Utusan Malaysia
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Front page of Utusan Malaysia on 23 May 2015
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | The Utusan Group |
| Founder(s) | Yusof Ishak |
| Editor | Mohd Hassan Mohd. Noor |
| Editor-in-chief | Abdul Aziz Ishak |
| Deputy editor | Rosmanizam Abdullah Zulkefli Hamzah Arffin Nordin |
| News editor | Rozaman Ismail Zulkiflee Bakar Marzuki Yusoff Zulkifli Jalil Rosni Hassan Ramli Abdul Karim Mohd Ridzwan Md Iman Muhammad Nizam Abdul Hamid |
| Founded | 1939 (as Utusan Melayu) 1 September 1967 (as Utusan Malaysia) |
| Political alignment | Pro-government |
| Language | Malay and English |
| Headquarters | No. 44, Jalan Utusan, Off Jalan Chan Sow Lin, 55200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Country | Malaysia |
| Circulation | 154,776 (daily) 336,233 (Mingguan Malaysia) 4,084 (daily E-paper) 4,035 (Mingguan Malaysia E-paper) *Source: Audit Bureau of Circulations, Malaysia - July to December 2015 |
| OCLC number | 9786722 |
| Website | www |
| Free online archives | ww1 |
Utusan Malaysia (literally translated from Malay to English as "The Malaysian Courier") is a Malay-language newspaper published in Malaysia. Distinctive for its blue masthead as its logo and trademark, Utusan Malaysia was first published in Jawi in 1939. Utusan Malaysia became an influential medium for the people to voice out their opinions towards the ruling of the British Government in Malaya.
Utusan Malaysia traces its roots to 1939 when it was first published as Utusan Melayu, with its address at Queen Street, Singapore. It was founded by Yusof Ishak, who later became the first President of Singapore, and Abdul Rahim Kajai, dubbed the father of Malay journalism. It temporarily suspended publication during the Japanese occupation of Malaya and Singapore. The newspaper moved its headquarters to Cecil Street in 1945, and in 1959 relocated to Kuala Lumpur.
In 1961 its workers staged a strike against the newspaper's impending takeover by the ruling United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), amid concerns over Utusan's independence. The acquisition took place despite the protests, and Utusan Malaysia has been the unofficial party organ for UMNO ever since.
Utusan Malaysia started publication on 1 September 1967, being a romanised version for Utusan Melayu and daily edition of Mingguan Malaysia. Mingguan Malaysia published 2 years earlier, on 30 August 1964.
In 1997, the Group made its entry into the world of multimedia with the launch of "Utusan Malaysia On-Line", Malaysia's first Online Newspaper in full text and visuals. The service provided, in collaboration with Telekom Malaysia, enables pay-subscribers to read exact replicas of the Group's newspapers, including Utusan Malaysia. On 2 July 2001, "Utusan Education Portal" (Portal Pendidikan Utusan) was launched. The free service has received recognition from MIMOS (the "Malaysian Institute of Microelectronic Systems") as one of the top five education websites in Malaysia in 2001.
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