Sin Chew Daily

Not to be confused with Sin Chew Jit Poh (Singapore), which the Malaysian Sin Chew Daily was split from.
Sin Chew Daily
Singapore first issue in 1929
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)
Founder(s)Aw Boon Haw
PublisherMedia Chinese International
EditorKuik Cheng Kang
Founded15 January 1929; 95 years ago (1929-01-15) in Straits Settlements
Political alignmentBarisan Nasional
People's Republic of China
LanguageChinese
CityPetaling Jaya
CountryMalaysia
Circulation340,584 (West Malaysia)
52,711 (Sarawak)
12,102 (Night Edition)
55,291 (E-paper)
*Source: Audit Bureau of Circulations, Malaysia - July to December 2015[1][2][3]
Websitewww.sinchew.com.my

Sin Chew Daily (Chinese: 星洲日報), formerly known as Sin Chew Jit Poh, is a leading Chinese-language newspaper in Malaysia. According to report from the Audit Bureau of Circulation for the period ending 31 December 2011, Sin Chew Daily has an average daily circulation of almost 500,000 copies and also the largest-selling Chinese-language newspaper outside Greater China. It is only on Sundays that the circulation of the Malay-language (national language of Malaysia) papers exceeds that of Sin Chew Daily.[4]

Sin Chew Daily is owned by Sin Chew Media Corporation Berhad, a subsidiary of Media Chinese International Limited. It is a member of the Asia News Network.

It is circulated throughout Malaysia and neighboring countries, in Southern Thailand, Brunei and Indonesia. It is also published and printed in Indonesia[5] and Cambodia,[6] under different mastheads.

Sin Chew Daily has 53 news bureaus and six printing plants in Peninsular and East Malaysia.

  1. ^ "CIRCULATION FIGURES NEWSPAPERS - WEST & EAST MALAYSIA PAID CIRCULATION : Average Net Circulation per Publishing Day" (PDF). Abcm.org.my. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  2. ^ "CIRCULATION F IGURES DIGITAL REPLICA : Newspapers : Average Circulation per Publishing Day" (PDF). Abcm.org.my. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  3. ^ "CIRCULATION FIGURES NEWSPAPERS - SARAWAK : PRINT EDITION PAID CIRCULATION : Average Net Circulation per Publishing Day" (PDF). Abcm.org.my. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Home". Abcm.org.my. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  5. ^ "最新消息 - 星洲网 Sin Chew Daily". Sinchew-i.com. Archived from the original on 25 December 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  6. ^ "最新消息 - 星洲网 Sin Chew Daily". Sinchew-i.com. Retrieved 26 January 2018.