Daily News (Thai: เดลินิวส์,pronounced [dēː.lī.nīw(s)]) is a Thai-language daily newspaper published in Bangkok and distributed nationwide. It is the second-best selling newspaper in Thailand. It has a circulation in excess of 850,000 copies daily.[2]
History
Daily News was founded by Saeng Hetrakul when he purchased the defunct Krung Thep Daily Mail newspaper (Thai edition of the Bangkok Daily Mail) which has ceased publication in 1932 and relaunched it as Daily Mail Monday (Thai: เดลิเมล์วันจันทร์) it was first published weakly than as a daily. Daily Mail Monday was forced to close down in 1958.
It was refounded as Naewna Hang Yuk Daily News (Thai: แนวหน้าแห่งยุคเดลินิวส์) in 1964 and later shortened it name to just Daily News in 1979.
Footnotes
- ^ The newspaper considers this date as their date of establishment.[1] As it was the date that the paper was refound after bring forced to close down by the order of Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat
References
- ^ "ยิ่งใหญ่! 'เดลินิวส์' ครบรอบ 58 ปี ก้าวสู่ปีที่ 59 อย่างมั่นคง" [Grandiose! 58th anniversary of Daily News, march forward to 59th stably]. Daily News (in Thai). 28 March 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ^ Thongtep, Watchiranont; Pratruangkrai, Petchanet (2016-10-19). "Newspapers covering HM's death become collector's items". The Nation. Archived from the original on 2017-01-10. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
External links
- History of Daily News (in Thai)
- About Daily News