''TODAY'' is a

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

English-language digital news provider under

Mediacorp Mediacorp Pte. Ltd., doing business as Mediacorp and stylised as mediacorp, is a media conglomerate in Singapore. Owned by Temasek Holdings—the holding company of the Government of Singapore—it owns television, radio, and digital media prope ...

's largest media broadcaster and provider and the only

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broadcast Broadcasting is the distribution of audio or video content to a dispersed audience via any electronic mass communications medium, but typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum ( radio waves), in a one-to-many model. Broadcasting began ...

er in the country. It was formerly a

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free daily newspaper Free newspapers are distributed free of charge, often in central places in cities and towns, on public transport, with other newspapers, or separately door-to-door. The revenues of such newspapers are based on advertising. They are published at d ...

. At its inception, Mediacorp had a 60% stake in TODAY while,

Singapore Press Holdings Singapore Press Holdings Limited (SPHL) was an organisation with businesses in property and aged care in Singapore. Since its takeover by Cuscaden Peak in 2022, it has been renamed Cuscaden Peak Investments. Prior to 1 December 2021, SPHL was i ...

owned 40% of ''TODAY''. The newspaper was published and distributed from Monday to Saturday. In 2017, the two media companies announced that SPH will divest its stakes in Mediacorp Press, which publishes ''TODAY'', and Mediacorp TV, which owns Channels 5, 8, U, and Mediacorp Studio. ''TODAY'' was distributed to selected homes upon subscription and for free at

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stations, bus interchanges, selected food and beverage outlets, shopping malls among other public areas during the morning rush hour. It had a circulation of 300,000, with more than half of its readers being professionals, managers, executives and business people. It is the second-most-read English-language newspaper in Singapore, after ''

The Straits Times ''The Straits Times'' is an English-language daily broadsheet newspaper based in Singapore and currently owned by SPH Media Trust (previously Singapore Press Holdings). ''The Sunday Times'' is its Sunday edition. The newspaper was establish ...

''. Readership is 730,000 according to the Nielsen Media Index Report 2012.

History

On 10 November 2000, TODAY was launched as a rival to ''

Streats Streats was an English broadsheet daily newspaper in Singapore, launched on 4 September 2000. It ceased publishing on 1 January 2005 and merged into TODAY. History Streats was launched on 4 September 2000 by Singapore Press Holdings. It was a ...

'', another English-language freesheet published by the

(SPH). Initially, the newspaper was available only on weekdays. In 2002, TODAY launched a weekend version, ''WeekendTODAY'', which was also distributed to homes as a free newspaper but also available for sale at newsstands for 50 cents. In 2004, during a merger deal between MediaCorp and

(SPH) to merge mass-market television and free newspaper operations, SPH's free newspaper ''

'' was merged into TODAY and continued to be operated under MediaCorp. In 2010, TODAY launched the TODAY-New York Times International Weekly, covering international affairs, social trends, arts and culture as well as business and finance. In May 2011, TODAY extended their publication to include a Sunday edition. However in June 2012, the Sunday edition ceased publication. In 2013, the newspaper had a digital revamp of its website, mobile and tablet applications. It also ceased its afternoon edition. In April 2017, the weekend edition of the newspaper ceased publication and converted into a digital version. In September, TODAY ceased all its print editions and become a fully online digital newspaper.

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, which he depicted in satirical style."Daily Newspaper ''TODAY'' Sacks Blogger 'mr brown' after Government Criticism"
. Reporters Without Borders. 6 July 2006.

Editors

References

External links

TODAYonline
Official Website
mediacorp.sg/en/corporate/print
MediaCorp Print Overview

{{Singapore Press Holdings 2000 establishments in Singapore English-language newspapers published in Asia Free daily newspapers Mediacorp Newspapers published in Singapore Newspapers established in 2000

History

Suspension of mrbrown column

Editors

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