Media Ownership In Malaysia
Introduction with a population of more than 25 million and a land area of approximately 330 000 km malaysia is considered to be one of the new industrialized countries 1.
Media ownership in malaysia. October 18 2017 08 00 am 08. Media prima controls english newspapers such as new straits times and malay mail. Bernama or owned by component parties of the barisan nasional coalition which formed the government until may 2018 e g. International federation of journalists ifj stands with its affiliate the national union of journalists peninsular malaysia nujm in strongly condemning the decision by media prima and calls the company to urgently review its strategy.
Questions raised on media ownership after mass layoffs announced the company said it will downsize by the first quarter of 2020. Ownership of traditional media by the government media prima berhad is a subsidiary media corporation that controls several television networks newspaper and radio stations and is linked to malaysia s ruling party umno. Click tap image to enlarge. Malaysia media control media ownership politics social media 1.
The edge malaysia the edge malaysia. Successful in limiting the economic deluge in media ownership by such a large media corporation. This article first appeared in the edge malaysia weekly on october 16 2017 october 22 2017 a a. However a close scrutiny of malaysia s mass media however would reveal that all is not that rosy given the pattern of media ownership and control the laws governing the media and the political and social environment in the country.
To understand the political milieu of contemporary malaysia we will first provide some brief historical and societal context. The media prima group which is owned by the united malays national organisation. The mass media in malaysia includes television radio newspapers and web based media such as bloggers. Who owns malaysia s public listed media companies.
Situated in southeast asia malaysia is divided into east and west. Media ownership in malaysia 1662 words 7 pages the pattern of media ownership in malaysia monopoly the economics force and the media holds within a definite country are undeniably powerful as the media are literally being consumed by the citizens. How to be charismatic backed by science. Back to school tools to make transitioning to the new year totally seamless.