Trinidad and Tobago Express
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The Trinidad and Tobago Express (and the Sunday Express) is one of three daily newspaper
s in Trinidad and Tobago
. The Express is published by the Caribbean Communications Network
(CCN) and is headquartered on Independence Square
in Port of Spain
. The newspaper commenced operations on June 6, 1967. The website for the Trinidad and Tobago Express was first registered in 1997 and launched subsequently very soon thereafter.
With a considerable Trinidadian diaspora spread across the globe, the Trinidad and Tobago Express news website, then known as the Internet Express, grew quickly into one of the top visited websites about Trinidad and Tobago. Given the large audience of the website, with up to 10,000 hits per day, it has become one of the online centrepieces of CCN. In 2002, newscasts of the television channel CCN TV6
, and its televised daily polls, were carried out using an integrated website of the Trinidad and Tobago Express. That same year, the joint staff of the Trinidad and Tobago website also created an e-commerce venture online called the Express MarketPlace, which was later renamed CaribBuy in 2003. In order to remain focused, a CCN New Ventures division was created within CCN to take control of the various websites.
The Express newspaper is the second oldest of the daily Trinidad and Tobago newspapers.
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...
s in 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...
. The Express is published by the Caribbean Communications Network
Caribbean Communications Network
The Caribbean Communications Network Ltd. also known as the "CCN Group" Ltd., is a subsidiary of ONE Caribbean Media Limited. In December, 2005 both the Trinidad and Tobago-based Caribbean Communications Network and the Barbados-based Nation Corporation entered into a merger agreement for...
(CCN) and is headquartered on Independence Square
Independence Square (Port of Spain)
Independence Square lies near to southern end of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Formerly named Marine Square, it was re-named in honour of Trinidad and Tobago's independence from the United Kingdom in 1962. The Square runs from east to west and is bounded on the north side by King Street...
in Port of Spain
Port of Spain
Port of Spain, also written as Port-of-Spain, is the capital of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and the country's third-largest municipality, after San Fernando and Chaguanas. The city has a municipal population of 49,031 , a metropolitan population of 128,026 and a transient daily population...
. The newspaper commenced operations on June 6, 1967. The website for the Trinidad and Tobago Express was first registered in 1997 and launched subsequently very soon thereafter.
With a considerable Trinidadian diaspora spread across the globe, the Trinidad and Tobago Express news website, then known as the Internet Express, grew quickly into one of the top visited websites about Trinidad and Tobago. Given the large audience of the website, with up to 10,000 hits per day, it has become one of the online centrepieces of CCN. In 2002, newscasts of the television channel CCN TV6
CCN TV6
The Caribbean Communications Network Television 6 ' is the largest private television broadcaster in Trinidad and Tobago. The station operates an analog composite NTSC 525 television system, broadcasting on channels 6 and 18 in the island of Trinidad, channel 5 on the Flow Cable System and channel...
, and its televised daily polls, were carried out using an integrated website of the Trinidad and Tobago Express. That same year, the joint staff of the Trinidad and Tobago website also created an e-commerce venture online called the Express MarketPlace, which was later renamed CaribBuy in 2003. In order to remain focused, a CCN New Ventures division was created within CCN to take control of the various websites.
The Express newspaper is the second oldest of the daily Trinidad and Tobago newspapers.