List of newspapers in Malaysia - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

English language

The Borneo Post - English daily in Sarawak
Sarawak
Sarawak is one of two Malaysian states on the island of Borneo. Known as Bumi Kenyalang , Sarawak is situated on the north-west of the island. It is the largest state in Malaysia followed by Sabah, the second largest state located to the North- East.The administrative capital is Kuching, which...

and Sabah
Sabah
Sabah is one of 13 member states of Malaysia. It is located on the northern portion of the island of Borneo. It is the second largest state in the country after Sarawak, which it borders on its southwest. It also shares a border with the province of East Kalimantan of Indonesia in the south...
Business Times
Business Times (Kuala Lumpur)
The Business Times of Kuala Lumpur has been published in Malaysia since October 4, 1976 . It is part of the New Straits Times publishing group. The newspaper has been incorporating with New Straits Times since June 1, 2002.-External links:*...
Daily Express
Daily Express (Sabah)
The Daily Express is an English language newspaper in Sabah, Malaysia and is the sister newspaper of the Overseas Chinese Daily News . It was founded by the late Tan Sri Yeh Pao Tzu and it was first issued on March 1, 1963. It is published in English, Malay and Kadazan...

- English daily in Sabah
Sabah
Sabah is one of 13 member states of Malaysia. It is located on the northern portion of the island of Borneo. It is the second largest state in the country after Sarawak, which it borders on its southwest. It also shares a border with the province of East Kalimantan of Indonesia in the south...
The Edge
The Edge (Malaysia)
The Edge is a Malaysian financial and investment weekly published by The Edge Communications Sdn. Bhd. It was launched in 1994 to cater to corporate executives and the general public with interest in the Malaysian financial market. It is distributed nationwide in Malaysia via newsstands...
Malay Mail
Malaysian Today
Malaysian Today
Malaysian Today is an English-language bi-monthly tabloid which focuses on youth lifestyle, entertainment and sports. Published every first and third Thursday and owned by The Sun as an associate company, it can be picked up in selected outlets in the Klang Valley, especially in college and...

- former English tabloid in Sarawak
Sarawak
Sarawak is one of two Malaysian states on the island of Borneo. Known as Bumi Kenyalang , Sarawak is situated on the north-west of the island. It is the largest state in Malaysia followed by Sabah, the second largest state located to the North- East.The administrative capital is Kuching, which...

, now a weekly newspaper
New Sabah Times
New Sabah Times
The New Sabah Times is a newspaper in Sabah, Malaysia. It was first known as the Sabah Times when it was founded in 1949 by Donald Stephens. He later became Sabah's first Chief Minister when Sabah gained independence from the United Kingdom...

- English daily in Sabah
Sabah
Sabah is one of 13 member states of Malaysia. It is located on the northern portion of the island of Borneo. It is the second largest state in the country after Sarawak, which it borders on its southwest. It also shares a border with the province of East Kalimantan of Indonesia in the south...
The New Sarawak Tribune
Sarawak Tribune
The New Sarawak Tribune is an English-language Malaysian newspaper published in Kuching, Sibu and Bintulu, in Sarawak. Established in 1945, publication of the paper was indefinitely suspended in 2006 following controversy pertaining to the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy, but it...

- English daily in Sarawak
Sarawak
Sarawak is one of two Malaysian states on the island of Borneo. Known as Bumi Kenyalang , Sarawak is situated on the north-west of the island. It is the largest state in Malaysia followed by Sabah, the second largest state located to the North- East.The administrative capital is Kuching, which...

, re-published in 2010.
New Straits Times
New Straits Times
The New Straits Times is an English-language newspaper published in Malaysia. It is Malaysia's oldest newspaper still in print , having been founded as The Straits Times in 1845, and was reestablished as the "New Straits Times" in 1965. The paper served as Malaysia's only broadsheet format English...

- Malaysia's only nationwide English-language broadsheet newspaper until 2005, now in tabloid
The Star
The Star (Malaysia)
The Star is an English-language, tabloid-format newspaper in Malaysia. It is the largest in terms of circulation in Malaysia, according to the . It has a daily circulation of between 290,000 to 300,000...
The Sun
The Sun (Malaysia)
The Sun is Malaysia's first national free daily newspaper in tabloid form. Available from Mondays to Fridays except on public holiday, with a target audience of white-collar workers and urban youth....

Malay language

Berita Harian
Berita Harian
Berita Harian is a major Malay language newspaper in Malaysia. Its Sunday Edition is called Berita Minggu. It was founded on 31 August 1957, which also marks the date of Malaya's independence...

- Formerly broadsheet, published in tabloid since July 6, 2008
Berita Petang Sarawak - Malay daily in Sarawak
Harakah
Harakah
Harakah is a newspaper founded in 1987 and published by Parti Islam SeMalaysia . In addition to using the Malay language, the paper includes a 8-page English language pullout consisting of pages and columns written in English called the English Section. A page in Jawi writing was introduced in 2007...
Harian Metro
Harian Metro
Harian Metro is a Malaysian newspaper published in Malay language and available in the afternoon. It was launched on 25 March 1991. A Sunday edition, Metro Ahad was launched on August 19, 1995.The format of the newspaper is tabloid...
Harian Ekspres - Malay daily in Sarawak
Kosmo!
Kosmo!
Kosmo! is a Malay language compact format newspaper in Malaysia owned by Utusan Melayu Berhad. It is available in Malaysia at most newsstands....
Melaka Hari Ini
Mingguan Wasilah
Siasah
Sinar Harian
Sinar Harian
Sinar Harian is a Malay language daily newspaper published in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia in a compact format. It first hit the newsstands on March 31, 2006 in the East Coast states of Kelantan and Terengganu before expanding its distribution to the state of Selangor and the federal territory of...
Utusan Malaysia
Utusan Malaysia
Utusan Malaysia is a Malay language pro-government newspaper in Malaysia. First published in Jawi, the newspaper is now published in romanised letters...

- The only Malay-language newspaper to continue publishing in broadsheet size
Utusan Melayu (Jawi script) - Now a weekly newspaper and incorporating with Utusan Malaysia
Utusan Sarawak - Malay daily in Sarawak
Utusan Borneo
Utusan Borneo
Utusan Borneo is a Malay language daily newspaper on the island of Borneo. It is circulated in the Sultanate of Brunei and the Malaysian states of Sarawak and Sabah, all on the northern coast of the island. Headquartered in Kuching, it has an editorial staff of about 100. It was launched as a full...

- Malay daily in Sarawak and Sabah, published by The Borneo Post.
Transisi - Malay fortnightly in East Malaysia, published by Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM).

Chinese language

Asia Times (Malaysia) - Chinese daily in Sabah
China Press
China Press
China Press is a Malaysian Chinese-language newspaper set up by Tun Henry Lee Hau Shik and first published on 1 February 1946....

- 中國報
Guang Ming
Guang Ming
Guang Ming Daily was previously known as Sin Pin Daily , Sin Pin Daily was founded by the Aw brothers which have also started Sin Chew Daily...

- 光明日報 Wholly owned subsidiary of Sin Chew Media Corporation Bhd.
Kwong Wah Yit Poh
Kwong Wah Yit Poh
Kwong Wah Yit Poh or Kwong Wah Daily is a Malaysian Chinese daily that was founded in 20 December 1910 by Dr. Sun Yat Sen. The daily is based in Penang, where it has the largest readership in the northern region....

- 光华日报
Nanyang Siang Pau
Nanyang Siang Pau
Nanyang Siang Pau or Nanyang Business Daily was founded by philanthropist-entrepreneur Tan Kah Kee on 6 September 1923 in Singapore, currently published in Malaysia...

- 南洋商報
Oriental Daily News
Oriental Daily News (Malaysia)
Oriental Daily News is one of Malaysia's daily Chinese-language newspapers. It was officially launched on New Year's Day 2003. The newspaper group is owned by KTS Group, a Sarawak timber company founded by late Datuk Lau Hui Kang....

- 東方日報
Overseas Chinese Daily News
Overseas Chinese Daily News
Overseas Chinese Daily News is a Chinese language newspaper in Malaysia.- History:Its first newsprint hit the streets of Kota Kinabalu on 1 March 1936. It was the first daily in Sabah ....

- 华侨日报 Chinese daily in Sabah
See Hua Daily News
See Hua Daily News
See Hua Daily News is the largest and best selling Chinese-language daily newspaper on the island of Borneo. It is widely circulated in the Sultanate of Brunei and the Malaysian states of Sarawak and Sabah, all on the northern coast of the island. Headquartered in Kuching, it has a current...

- Chinese daily in Sarawak
Sin Chew Jit Poh
Sin Chew Jit Poh
Sin Chew Daily （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 30 June 2009, Sin Chew Daily has an average daily circulation of some 400,000 copies...

- 星洲日報
United Daily News
United Daily News
The United Daily News is a newspaper published in the Republic of China in both Traditional and Simplified Chinese. It is one of the three biggest newspapers in Taiwan, the other two being the China Times and the Liberty Times.-History:...

- 聯合報 Chinese daily in Sarawak and Brunei (not to be confused with the Chinese daily of same name in Taiwan)

Tamil language

Makkal Osai
Makkal Osai
The Makkal Osai is a Tamil daily newspaper based in Malaysia, one of only three Tamil-language dailies in the country, alongside the Malaysia Nanban and the Tamil Nesan.- Overview :...
Malaysia Nanban
Malaysia Nanban
The Malaysia Nanban is a Tamil daily newspaper based in Malaysia, one of only three Tamil-language dailies in the country, alongside the Makkal Osai and the Tamil Nesan.- Overview :...
Tamil Nesan
Tamil Nesan
The Tamil Nesan is a Tamil newspaper published in Malaysia, and the oldest Tamil newspaper in the country, established in 1924. The first issue was published on September 24, 1924....
Vanakkam Malaysia

Online newspapers

BERNAMA
BERNAMA
BERNAMA is a news agency of the government of Malaysia. It is an autonomous body placed under the Information, Culture and Communications Ministry. It was set up by an Act of Parliament in 1967 and started work on 26 May 1968....
The Malaysian Insider
The Malaysian Insider
The Malaysian Insider is a bilingual news site popular in Malaysia. It has been consistently ranked as one of the top 100 most popular websites in the country with a strong following in Singapore. Alexa ranked The Insider as the 57th most popular website in Malaysia in June 2009...
Malaysiakini
Malaysiakini
Malaysiakini is a political news website published in English, Malay, Chinese and Tamil. Since its launch on November 20, 1999, it has been widely considered to be one of the leading non-government owned paid-news agencies in Malaysia. Compete.com estimates that Malaysiakini now attracts over...
Merdeka Review
Agenda Daily
The Nut Graph
Malaysian Mirror
KL-Today.com

Defunct newspapers

Shin Min Daily News
Shin Min Daily News
Shin Min Daily News is a Singapore Chinese-language afternoon newspaper currently published by Singapore Press Holdings...

- Malaysia's first Chinese-language tabloid newspaper, publication ceased in 1994
Straits Echo
Sunday Mail - replaced by the Weekend Mail
Weekend Mail - successor of the Sunday Mail, but was indefinitely suspended in 2006

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