''ThaiDay'' was an

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printed in

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in 2005 and 2006. Started by politician

Sondhi Limthongkul Sondhi Limthongkul ( th, สนธิ ลิ้มทองกุล; RTGS: Sonthi Limthongkun; , born 7 November 1947) is a Thai media mogul, reactionary activist, demagogue, and leader of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD). He was elect ...

's Manager Media Group, it consisted of eight

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pages that were inserted in the

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edition of the ''

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''. It was printed six days a week, Monday to Saturday. Circulation was in the 5,000-10,000 range. The paper had its own staff of reporters, photojournalists and editors and also carried translated news from the Thai-language business paper, ''Phujatkarn Daily''. Competing with the ''

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'' and ''

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'', ''ThaiDay'' characterized itself as a moderate choice "in a market traditionally dominated by newspapers that either toe the establishment line or opt for the other extreme of sensationalism." However, the paper suffered financially after its publisher, Sondhi Limthongkul, took up a campaign to oust

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Thaksin Shinawatra Thaksin Shinawatra ( th, ทักษิณ ชินวัตร; ; ; Chinese: 丘達新; cnr, Taksin Šinavatra; born 26 July 1949), is a Thai businessman, politician and visiting professor. He served in the Thai Police from 1973 to 1987, a ...

, and after 15 months of publishing, the paper put out its last issue on August 31, 2006, though a message from Editor-in-Chief Paisal Sricharatchanya said he hoped the paper might be restarted at a later date. It was the second attempt at an English-language daily for Sondhi and Manager Media Group, which in 1995 launched the ''

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'', a regional daily meant to rival the ''International Herald Tribune'', however that paper folded in the

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.Deutsche Presse-Agentur. August 28, 2006
ThaiDay newspaper folds
via ''Bangkok Post'' (retrieved September 1, 2006).

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