Lianhe Wanbao

Lianhe Wanbao
联合晚报
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)SPH Media
PublisherSPH Media
Founded16 March 1983; 41 years ago (1983-03-16) (merger between the Singaporean editions of Nanyang Siang Pau and Sin Chew Jit Poh)
(14,163 issues)
LanguageChinese
Ceased publication24 December 2021; 2 years ago (2021-12-24) (merged into Shin Min Daily News)
HeadquartersToa Payoh, Singapore
Circulation139,066 (2016)[1]
Websitewww.wanbao.com.sg
Former logo until 2017 revamp

Lianhe Wanbao (Chinese: 联合晚报; pinyin: Liánhé Wǎnbào; literally Joint Evening News) was a Singapore Chinese-language afternoon newspaper published daily by SPH Media from 16 March 1983 after the merger between the Singaporean editions of Nanyang Siang Pau and Sin Chew Jit Poh.

Lianhe Wanbao focused mainly on local and entertainment news with minimal international coverage. As such it was in competition with another SPH paper Shin Min Daily News. Amongst Singapore readers Lianhe Wanbao was often regarded more of a tabloid published in broadsheet form, and the veracity of some reports (mostly reproduced from tabloids or gossip magazines from Hong Kong or Taiwan) was sometimes questioned.[citation needed]

In 2021, Lianhe Wanbao merged into Shin Min Daily News, and published its last edition on 24 December.[2][3]

  1. ^ "ABC Audited Publications as of January 2018". Audit Bureau of Circulations Singapore. January 2018. Archived from the original on 6 August 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  2. ^ "年底并入《新明日报》 《联合晚报》结束38年历史" [Merging into Shin Min Daily News, Lianhe Wanbao ends 38 years of history]. Lianhe Zaobao (in Chinese). Singapore Press Holdings. 26 September 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  3. ^ Tan, Ashley (26 September 2021). "Lianhe Wanbao to merge with Shin Min Daily News in Dec. 2021". Mothership.sg. Mothership. Retrieved 24 December 2021.