The Daily Nation (Barbados)
Encyclopedia
The Nation Publishing Company Limited is the publisher of the Nation Newspaper, which is the dominant daily newspaper
in the country of Barbados
. First established in 1973 the Daily Nation is printed daily in colour and distributed at many points around the country. Covering the topics of business, sports, politics, lifestyles, editorials and entertainment the Daily Nation covers many aspects of news in Barbados in addition to regional, and International news.
The name of the publications vary according to different weekdays. Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, it's the Daily Nation. Wednesdays it's the Midweek Nation and Fridays the Weekend Nation. On weekends the Daily Nation is the Saturday Sun and Sunday Sun respectively.
The Nation Publishing Company also publishes a weekly youth magazine called Attitude and a visitors booklet called Explore Barbados.
In 2004, a weekly Canadian
print version was created, as a joint venture with the Carib-Cana Media Inc. (CCMI) to service a growing clientele in Canada for weekly news from Barbados. The Canadian version was mainly for the expatriate community of Barbados, and others living in Canada to remain up to date on Barbadian current events.
The parent company of the Nation Publishing Company is One Caribbean Media Limited
(OCM) based in the country of Trinidad and Tobago
.
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
in the country of Barbados
Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
. First established in 1973 the Daily Nation is printed daily in colour and distributed at many points around the country. Covering the topics of business, sports, politics, lifestyles, editorials and entertainment the Daily Nation covers many aspects of news in Barbados in addition to regional, and International news.
The name of the publications vary according to different weekdays. Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, it's the Daily Nation. Wednesdays it's the Midweek Nation and Fridays the Weekend Nation. On weekends the Daily Nation is the Saturday Sun and Sunday Sun respectively.
The Nation Publishing Company also publishes a weekly youth magazine called Attitude and a visitors booklet called Explore Barbados.
In 2004, a weekly Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
print version was created, as a joint venture with the Carib-Cana Media Inc. (CCMI) to service a growing clientele in Canada for weekly news from Barbados. The Canadian version was mainly for the expatriate community of Barbados, and others living in Canada to remain up to date on Barbadian current events.
The parent company of the Nation Publishing Company is One Caribbean Media Limited
ONE Caribbean Media
One Caribbean Media Ltd. is a vertically integrated holding company based in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The new company was founded in December, 2005 following the merger of the Caribbean Communications Network of Trinidad and Tobago, and the Nation Corporation of Barbados...
(OCM) based in the country of Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
.