Tamil Murasu

Tamil Murasu
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner(s)	Singapore Press Holdings
Founded	1935
Language	Tamil
Website	tamilmurasu.com.sg

Tamil Murasu is a Singapore based Tamil language newspaper. Launched in 1935 by Thamizhavel G. Sarangapani, Tamil Murasu is Singapore's only Tamil language newspaper. It is one of the sixteen newspapers in Singapore.

Market Coverage[edit]

Readership* 154,000 (Print + Digital)
Circulation^ 16,000 (Mon-Sun)
* Media Nielsen Research Media Index 2013 ^ Average Circulation Jan-Nov 2013

History[edit]

July 1935: Tamil Murasu launched as a weekly tabloid at 1 cent per copy. Becomes a thrice-weekly paper that same year.

1936: Becomes a daily broadsheet.

1952: Student supplement Manavar Murasu is launched.

1963: Labour unrest disrupts operations for the first time since the Japanese Occupation.

1991: Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) takes over distribution of Tamil Murasu.

1993: Hipro Printing, Tamil Murasu's family-owned publisher, is incorporated

1995: SPH and Times Publishing buy Hipro Printing.^[1]

1999: Youth page Ilyar Murasu is launched.

2000: Tamil Murasu webpage is launched.

2004: SPH buys Times Publishing's share of Hipro, making it a wholly owned SPH subsidiary.

2005: Hirpo Printing is renamed Tamil Murasu.

2008: Weekly English tabloid tabla! is launched.

2017: Balar Murasu, a fortnightly supplement for pre-schoolers, is launched. Tamil Murasu becomes part of SPH's English/Malay/Tamil Media Group.

2019: The Tamil Murasu website receives a revamp.

2020: Tamil Murasu celebrates its 85th anniversary.

2021: Tamil Murasu Starts distributing copies of their "Manavar Murasu" Paper to schools in Singapore.

Radio and Television Schedule Listings[edit]

Television[edit]

Mediacorp
- Vasantham
Singtel TV
- KTV
- Colors Tamil
- Asianet
- Asianet Movies
- Gemini Movies
- Gemini TV
- MTV India
- NDTV 24x7
- NDTV Good Times
- NDTV India
- Sony Sab
- Sony Max
- SET
- STAR Bharat
- STAR Gold
- Star Maa
- Star Plus
- Star Vijay
- Star Maa Movies
- Sun Music
- Sun TV
- Surya Movies
- Surya TV
- Times Now
- Zee Cinema
- Zee TV
- Zee Tamil

Radio[edit]

Mediacorp
- Oli 96.8FM

References[edit]

↑ Tommy Thong Bee Koh; Timothy Auger; Jimmy Yap; Wei Chian Ng (2006). Singapore: The Encyclopedia. Continental Sales, Incorporated. p. 533. ISBN 978-981-4155-63-2.

External links[edit]

www.tamilmurasu.com.sg

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[KohAuger2006-1] Tommy Thong Bee Koh; Timothy Auger; Jimmy Yap; Wei Chian Ng (2006). Singapore: The Encyclopedia. Continental Sales, Incorporated. p. 533. ISBN 978-981-4155-63-2.

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