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Utusan Malaysia
Utusan Malaysia (Jawi: اوتوسن مليسيا; English: The Malaysian Tribune or simply Utusan) is a Malaysian Malay language daily newspaper headquartered outside Kuala Lumpur. Formerly owned by the Utusan Group, the newspaper is currently owned by Media Mulia.
Distinctive for its blue masthead as its logo and trademark, Utusan Malaysia is the oldest Malay-language newspaper in Malaysia. It was first published in Jawi in 1939 and became an influential medium for people to voice their opinions against British colonial rule in Malaya. In 2018, the newspaper shifted its size from broadsheet to a tabloid format.
In recent years, Utusan Malaysia went through a critical business period as its daily circulation and readership continued to decline, along with the deteriorating cash flow of its former parent company. Despite initial reports that the newspaper and its sister papers Mingguan Malaysia, Kosmo!, and Kosmo! Ahad would be shutting down in mid-August 2019, the newspaper's publisher Utusan Group announced that they would continue publishing after receiving a RM$1.6 million cash injection from the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO).
Though Utusan ceased operations on 9 October 2019, it was subsequently reported that the newspaper would resume publication on 1 November 2019 after Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary's Aurora Mulia acquired a majority stake in Utusan's wholly owned subsidiary Dilof Sdn Bhd. However, the anticipated publication did not materialise. In response to the closure of the newspaper, the Minister of Entrepreneur Development, Redzuan Yusof, announced that Utusan Malaysia would come back in 2020 and it formally relaunched on 20 July.
Utusan Malaysia was first published as Utusan Melayu in 1939, with its address at Queen Street, Singapore. It was founded by Malay Union member and businessman Ambo Sooloh plus journalists Yusof Ishak and Abdul Rahim Kajai as a dedicated print owned by native Malayan Malays back when the Malay-language newspaper industry was dominated by Jawi Peranakans and Arabs (like the Alsagoffs). It temporarily suspended publication during the Japanese occupation of Malaya and Singapore, where it was merged with Warta Malaya to form Berita Malai. The newspaper moved its headquarters to Cecil Street, Singapore in 1945, and in 1959 relocated to Kuala Lumpur.
On 20 July 1961, all 115 editorial staff conducted a strike in protest of the appointment of former UMNO Informations Chief Ibrahim Fikri as Utusan's new editor-in-chief replacing the incumbent Sa'ad Zahari under fears that the former would sway their editorial stance to favour his party and its Alliance coalition as a whole.
The paper was rebranded as Utusan Malaysia started publication on 1 September 1967, being a romanised version for Utusan Melayu and daily edition of Mingguan Malaysia. Mingguan Malaysia published 3 years earlier, on 30 August 1964.
In 1997, the Group made its entry into the world of multimedia with the launch of Utusan Malaysia Online (or Utusan Online for short), 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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Utusan Malaysia
Utusan Malaysia (Jawi: اوتوسن مليسيا; English: The Malaysian Tribune or simply Utusan) is a Malaysian Malay language daily newspaper headquartered outside Kuala Lumpur. Formerly owned by the Utusan Group, the newspaper is currently owned by Media Mulia.
Distinctive for its blue masthead as its logo and trademark, Utusan Malaysia is the oldest Malay-language newspaper in Malaysia. It was first published in Jawi in 1939 and became an influential medium for people to voice their opinions against British colonial rule in Malaya. In 2018, the newspaper shifted its size from broadsheet to a tabloid format.
In recent years, Utusan Malaysia went through a critical business period as its daily circulation and readership continued to decline, along with the deteriorating cash flow of its former parent company. Despite initial reports that the newspaper and its sister papers Mingguan Malaysia, Kosmo!, and Kosmo! Ahad would be shutting down in mid-August 2019, the newspaper's publisher Utusan Group announced that they would continue publishing after receiving a RM$1.6 million cash injection from the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO).
Though Utusan ceased operations on 9 October 2019, it was subsequently reported that the newspaper would resume publication on 1 November 2019 after Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary's Aurora Mulia acquired a majority stake in Utusan's wholly owned subsidiary Dilof Sdn Bhd. However, the anticipated publication did not materialise. In response to the closure of the newspaper, the Minister of Entrepreneur Development, Redzuan Yusof, announced that Utusan Malaysia would come back in 2020 and it formally relaunched on 20 July.
Utusan Malaysia was first published as Utusan Melayu in 1939, with its address at Queen Street, Singapore. It was founded by Malay Union member and businessman Ambo Sooloh plus journalists Yusof Ishak and Abdul Rahim Kajai as a dedicated print owned by native Malayan Malays back when the Malay-language newspaper industry was dominated by Jawi Peranakans and Arabs (like the Alsagoffs). It temporarily suspended publication during the Japanese occupation of Malaya and Singapore, where it was merged with Warta Malaya to form Berita Malai. The newspaper moved its headquarters to Cecil Street, Singapore in 1945, and in 1959 relocated to Kuala Lumpur.
On 20 July 1961, all 115 editorial staff conducted a strike in protest of the appointment of former UMNO Informations Chief Ibrahim Fikri as Utusan's new editor-in-chief replacing the incumbent Sa'ad Zahari under fears that the former would sway their editorial stance to favour his party and its Alliance coalition as a whole.
The paper was rebranded as Utusan Malaysia started publication on 1 September 1967, being a romanised version for Utusan Melayu and daily edition of Mingguan Malaysia. Mingguan Malaysia published 3 years earlier, on 30 August 1964.
In 1997, the Group made its entry into the world of multimedia with the launch of Utusan Malaysia Online (or Utusan Online for short), 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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