# List of newspapers in Singapore

The following is a list of newspapers in Singapore.

## In circulation
### Singapore's major daily newspapers

| Newspaper | Language | Publisher | Format | Founded |
| Berita Harian | Singaporean Malay | SPH Media | Daily broadsheet | 1 July 1957; 67 years ago (1 July 1957) |
| Lianhe Zaobao (联合早报) | Standard Singaporean Mandarin | SPH Media | Daily broadsheet | 6 September 1923; 101 years ago (1923-09-06) (as Nanyang Siang Pau (南洋商报)) 15 January 1929; 96 years ago (1929-01-15) (as Sin Chew Jit Poh (星洲日报)) |
| Tamil Murasu (தமிழ் முரசு) | Singaporean Tamil | SPH Media | daily broadsheet | 2 May 1936; 88 years ago (2 May 1936) |
| The Business Times | Singapore English | SPH Media | Financial daily broadsheet | 1 October 1976; 48 years ago (1 October 1976) |
| The Straits Times (The Straits Times and Singapore Journal of Commerce) | Singapore English | SPH Media | Daily broadsheet | 15 July 1845; 179 years ago (1845-07-15) (as The Straits Times and Singapore Journal of Commerce) |
| Financial Times (London Financial Guide) | London English and Singapore English | The Financial Times Ltd (via Nikkei) | Financial daily broadsheet | 9 January 1888; 137 years ago (9 January 1888) based in London (as London Financial Guide) |
| The Wall Street Journal | New York City English and Singapore English | News Corp (via Dow Jones & Company) | Financial daily broadsheet | 8 July 1889; 135 years ago (8 July 1889) based in Manhattan, New York City |
| The Guardian (The Manchester Guardian) | London English and Singapore English | Scott Trust Limited's Guardian Media Group | Daily broadsheet | 5 May 1921; 103 years ago (5 May 1921) based in London (as The Manchester Guardian, renamed The Guardian in 1959) |
| The New York Times | New York City English and Singapore English | The New York Times Company | Daily broadsheet | 18 September 1851; 173 years ago (18 September 1851) based in Manhattan, New York City |

### Secondary newspaper

| Newspaper | Language | Publisher | Format | Founded | Average daily circulation (2013) | Average daily circulation (2016) |
| zbCOMMA (早报逗号) | Chinese | SPH Media | weekly tabloid | 1 January 1994; 31 years ago (1 January 1994) | 54,400 | 40,400 |
| Good Paper | English | | "Social Causes" online, free quarterly print and e-copy tabloid | 21 January 2011; 13 years ago (21 January 2011) | 15,000 (print) | |
| Shin Min Daily News (新明日报) | Chinese | SPH Media | general daily broadsheet | 18 March 1967; 57 years ago (18 March 1967) | 130,600 | 100,300 (print + digital) |
| tabla! | English | SPH Media | general free weekly tabloid | 10 October 2008; 16 years ago (10 October 2008) | 30,000 | |
| The New Paper | English | SPH Media | free general daily tabloid | 26 July 1988; 36 years ago (26 July 1988) | 85,600 | 113,300 |
| Thumbs Up (大拇指) | Chinese | | general weekly tabloid | 15 January 2000; 25 years ago (15 January 2000) | 27,500 | 21,200 |
| WEEKENDER | English | | lifestyle free home delivered weekly broadsheet | 1 October 2012; 12 years ago (1 October 2012) | 230,000 weekly | |
| TGIF Papers | English | | general free weekly tabloid | 1 January 2013; 12 years ago (1 January 2013) | 50,000 (200,000 monthly) | |
| Pravasi Express | English and Malayalam | Pravasi Publications | general fortnightly tabloid | 15 July 2012; 12 years ago (15 July 2012) | 7,000 (200,000 online) | |
| The Life News | English | | National Fortnightly (digital) and a facsimile of Parent edition The Life News, Australia National Edition and The Life News Ltd UK. tabloid | | (20,000 online) | |

## Defunct papers

The Singapore Tiger Standard, an English morning daily newspaper, was accused as "anti-Merdeka" by S. Rajaratnam, and was closed in 1959 after the People's Action Party came to power.
In 1971, the Government crackdown on newspapers perceived to be under foreign influence or with subversive tendencies; saw the closing of The Eastern Sun and The Singapore Herald. Editorial executives of Nanyang Siang Pau, which was accused of propagating "Chinese ethnic chauvinism", had been ordered detained without trial for a period of two years, and publication of The Chinese Daily was briefly halted.

### English language

* Comrade (1946)
* Daily Advertiser (1890–1894)
* Democrat (1946)
* Eastern Daily Mail (1905–1906)
* Eastern News (1940 - 1941)
* Eastern Sun (closed in 1971 for allegation on receiving money from communist intelligence from Hong Kong)
* Free Press
* Indian Daily Mail (1946–1956)
* Malacca Observer
* Malay Daily Chronicle
* Malaya Tribune
* Malayan Saturday Post Illustrated
* Malayan Saturday Review
* Mid-Day Herald and Daily Advertiser
* Morning Tribune
* New Nation
* Penang Guardian and Mercantile Avertiser
* Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle
* Project Eyeball (folded on 1 January 2002, less than two years after its release)
* Reporter's Advertiser
* Shipping Gazette
* Singapore & F.M.S. Weekly Advertiser
* Singapore Chronicle and Commercial Register
* Singapore Chronicle (1824–1837)
* Singapore Daily News
* Singapore Daily Times
* Singapore Herald (1939 - 1941)
* Singapore Herald (closed in 1971)
* Singapore Monitor
* Singapore Nippo
* Singapore Tiger Standard or Singapore Standard (1950–1959)
* Singapore Weekly Herald
* Straits Advocate
* Straits Budget
* Straits Echo
* Straits Guardian
* Straits Intelligence (1883–1886)
* Straits Mail
* Straits Maritime Journal and General News
* Straits Produce
* Straits Telegraph and Daily Advertiser
* Straits-Chinese Herald
* Streats (merged with Today on 1 January 2005)
* Sunday Mirror
* Syonan Shimbun
* Syonan Shimbun Fortnightly
* The Singapore Free Press (1835–1962)
* Today (2000–2024)
* Weekend TODAY
* Weekly Sun
* "My Paper" (merged with "The New Paper" on 1 December 2016)

### Chinese language

* Chong Shing Yit Pao (中興日報) – established on 20 August 1907; disestablished in 1910. The newspaper was founded and operated by members of the Tongmenghui and was aimed at promoting the 1911 Xinhai Revolution in China. The members responsible for the newspaper were Tan Chor Lam, Teo Eng Hock and Chan Po-yin. The daily distribution involved 1,000 copies.
* Friday Weekly (星期5周报) – established on 21 February 1991; disestablished on 7 January 2009 as zbCOMMA. The newspaper is targeted at secondary school students.
* Lat Pau (1881–1932)
* Lianhe Wanbao (联合晚报) – established on 16 March 1983; disestablished on 24 December 2021. Merged with Shin Min Daily News (新明日报).
* Nanyang Siang Pau (南洋商报) – established on 6 September 1923; disestablished on 16 March 1983 as Lianhe Zaobao and Lianhe Wanbao
* Nan Chiau Jit Pao
* Sin Chew Jit Poh (星洲日报) – established on 15 January 1929; disestablished on 16 March 1983 as Lianhe Zaobao and Lianhe Wanbao
* Sin Kuo Min Jit Poh
* Sing Po
* The Union Times (1906–1948)
* Thien Nan Shin Pao (1898–1905)
* Xiao Xian Zhong
* Xin Li Bao
* Ye Deng Bao
* Zhaonan Ribao (1942–1945)

### Tamil language

* Singai Nesan (1887–1889)

### Malay language

* Lembang Malaya
* Jawi Peranakkan (1876–1895)
* Nujum Al-Fajar
* Sekolah Melayu
* Warta Ahad
* Warta Jenaka
* Warta Malaya