Singapore Press Holdings Limited (SPH) (Chinese: ) is a media organisation in Singapore with businesses in print, Internet and new media, television and radio, outdoor media, and property. SPH has a team of roughly 1,000 journalists, including correspondents operating around the world.
History
The old SPH logo. Used from 1984 to 2009.
Singapore Press Holdings Limited was formed on August 4, 1984 through a merger of three organisations, the Straits Times Press group, the Singapore News and Publications Limited and Times Publishing Berhad.
In 2009, SPH celebrated its 25th anniversary and, for the first time, changed its corporate logo. The new logo was launched on March 30, 2009 by President S R Nathan and Chairman Tony Tan Keng Yam.
Ownership
- See also: Media in Singapore
Like all newspaper companies in Singapore, SPH is regulated by the Newspaper and Printing Presses Act of 1974, and issues both management and ordinary shares. As specified by the act, all issues and transfers of management shares have to be approved by the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts, and in "any resolution relating to the appointment or dismissal of a director or any member of the staff" the vote of one management share is equivalent to 200 ordinary shares.[1]
There are close ties between the directors of SPH and the Singapore Government. S R Nathan, Director of the Security and Intelligence Division and later President of Singapore, served as SPH's Executive Chairman from 1982 to 1988, and the first President (1995–2002) of SPH was Tjong Yik Min, former chief of the Internal Security Department. The present Chairman of SPH, Tony Tan, was Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore from 1995 to 2005.
Newspapers
In Singapore, SPH publishes seventeen newspapers in four languages: English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil.
English
Chinese
Malay
Tamil
MediaCorp Press
SPH holds a 40 percent stake in MediaCorp Press Ltd which publishes the free newspaper TODAY.
Magazines
SPH Magazines publishes more than 100 magazines titles in Singapore and the region.
- Action Asia
- Asia-Pacific Boating
- AsiaSpa
- China Boating
- Citta Bella
- Eh!
- Female
- Female Brides
- GameAxis Online
- GameAxis/L33T
- Glam
- Golf Digest
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- Hardware Mag
- Her World
- Her World Brides
- Home & Decor
- ICON
- ICON Moments
- Jet Asia Pacific
- LP Luxury Properties
- Marie Claire
- Men’s Health
- Nuyou
- Nuyou Time
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- People At The Peak
- pHing
- Polo
- Seventeen
- Shape
- Simply Her
- The Peak
- The Peak Selections Timepieces
- Torque
- www.hardwarezone.com
- Young Parents
- Young Parents Preschool Guide
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Internet and New Media
SPH's presence on the Internet includes the online editions of its key newspapers, which has more than 150 million page views with 9 million visitors every month.[2] SPH also operates mobile advertising and information service, ZapCode; recruitment and job search service, ST701; STOMP (Straits Times Online Mobile Print) a Web/phone portal; and omy.sg (bilingual news and interactive portal)
Rednano
- See also: Rednano
As part of SPH's push towards the Internet, its local search subsidiary, SPH Search Pte Ltd launched rednano.sg, a localised search and directory engine for Singapore, on 18 March 2008.[3] The site is a joint venture between SPH and Schibsted Group, with SPH holding a 80.1% share.[4]
Broadcasting
MediaCorp TV Holdings
SPH has a business interest in free-to-air television with a 20 percent shareholding in MediaCorp TV Holdings Pte Ltd which operates Channel 5, Channel 8 and Channel U.
SPH UnionWorks
SPH UnionWorks was set up in 2001 as UnionWorks, then a 50-50 joint venture between SPH MediaWorks and NTUC Media. Currently, the company is a 80-20 joint venture, which operates adult contemporary station Radio 91.3 as well as Chinese-language station Radio 1003.
Outdoor Media
SPH MediaBoxOffice
SPH MediaBoxOffice (SPHMBO) is an outdoor motion display advertising network media company with five large LED screens at locations, 400 plasma & LCD screens island wide, and large-format billboards at the heart of the city. In addition, SPH at one time held a 35% stake in TOM Outdoor Media Group, an outdoor advertising company in China, which it then sold for HK$60 million in May 2009. [5]
Properties
SPH owns and manages Paragon, a retail and office complex in the heart of Orchard Road, Singapore's main shopping belt. SPH is also developing Sky@eleven, a 43-storey upmarket residential condominium on its former Times Industrial Building site at Thomson Road.
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