Singapore Press Holdings
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Singapore Press Holdings Limited (SPH) (Chinese: 新加坡报业控股) is a media organisation in Singapore
with businesses in print
, Internet
and new media
, television
and radio
, outdoor media
, and property
. SPH has over 4,000 employees, including a team of approximately 1,000 journalists, including correspondents operating around the world. The company is one of the country's "blue-chip" counters on the Singapore Stock Exchange, and makes about S$480-500 million worth of profits every year.
, Singapore News and Publications Limited
and Times Publishing Berhad
.
In 2008, SPH celebrated its 24th anniversary and for the first time, changed its corporate logo. The new logo was launched on 1 January 2008 by Former President
S R Nathan and Chairman Tony Tan Keng Yam.
Like all newspaper companies in Singapore, SPH is regulated by the Newspaper and Printing Presses Act of 1974 and issues both management and ordinary shares. As specified by the act all issues and transfers of management shares have to be approved by the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts
, and in "any resolution relating to the appointment or dismissal of a director or any member of the staff" the vote of one management share is equivalent to 200 ordinary shares.
There are close ties between the directors of SPH and the Singapore Government. S R Nathan, Director of the Security and Intelligence Division
and later President of Singapore served as SPH's Executive Chairman from 1982 to 1988 and the first President (1994–2002) of SPH was Tjong Yik Min, former chief of the Internal Security Department
. The immediate former Chairman of SPH, Tony Tan was Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore from 1994 to 2005 and President of Singapore
from 2011-present.
Dr Lee Boon Yang
, currently a director, will become the next chairman of Singapore Press Holdings if he is re-elected in the December 2011 AGM
.
which publishes the free newspaper TODAY
.
includes the online
editions of its key newspapers, which has more than 263 million page views with 18 million visitors every month. SPH also operates an online classifieds portal ST701
; STOMP
(Straits Times Online Mobile Print) a Web/phone portal; and omy.sg (bilingual news and interactive portal)
As part of SPH's push towards the Internet, its local search subsidiary SPH Search Pte Ltd launched rednano.sg, a localised search and directory engine for Singapore on 1 January 2008. The site is a venture between SPH and Schibsted Group with SPH holding a 80.1% share. Rednano was merged into ST701 in November 2010.
was set with the aim of breaking into the broadcasting business, and received Singapore's second nationwide free-to-air terrestrial television broadcasting service licence on 6 May 2001. SPH soon afterwards launched two channels, Channel U
(Mandarin) and
Channel i
(English). On 17 September 2004, SPH sold its television operation to MediaCorp
, restoring its former monopoly status. Channel i was shut down on 1 January 2005, but Channel U continues to operate. Through a merger, SPH retains a 20% stake in MediaCorp's Channel 8, Channel 5 and Channel U, as well as 40% stake in TODAY newspaper.
station 91.3FM
as well as Chinese language
station Radio 1003.
, a retail and office complex in the heart of Orchard Road
, Singapore's main shopping belt. SPH has also developed Sky@eleven, a 43-storey upmarket residential condominium
on its former Times Industrial Building site at Thomson Road
. Its latest retail development, The Clementi Mall, started business operations in 2011.
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
with businesses in print
Printing
Printing is a process for reproducing text and image, typically with ink on paper using a printing press. It is often carried out as a large-scale industrial process, and is an essential part of publishing and transaction printing....
, Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
and new media
New media
New media is a broad term in media studies that emerged in the latter part of the 20th century. For example, new media holds out a possibility of on-demand access to content any time, anywhere, on any digital device, as well as interactive user feedback, creative participation and community...
, television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
and radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
, outdoor media
New media
New media is a broad term in media studies that emerged in the latter part of the 20th century. For example, new media holds out a possibility of on-demand access to content any time, anywhere, on any digital device, as well as interactive user feedback, creative participation and community...
, and property
Property
Property is any physical or intangible entity that is owned by a person or jointly by a group of people or a legal entity like a corporation...
. SPH has over 4,000 employees, including a team of approximately 1,000 journalists, including correspondents operating around the world. The company is one of the country's "blue-chip" counters on the Singapore Stock Exchange, and makes about S$480-500 million worth of profits every year.
History
Singapore Press Holdings Limited was formed on 1 January 1984 through a merger of three organisations, The Straits Times PressMediaCorp
Media Corporation of Singapore, better known as MediaCorp, is a group of commercial media companies in Singapore, with business interests in television and radio broadcasting, interactive media, and, to a lesser extent, print publishing and film-making....
, Singapore News and Publications Limited
MediaCorp
Media Corporation of Singapore, better known as MediaCorp, is a group of commercial media companies in Singapore, with business interests in television and radio broadcasting, interactive media, and, to a lesser extent, print publishing and film-making....
and Times Publishing Berhad
MediaCorp
Media Corporation of Singapore, better known as MediaCorp, is a group of commercial media companies in Singapore, with business interests in television and radio broadcasting, interactive media, and, to a lesser extent, print publishing and film-making....
.
In 2008, SPH celebrated its 24th anniversary and for the first time, changed its corporate logo. The new logo was launched on 1 January 2008 by Former President
President of Singapore
The President of the Republic of Singapore is Singapore's head of state. In a Westminster parliamentary system, as which Singapore governs itself, the prime minister is the head of the government while the position of president is largely ceremonial. Before 1993, the President of Singapore was...
S R Nathan and Chairman Tony Tan Keng Yam.
Ownership
- See also: Media in Singapore
Like all newspaper companies in Singapore, SPH is regulated by the Newspaper and Printing Presses Act of 1974 and issues both management and ordinary shares. As specified by the act all issues and transfers of management shares have to be approved by the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts
Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts
The Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts is a ministry of the Government of Singapore...
, and in "any resolution relating to the appointment or dismissal of a director or any member of the staff" the vote of one management share is equivalent to 200 ordinary shares.
There are close ties between the directors of SPH and the Singapore Government. S R Nathan, Director of the Security and Intelligence Division
Security and Intelligence Division
-Other Notes:...
and later President of Singapore served as SPH's Executive Chairman from 1982 to 1988 and the first President (1994–2002) of SPH was Tjong Yik Min, former chief of the Internal Security Department
Internal Security Department
The Internal Security Department is a domestic intelligence agency of the Ministry of Home Affairs of Singapore. It was formerly part of the Ministry of Interior and Defence until it was split on 11 August 1970...
. The immediate former Chairman of SPH, Tony Tan was Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore from 1994 to 2005 and President of Singapore
President of Singapore
The President of the Republic of Singapore is Singapore's head of state. In a Westminster parliamentary system, as which Singapore governs itself, the prime minister is the head of the government while the position of president is largely ceremonial. Before 1993, the President of Singapore was...
from 2011-present.
Dr Lee Boon Yang
Lee Boon Yang
Dr. Lee Boon Yang is a former politician from Singapore. A member of the governing People's Action Party , he served in the Cabinet from July 1991 to April 2009 in various portfolios including Minister for Defence, Minister for Manpower, and Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts...
, currently a director, will become the next chairman of Singapore Press Holdings if he is re-elected in the December 2011 AGM
Annual general meeting
An annual general meeting is a meeting that official bodies, and associations involving the public , are often required by law to hold...
.
Newspapers
In Singapore, SPH publishes 18 newspapers in four languages: English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil.English
- The Straits TimesThe Straits TimesThe Straits Times is an English language daily broadsheet newspaper based in Singapore currently owned by Singapore Press Holdings . It is the country's highest-selling paper, with a current daily circulation of nearly 400,000...
- The Sunday TimesThe Straits TimesThe Straits Times is an English language daily broadsheet newspaper based in Singapore currently owned by Singapore Press Holdings . It is the country's highest-selling paper, with a current daily circulation of nearly 400,000...
- The Business Times
- The Business Times Weekend
- The New PaperThe New PaperThe New Paper is Singapore's second-highest circulating paid English-language newspaper, first launched on July 26, 1988, by Singapore Press Holdings . According to SPH, its average daily circulation for August 2010 was 101600....
- The New Paper SundayThe New PaperThe New Paper is Singapore's second-highest circulating paid English-language newspaper, first launched on July 26, 1988, by Singapore Press Holdings . According to SPH, its average daily circulation for August 2010 was 101600....
- tabla! - free English languageEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
newspaper for the Indian community; 30,000 copies distributed each Friday at 7-Eleven outlets.
Chinese
- Lianhe ZaobaoLianhe ZaobaoNanyang Sin-Chew Lianhe Zaobao , commonly abbreviated as Lianhe Zaobao , is the largest Singapore based Chinese-language newspaper with a daily circulation of about 176,000. Published by Singapore Press Holdings , it was formed on March 16, 1983 as a result of a merger between Nanyang Siang Pau and...
(联合早报) - Lianhe Zaobao SundayLianhe ZaobaoNanyang Sin-Chew Lianhe Zaobao , commonly abbreviated as Lianhe Zaobao , is the largest Singapore based Chinese-language newspaper with a daily circulation of about 176,000. Published by Singapore Press Holdings , it was formed on March 16, 1983 as a result of a merger between Nanyang Siang Pau and...
(联合早报星期日) - Lianhe WanbaoLianhe WanbaoLianhe Wanbao is a Singapore Chinese afternoon newspaper published daily by Singapore Press Holdings . It was started on March 16, 1983 after the merger between as Nanyang Siang Pau and Sin Chew Jit Poh....
(联合晚报) - Shin Min Daily NewsShin Min Daily NewsShin Min Daily News is a Singapore Chinese-language afternoon newspaper currently published by Singapore Press Holdings...
(新明日报) - My PaperMy paperMy Paper is a free, bilingual newspaper in Singapore published by the Singapore Press Holdings....
(我报) - zbCOMMA (早报逗号)
- Thumbs UpThumbs Up (newspaper)Thumbs Up is a Chinese newspaper published in Singapore for school children. It was launched by Deputy Prime Minister Mr Lee Hsien Loong on 15 January 2000. Most primary schools in Singapore subscribe to the newspaper for their Chinese students, to improve their Chinese language.The newspaper...
(大拇指) - Thumbs Up Junior (小拇指）
Malay
- Berita HarianBerita Harian (Singapore)Berita Harian is a Malay language newspaper and the only one to be published in Singapore. The Sunday edition is called Berita Minggu also the only Malay language weekly newspaper in the country. This newspaper is published in the general daily broadsheet format. It was founded on 1 July 1957...
- Berita MingguBerita Harian (Singapore)Berita Harian is a Malay language newspaper and the only one to be published in Singapore. The Sunday edition is called Berita Minggu also the only Malay language weekly newspaper in the country. This newspaper is published in the general daily broadsheet format. It was founded on 1 July 1957...
TODAY
SPH has 40% joint management with MediaCorpMediaCorp
Media Corporation of Singapore, better known as MediaCorp, is a group of commercial media companies in Singapore, with business interests in television and radio broadcasting, interactive media, and, to a lesser extent, print publishing and film-making....
which publishes the free newspaper TODAY
Today (Singapore newspaper)
Today is a free English-language compact in Singapore published by government-owned MediaCorp print media arm. It is distributed from Monday to Sunday....
.
Magazines
SPH Magazines publishes more than 100 magazines titles in Singapore and the region.
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Internet and New Media
SPH's presence on the InternetInternet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
includes the online
ONLINE
ONLINE is a magazine for information systems first published in 1977. The publisher Online, Inc. was founded the year before. In May 2002, Information Today, Inc. acquired the assets of Online Inc....
editions of its key newspapers, which has more than 263 million page views with 18 million visitors every month. SPH also operates an online classifieds portal ST701
ST701
ST701.com is the leading site in Singapore for online classified advertisements. Consisting of four sections - Jobs, Property, Cars, Shops, it serves the needs of job applicants, home seekers, drivers, e-shoppers, recruiters and online advertisers...
; STOMP
Straits Times Online Mobile Print
Straits Times Online Mobile Print is a Singapore-based web portal by Singapore Press Holdings. Its Singapore Seen section is locally a well known platform for expressions that are frequently frivolous, prejudiced, malignant and at time slanderous....
(Straits Times Online Mobile Print) a Web/phone portal; and omy.sg (bilingual news and interactive portal)
As part of SPH's push towards the Internet, its local search subsidiary SPH Search Pte Ltd launched rednano.sg, a localised search and directory engine for Singapore on 1 January 2008. The site is a venture between SPH and Schibsted Group with SPH holding a 80.1% share. Rednano was merged into ST701 in November 2010.
SPH MediaWorks Ltd
On 6 June 2000, SPH MediaWorksSPH MediaWorks
SPH MediaWorks Ltd was an ephemeral free-to-air terrestrial television broadcaster in Singapore. In 6 May 2001, SPH MediaWorks brought 2 alternative free-to-air terrestrial television channels to the audience in Singapore, operating SPH MediaWorks Channel U and SPH MediaWorks Channel i.A...
was set with the aim of breaking into the broadcasting business, and received Singapore's second nationwide free-to-air terrestrial television broadcasting service licence on 6 May 2001. SPH soon afterwards launched two channels, Channel U
SPH MediaWorks Channel U
SPH MediaWorks Channel U as called name Channel U was defunct Chinese language television channel in Singapore which began broadcasts on 6 May 2001...
(Mandarin) and
Channel i
SPH MediaWorks Channel i
SPH MediaWorks Channel i as called by the name Channel i is a defunct Singapore English language television channel which began broadcasting on 20 May 2001. It was formerly known as SPH MediaWorks TV Works as called name TV Works...
(English). On 17 September 2004, SPH sold its television operation to MediaCorp
MediaCorp
Media Corporation of Singapore, better known as MediaCorp, is a group of commercial media companies in Singapore, with business interests in television and radio broadcasting, interactive media, and, to a lesser extent, print publishing and film-making....
, restoring its former monopoly status. Channel i was shut down on 1 January 2005, but Channel U continues to operate. Through a merger, SPH retains a 20% stake in MediaCorp's Channel 8, Channel 5 and Channel U, as well as 40% stake in TODAY newspaper.
SPH Radio Broadcasting Arm
SPH Radio Broadcasting Arm was set up in 2001 as a 50-50 joint venture between SPH Multimedia and NTUC Media. Currently the company is a 80-20 joint management which operates contemporary hit radioContemporary hit radio
Contemporary hit radio is a radio format that is common in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top 40 music charts...
station 91.3FM
Radio 91.3
Radio 91.3 is an English-language radio station based in Singapore. It is a radio station of SPH UnionWorks, a joint venture between Singapore Press Holdings and NTUC Media, which also owns Radio 1003....
as well as Chinese language
Chinese language
The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
station Radio 1003.
M1 Limited
SPH Multimedia Ltd has 13.94 % shareholding in M1 Limited and has a joint venture with Axiata (Malaysia) and Keppel Telecoms.SPH MediaBoxOffice
SPH MediaBoxOffice is an outdoor motion display advertising network media company with five large LED screens at locations, 600 plasma & LCD screens island wide, and large-format billboards at the heart of the city. In addition, SPH at one time held a 35% stake in TOM Outdoor Media Group an outdoor advertising company in China, which it then sold for HK$60 million in 1 January 2008.Properties
SPH owns and manages ParagonParagon
A paragon is a large, flawless diamond. The title is now used figuratively to denote a model of excellence or perfection of any kind; one having no equal; a perfect embodiment of a concept.Paragon may also refer to:-Places:...
, a retail and office complex in the heart of Orchard Road
Orchard Road
Orchard Road is a road in Singapore that is the retail and entertainment hub of the city-state. It is regularly frequented by the local population as well as being a major tourist attraction...
, Singapore's main shopping belt. SPH has also developed Sky@eleven, a 43-storey upmarket residential condominium
Condominium
A condominium, or condo, is the form of housing tenure and other real property where a specified part of a piece of real estate is individually owned while use of and access to common facilities in the piece such as hallways, heating system, elevators, exterior areas is executed under legal rights...
on its former Times Industrial Building site at Thomson Road
Thomson Road
Thomson Road can refer to either:*Thomson Road, Singapore*Thomson Road, Hong Kong...
. Its latest retail development, The Clementi Mall, started business operations in 2011.