History
Sun Media Corporation Sdn Bhd (SMCSB) was incorporated in Malaysia under the Act on 19 July 1991 as a private limited company under the name of Fikiran Abadi Sdn Bhd. On 8 December 1994, it changed its name to Sun Media Group Sdn Bhd before assuming its present name on 22 August 1998. The principal activity of SMCSB is the publication of ''theSun'' newspaper, an English language national daily that was launched in 1993. On 8 April 2002, ''theSun'' newspaper was relaunched as a free national daily. On 4 March 2008, Berjaya Corporation Berhad acquired a substantial stake from the holding company, Nexnews Berhad, and consequently SMCSB has been announced to be a subsidiary of Berjaya Corporation Berhad. On 23 April 2008, Nexnews Berhad changed its name to Berjaya Media Berhad.Sections
''theSun'' covers national and international news as well as sports, property, media & marketing and lifestyle & entertainment. It has been redesigned with plenty of news briefs to cater to the reading habits of busy executives - the paper's target audience. ''theSun'' weekend was launched in the weekend of 15–16 May 2004, a revamp of its Saturday issue. It was however discontinued in March 2006 as it is not consistent with the free paper model.Target audience
As of 2010, ''theSun'' prints and distributes 300,512 copies a day to approximately 3,337 targeted distribution points, called ''SunSpots'' (office buildings,Awards
''theSun'' has won several awards for advertising. The Association of Accredited Advertising Agents Malaysia (4As) has awarded ''theSun'' the Media Partner of the Year Award (2004/2005). In the recent Malaysian Media Awards 2005, advertisements by MindShare/ Nike and mediaedge:cia/ ING Insurance published in ''theSun'' won Gold and Silver awards respectively. In March 2007, ''theSun'' achieved another milestone when three of its journalists won top awards given by the Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) based in Hong Kong. SOPA, the Asian equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize in the United States, picked theSun for Excellence in Public Service Journalism and Opinion Writing. The competition included more established regional publications. A first award, for Excellence in Opinion Writing, was for a series of six commentaries written by assistant news editor Jacqueline Ann Surin, who wrote a fortnightly column, Shape of a Pocket, published in the ''eXtra!'' section on Thursday. Surin beat an entry from the Far Eastern Economic Review's series of commentaries on Singapore, which received an honorary mention. ''theSuns second win, for Public Service Journalism, was for the story "Low Cost Palace" by the Special Reporting and Investigations team of editor R. Nadeswaran and deputy news editor Terence Fernandez who exposed the illegal mansion built by a former Selangor executive councillor. SOPA again gave ''theSun'' two awards in 2008; honourable mentions for Terence Fernancez and R. Nadeswaran in Public Service Journalism for their reports on the failed sports training centre in Brickendonbury and for R. Nadeswaran for Opinion Writing for his Citizen Nades bi-weekly columns. theSun has also won a number of Malaysian journalism awards for entertainment writing and investigative reporting.Criticism
During the 1994 revamp of the newspaper, The Sun has been criticised for using a national flag in the masthead for commercial purposes. The Home Ministry said that the newspaper should not use the national flag in the masthead without permission. The newspaper resumed publication on 1 August 1994.See also
* List of newspapers in MalaysiaReferences
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sun 1993 establishments in Malaysia Newspapers published in Malaysia English-language newspapers published in Asia Publications established in 1993 Mass media in Petaling Jaya Asian news websites Malaysian news websites