a market share of 53% in 2011. Their market share was 74% in 2013. Their main competitors are '' The Standard'', published by the Standard Group, ''The Star'', published by the Radio Africa Group and ''People Daily'', published by MediaMax Limited.

Affiliated newspapers

* The ''Saturday Nation'' * The ''Sunday Nation'' * ''

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'' * '' Taifa Leo'', a Swahili-language newspaper,

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* ''Daily Monitor''

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* ''The Citizen'' (Tanzania) * The EastAfrican Newspapers

Features

References

External links

* {{Portal bar, Economics, Journalism, Politics Newspapers published in Kenya Nation Media Group 1958 establishments in Kenya Publications established in 1958 Mass media in Nairobi