This Day was a short-lived South African newspaper launched on 7 October 2003 by

Nduka Obaigbena Nduka Obaigbena CON, Duke of Owa Kingdom is the founding Chairman & Editor-in-Chief of the THISDAY Media Group and ARISE News Channel. Background He was born in Ibadan, South West, Nigeria on July 14, 1959, into the royal family of Owa Kingd ...

as a sister publication to

This Day ''This Day'' is a Nigerian national newspaper. It is the flagship newspaper of Leaders & Company Ltd and was first published on 22 January 1995. It has its headquarters in Apapa, Lagos State. Founded by Nduka Obaigbena, the Chairman & Editor-i ...

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

. Justice Malala was the founding editor, having resigned his position as the Sunday Times' New York correspondent to take up the role. The paper was in broadsheet format, had a conservative editorial stance, and seen as a quality daily in the local journalism community. However, at a time traditional advertising spend on newspapers was shrinking, the paper struggled financially almost from the get-go. Its financial position was worsened by the purchase of 71 CNA stores, ostensibly as the distribution wheel. The stores were the failed ones of the group, the successful stores already having been purchased by EDCON.https://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/bitstream/10539/1549/8/Bassey_Chapter5.pdf On 25 October 2004, after that day's issue failed to appear, media reports circulated that ''ThisDay'' was fighting to secure new financial backers to ward off creditors. It folded shortly thereafter, although the Nigerian edition remains one of that country's largest newspapers.

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