Malaysian Today is an English-language

English language

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 bi-monthly tabloid which focuses on youth lifestyle, entertainment and sports. Published every first and third Thursday and owned by The Sun

The Sun (Malaysia)

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 as an associate company, it can be picked up in selected outlets in the Klang Valley

Klang Valley

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, especially in college and university vicinities and selected food court

Food court

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s and mamak

Mamak stall

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 restaurants. It can also be read in (but not removed from) certain areas like Starbucks

Starbucks

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, Coffee Bean and Secret Recipe

Secret Recipe

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 outlets.

Malaysian Today started out as an English tabloid in Sarawak

Sarawak

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 which was founded in 2001 but ceased publication in December 2004. In 1 March 2005, the newspaper was revived as a sports biweekly in Peninsular Malaysia

Peninsular Malaysia

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. It was headed by Jessie Soon, the daughter of Sarawak politician S'ng Chee Hua.

Till late 2006, the paper was published every Tuesday and Friday and distributed free to selected colleges and universities. It was also sold at the news-stands at RM0.50 until late 2005, after which it is available free of charge anywhere it was available.

As of January 2010, Malaysian Today became a bi-monthly youth-focused publication, publishing every first and third Thursday of each month, with additional multimedia content updated on the website.

Veteran journalist Hisham Harun is the paper's Contributing Editor. The paper also has a web-based version available at www.malaysiantoday.com.my.