The Bangkok Post
The front page of the Bangkok Post 14 May 2015
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Post Publishing PCL (: POST) |
| Publisher | Kowit Sanandang |
| Editor | Umesh Pandey, Editor |
| Founded | August 1, 1946 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Khlong Toei, Bangkok |
| Circulation | 110,000 |
| Website | www |
The Bangkok Post is a broadsheet English-language daily newspaper published in Bangkok, Thailand. The first issue was sold on 1 August 1946. It had four pages and cost 1 baht, a considerable amount at the time when a baht was a paper note. With a 71-year history, it is Thailand's oldest newspaper in any language (Thailand's newspaper in its official language, Thai Rath, began publishing in 1962, but the history of the newspaper began in 1950).
Bangkok Post's daily circulation is 110,000, 80 percent distributed in Bangkok and the remainder nationwide. As of January 2017[update] the editor of the Post is Umesh Pandey.
The Bangkok Post was founded by Alexander MacDonald, a former OSS officer, and his Thai associate, Prasit Lulitanond. Thailand at the time was the only Southeast Asian country to have a Soviet Embassy. The U.S. embassy felt it needed an independent, but generally pro-American newspaper to counter Soviet views. Some claim the financing came directly from the US State Department or possibly even the OSS itself, although there is no proof of this.
Nevertheless, under MacDonald's stewardship, the Bangkok Post was reasonably independent and employed many young newsmen, including Peter Arnett and T. D. Allman, who later became known internationally. Alex MacDonald left Thailand after a military coup in the early 1950s, and the newspaper was later led by Roy, Lord Thomson. The paper has since changed hands. Major shareholders in Post Publishing include the Chirathivat family (owners of Central Group), the South China Morning Post of Hong Kong and GMM Grammy Pcl, Thailand's biggest media and entertainment company.
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