New Straits Times
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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),[3] having been founded as a local offshoot of Singapore-based The Straits Times on 15 July 1845. It was renamed as the New Straits Times on 13 August 1974.
Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Compact |
Owner(s) | Media Prima |
Publisher | The New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd |
Founded | 15 July 1845; 178 years ago (1845-07-15) (as The Straits Times) (65300 issues) |
Language | English |
Headquarters | Balai Berita 31, Jalan Riong, 59100, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Circulation | 30,929 (daily) 85,469 (daily E-paper) (July–December 2018)[1][2] |
OCLC number | 1167649590 |
Website | nst.com.my |
The paper served as Malaysia's only broadsheet format English-language newspaper; however, following the example of British newspapers The Times and The Independent, a tabloid version first rolled off the presses on 1 September 2004 and since 18 April 2005, the newspaper has been published only in tabloid size, ending a 160-year-old tradition of broadsheet publication. The New Straits Times currently retails at RM1.50 (~37 US cents) in Peninsular Malaysia.
As of 2 January 2019, the group editor of the newspaper is Rashid Yusof. In 2020, the paper was listed as the 5th most trusted in a Reuters Institute survey of 14 Malaysian media outlets.[4] The New Straits Times is considered a newspaper of record for Malaysia.[5]