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Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...
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Published newspapers by languages


English

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The Borneo Post ''The Borneo Post'', established in 1978, is the largest and widest read English-language daily newspaper in East Malaysia. In June 2018, Reuters Institute's Digital News Report 2018 ranked The Borneo Post third in terms of brand trust of user ...
'' – English daily in
Sarawak Sarawak (; ) is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia. The largest among the 13 states, with an area almost equal to that of Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak is located in northwest Borneo Island, and is bordered by the M ...
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Sabah Sabah () is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia located in northern Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia. Sabah borders the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the southwest and the North Kalimantan province of Indone ...
*'' Business Times'' *''
Daily Express The ''Daily Express'' is a national daily United Kingdom middle-market newspaper printed in tabloid format. Published in London, it is the flagship of Express Newspapers, owned by publisher Reach plc. It was first published as a broadsheet i ...
'' – English daily in Sabah *''
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New Sarawak Tribune The New Sarawak Tribune is an English-language Malaysian newspaper published in Kuching, Sibu and Bintulu, in Sarawak that was relaunched after the suspension of the Sarawak Tribune following the publication of the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoo ...
'' – English daily in Sarawak, re-published in 2010 *''
New Straits Times The ''New Straits Times'' is an English-language newspaper published in Malaysia. It is Malaysia's oldest newspaper still in print (though not the first), having been founded as ''The Straits Times'' on 15 July 1845. It was relaunched as the ' ...
'' – Malaysia's nationwide English-language tabloid newspaper *''
The Star ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...
'' – Malaysia's largest and number one nationwide English-language tabloid newspaper *'' The Sun'' – Malaysia's free nationwide English-language tabloid newspaper


Malay

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Berita Harian ''BH'' (renamed on 2 July 2012; formerly known as ''Berita Harian'') is a Malay-language daily newspaper published in Malaysia owned by the New Straits Times Press. It was first published on 1 July 1957 as the first mainstream newspaper in M ...
'' – Malaysia's nationwide Malaysia-language tabloid newspaper *''
Harakah The Arabic script has numerous diacritics, which include: consonant pointing known as (), and supplementary diacritics known as (). The latter include the vowel marks termed (; singular: , '). The Arabic script is a modified abjad, where s ...
'' – owned by
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party The Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS; ms, Parti Islam Se-Malaysia; ms, ڤرتي إسلام سمليسيا, label=Jawi alphabet, Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset) is an Islamist political party in Malaysia. As the party focused on Islamic fundamen ...
(PAS) *''
Harian Metro ''Harian Metro'' is a Malaysian daily newspaper owned by the New Straits Times Press. It is Malaysia's first Malay daily afternoon tabloid in Klang Valley, in contrast to morning tabloids in other part of Malaysia. The Harian Metro was estab ...
'' – Malaysia's largest and number one nationwide Malaysia-language tabloid newspaper *''
Kosmo! ''Kosmo!'' (short for ''Cosmopolitan''; Malay: ''Kosmopolitan'') is a Malay-language compact format newspaper tabloid in Malaysia owned by the Utusan Group, which also owns ''Kosmo!'' Sunday paper ''Kosmo! Ahad'', ''Utusan Malaysia'', and ''Mingg ...
'' – Malaysia's nationwide Malaysia-language tabloid newspaper *''
Sinar Harian ''Sinar Harian'' (''Daily Light'') is a Malay-language daily newspaper published in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia in a compact format. It first hit the newsstands on 31 March 2006 in the East Coast states of Kelantan and Terengganu before expandi ...
'' – Malaysia's nationwide Malaysia-language tabloid community newspaper *''
Utusan Borneo ''The Borneo Post'', established in 1978, is the largest and widest read English-language daily newspaper in East Malaysia. In June 2018, Reuters Institute's Digital News Report 2018 ranked The Borneo Post third in terms of brand trust of use ...
'' – Malay daily in Sarawak and Sabah, published by ''The Borneo Post'' *''
Utusan Malaysia ''Utusan Malaysia'' ( Jawi: اوتوسن مليسيا; English: ''The Malaysian Tribune'' or simply ''Utusan'') is a Malaysian Malay-language daily newspaper. Formerly owned by the Utusan Group, the newspaper is currently owned by Media Mulia. ...
'' – Malaysia's nationwide Malaysia-language tabloid newspaper *'' Utusan Sarawak'' – Malay daily in Sarawak


Chinese

*'' China Press'' – 中國報, Klang Valley's largest and number one nationwide Chinese-language tabloid newspaper *'' Guang Ming'' – 光明日報, wholly owned subsidiary of Sin Chew Media Corporation Bhd, Penang Island's largest and number one Penangite Chinese-language tabloid newspaper *''
Kwong Wah Yit Poh ''Kwong Wah Yit Poh'' or ''Kwong Wah Daily'' () is a Malaysian Chinese daily that was founded on 20 December 1910 by Dr. Sun Yat-sen. The idea of publishing the ''Kwang Hwa Pao'' or 'Glorious Chinese Newspaper' was originally conceived when Dr ...
'' – 光華日報 *''
Nanyang Siang Pau ''Nanyang Siang Pau'' or ''Nanyang Business Daily'' () was founded by philanthropist-entrepreneur Tan Kah Kee on 6 September 1923 in Straits Settlements, currently published in Malaysia. ''Nanyang Siang Pau'' is one of the oldest Chinese-langua ...
'' – 南洋商報, West Malaysia's largest and number one nationwide Chinese-language tabloid newspaper *''
Oriental Daily News ''Oriental Daily News'' is a Chinese-language newspaper in Hong Kong. It was established in 1969 by Ma Sik-yu and Ma Sik-chun, and was one of the two newspapers published by the Oriental Press Group Limited (). Relative to other Hong Kong ne ...
'' – 東方日報 *''
Overseas Chinese Daily News Overseas Chinese Daily News (OCDN; ) is a Chinese language newspaper in Malaysia. History Its first newsprint hit the streets of Kota Kinabalu (was known as Jesselton then) on 1 March 1936. It was the first daily in Sabah (was known as North ...
'' – 華僑日報, Chinese daily in Sabah *''
See Hua Daily News ''See Hua Daily News'' is the largest and best selling Chinese-language daily newspaper on the island of Borneo. It is widely circulated in the Sultanate of Brunei and the Malaysian states of Sarawak and Sabah, all on the northern coast of the i ...
'' – 詩華日报, largest and best selling Chinese daily newspaper on the island of Borneo *''
Sin Chew Daily ''Sin Chew Daily'' (), formerly known as ''Sin Chew Jit Poh'', is a leading Chinese-language newspaper in Malaysia. According to report from the Audit Bureau of Circulation for the period ending 31 December 2011, ''Sin Chew Daily'' has an averag ...
'' – 星洲日報, Malaysia's largest and number one nationwide Chinese-language tabloid newspaper


Indigenous

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Utusan Borneo ''The Borneo Post'', established in 1978, is the largest and widest read English-language daily newspaper in East Malaysia. In June 2018, Reuters Institute's Digital News Report 2018 ranked The Borneo Post third in terms of brand trust of use ...
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'' daily in Sarawak


Tamil

*'' Tamil Malar'' – *''
Makkal Osai The ''Makkal Osai'' ( ta, மக்கள் ஓசை; "People's Voice") is a Tamil daily newspaper based in Malaysia, one of a few Tamil-language dailies in the country, alongside the ''Malaysia Nanban'', the '' Tamil Malar'' and, formerly, the ...
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Malaysia Nanban The ''Malaysia Nanban'' ( ta, மலேசியா நண்பன், "Malaysia's Friend") is a Tamil daily newspaper based in Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy cons ...
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Arabic

*'' Aswaq Magazine'' – business sectors and events; based in Selangor


Dutch

*'' Maleisië Nieuws'' – aggregated news on Malaysia; based in
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Online-only newspapers

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Bernama The Malaysian National News Agency ( ms, Pertubuhan Berita Nasional Malaysia), is a news agency of the government of Malaysia. It is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia. Bernama (usually stylized in all caps) ...
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The Malaysian Insider ''The Malaysian Insider'' (also known as ''TMI'', ''The Insider'', or ''Malay Ins Ins'') was a Malaysian bilingual news site. During its peak, it ranked consistently as one of the country's 100 most popular websites. In June 2009, Alexa ranke ...
'' - ceased publications in March 2016 *''
Malaysiakini ''Malaysiakini'' (meaning in English: "Malaysia Now") is an online news portal published in Malay, English, Chinese and Tamil. Malaysiakini receives over 2.3 million page-views per day on desktop and mobile. Alexa ranked ''malaysiakini.com'' ...
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Malay Mail The ''Malay Mail'' is a newspaper in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, first published on 1 December 1896 when Kuala Lumpur was the capital of the then new Federated Malay States, making it the first daily newspaper to appear in the FMS. As of May 2014, ...
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Defunct newspapers

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New Sabah Times The ''New Sabah Times'' is a newspaper in Sabah, Malaysia. The Sabah Times commenced publication on 21 January 1953, published by Donald Stephens (later Tun Fuad Stephens) and had a daily circulation of approximately 1000. It was the only Englis ...
'' – English, Malay, and Kadazan-Dusun daily in Sabah, ceased publication on 31 December 2020 *''
Sarawak Tribune The New Sarawak Tribune is an English-language Malaysian newspaper published in Kuching, Sibu and Bintulu, in Sarawak that was relaunched after the suspension of the Sarawak Tribune following the publication of the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad car ...
'' – suspended in 2006, but has since been relaunched as the New Sarawak Tribune in 2010. *''
Shin Min Daily News ''Shin Min Daily News'' () is a Singapore Chinese-language afternoon newspaper currently published by SPH Media Trust. First started on 18 March 1967, by Singapore businessman Liang Runzhi (梁潤之) and the renowned Hong Kong writer Louis Cha as ...
'' – Malaysia's first Chinese-language tabloid newspaper; publication ceased in 1994 *'' Sunday Mail'' – replaced by the ''Weekend Mail'' *''
Tamil Nesan The ''Tamil Nesan'' ( ta, தமிழ் நேசன்) was a Tamil language newspaper published in Malaysia. Established in 1924, it was the oldest running Tamil newspaper in the country until its disestablishment in 2019. First issued on 24 S ...
'' () – ceased publication on 1 February 2019 *'' Weekend Mail'' – successor of the ''Sunday Mail'', but was indefinitely suspended in 2006 *''
Utusan Melayu ''Utusan Malaysia'' ( Jawi: اوتوسن مليسيا; English: ''The Malaysian Tribune'' or simply ''Utusan'') is a Malaysian Malay-language daily newspaper. Formerly owned by the Utusan Group, the newspaper is currently owned by Media Mulia. D ...
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Jawi script Jawi (; ace, Jawoë; Kelantan-Pattani Malay, Kelantan-Pattani: ''Yawi''; ) is a writing system used for writing several languages of Southeast Asia, such as Acehnese language, Acehnese, Banjar language, Banjarese, Kerinci language, Kerinci, ...
) – now a weekly newspaper and incorporating with Utusan Malaysia, ceased publication on 10 October 2019


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Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...
Newspapers A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports ...