The Sun (Malaysia)
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Sun Media Corporation Sdn. Bhd. (Berjaya Media Group) |
| Managing editors | Freddie Ng |
| News editor | Annie Freeda Cruez |
| Sports editor | Navjeet Singh |
| Photo editor | Raj Kumar Soman |
| Founded | 1 June 1993 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia |
| Circulation | 306,249 copies. (as of January-June 2015) |
| Website | www |
The Sun (branded as theSun) 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.
It is published by Sun Media Corporation Sdn Bhd, which is part of the Berjaya Media Group (formerly known as Nexnews Berhad). theSun was launched on 1 June 1993, which was originally The Sun. It stopped publication on 30 June 1994, for a revamp, and resumed a month later. It became a free newspaper in 2002. Home delivery is available at RM0.30.
Audited circulation figures by Audit Bureau of Circulations Malaysia for January-June 2015, theSun is the highest circulated English newspaper, with a circulation of 306,249.
Sun Media Corporation Sdn Bhd (SMCSB) was incorporated in Malaysia under the Act on 19 July 1991 as a private limited company under the name of Fikiran Abadi Sdn Bhd. On 8 December 1994, it changed its name to Sun Media Group Sdn Bhd before assuming its present name on 22 August 1998.
The principal activity of SMCSB is the publication of theSun newspaper, an English language national daily that was launched in 1993. On 8 April 2002, theSun newspaper was relaunched as a free national daily.
On 4 March 2008, Berjaya Corporation Berhad acquired a substantial stake from the holding company, Nexnews Berhad, and consequently SMCSB has been announced to be a subsidiary of Berjaya Corporation Berhad. On 23 April 2008, Nexnews Berhad changed its name to Berjaya Media Berhad.
theSun covers national and international news as well as sports, property, media & marketing and lifestyle & entertainment. It has been redesigned with plenty of news briefs to cater to the reading habits of busy executives - the paper's target audience.
theSun weekend was launched in the weekend of 15–16 May 2004, a revamp of its Saturday issue. It was however discontinued in March 2006 as it is not consistent with the free paper model.
As of 2010, theSun prints and distributes 300,512 copies a day to approximately 3,337 targeted distribution points, called SunSpots (office buildings, condominiums, LRT stations, fast food outlets), primarily in the Klang Valley, also known as Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan Area. People can also get a copy of theSun in almost all Malaysian 7-Eleven stores or pay a newsvendor to deliver the paper to homes. The paper's circulation is audited by the Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC).
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