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On 15 June 1999, the Singapore International Media group of companies restructured as the Media Corporation of Singapore (MediaCorp). The new name was created to avoid confusion with the Singapore Institute of Management. There were unfounded rumours of a merger between TCS and STV12, which were denied by Richard Tan. [165]
The mass media in Singapore refers to mass communication methods through broadcasting, publishing, and the Internet available in the city-state. Singapore's media environment is a duopoly between two major conglomorates— Mediacorp , a public broadcaster controlled by state-owned conglomerate Temasek , and SPH Media .
CNA (an initialism of Channel NewsAsia) is a Singapore-based multinational news channel owned by Mediacorp, the country's state-owned media conglomerate.The network is broadcast in Singapore on free-to-air terrestrial television and Mediacorp's streaming service meWatch, and is distributed internationally via television providers in the Asia–Pacific, as well as streaming and free ad ...
AP Television News is the video division of the Associated Press. It provides many of the world's broadcasters with a round-the-clock continuous feed of news, sports, entertainment and feature video content. Associated Press Television News Ltd. is a UK corporation owned and controlled by the Associated Press.
On 15 June 1999, Singapore International Media formally privatisation (or privatized), restructured, and reorganized again into Media Corporation of Singapore (Mediacorp Singapore). The new name was created to avoid confusion with the Singapore Institute of Management .
Founded in 1835 as Agence Havas, and changing its name in 1944, Agence France-Presse (AFP) is the world's oldest news agency, and is the third largest news agency in the modern world after the Associated Press (AP) and Reuters. [1] Founded in 1846, Associated Press was founded in New York in the U.S. as a not-for-profit news agency.
Several artistes, news anchors, and presenters were transferred to MediaCorp, including former employees of MediaCorp’s predecessors, Television Corporation of Singapore and Television Twelve. In print media, several newspaper operations were merged under MediaCorp Press Ltd., with SPH acquiring a 40% share in Today.
It was the second-most-read English-language newspaper in Singapore, after The Straits Times. [9] In April 2017, Today discontinued its weekend edition, publishing only on weekdays. In September, it then ceased print publication of its weekday edition, continuing as a digital publication only. [10] SPH concurrently divested its stakes in ...