''The New Paper'' is a Singaporean newspaper in tabloid form. It was originally published as a "noon paper", but since 2016 has been published daily as a freesheet in the morning from 7 a.m. onwards.

History

First launched on 26 July 1988, by

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 ...

(SPH), it had an average daily circulation of 101,600 in August 2010, according to SPH. In 1991, the paper organised the

New Paper Big Walk The New Paper Big Walk was a mass-participation walking event held annually in Singapore from 1991 to 2016. It holds the official Guinness World Record as world's largest walk when 77,500 walkers participated on 21 May 2000 at the Singapore Nat ...

, a mass-participation walking event. The event came to be held annually in Singapore. It holds the official Guinness World Record as world's largest walk when a record-breaking 77,500 participants joined on 21 May 2000. There is also a noon edition that hits the newsstands on Mondays and Thursdays that gives more special coverage of late-night

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

matches that occur after the morning edition goes to press. ''The New Paper'' was Singapore's second-highest circulating paid English-language newspaper before it became a free newspaper on 1 December 2016. ''The New Paper'' is noted for its coverage of sports news, particularly of

(e.g. the

UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competit ...

and the

Premier League The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Foo ...

). Amongst its sports journalists, Iain Macintosh was voted second runner-up for Best Football Journalist held by Soccerlens.com website in 2010. FiRST which was originally published as a monthly magazine, merged with ''The New Paper'' in May 2009, and was published as a weekly pull-out rather than monthly. ''The New Paper'' is often compared to the tabloid ''

Today Today (archaically to-day) may refer to: * Day of the present, the time that is perceived directly, often called ''now'' * Current era, present * The current calendar date Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Today'' (1930 film), a 1930 ...

'', although the latter positions itself against ''

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 established ...

''. ''The New Paper'' targets readers with more eye-catching tabloid journalism featuring sensationalist headlines. It tends to focus on local human-interest stories, with extensive sections on entertainment, fashion and sports. There is, in comparison with ''The Straits Times'', very little coverage of international news. However, according to SPH, ''The New Paper'' presents "news with sharp angles not seen elsewhere", and perceives its paper to be "stylish", "arresting" and "easy to read" while tackling "complex issues". The newspaper's average daily sales had dropped to 60,000, according to Warren Fernandez, Editor-in-Chief of the English/Malay/Tamil Media group of SPH, before it became a freesheet. On 17 October 2016, Singapore Press Holdings announced a 10% cut of staff, and that

My Paper ''My Paper'' () was a free, bilingual (English and Chinese) newspaper in Singapore published by the Singapore Press Holdings. It is published from Mondays to Fridays, excluding public holidays; and an electronic copy of the print edition is pub ...

and The New Paper (TNP) would be merged to form a revamped TNP that will be a freesheet on 1 December 2016. Distributed free of charge, ''The New Paper'' aims to reach a circulation of 300,000, matching

, the other English-language free newspaper in Singapore. On 10 December 2021, ''The New Paper'' ceased its print edition and went fully digital.

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External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:New Paper, The 1988 establishments in Singapore Newspapers published in Singapore Free daily newspapers SPH Media Trust Online newspapers with defunct print editions English-language newspapers published in Asia Publications established in 1988

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