Malaya (newspaper)
{{Short description|Broadsheet newspaper in the Philippines}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| name = Malaya
| logo = Malaya News logo.svg
| image = Malaya front page on June 26, 2015.jpg
| caption = The front page of Malaya on June 26, 2015
| type = Daily newspaper
| format = Broadsheet
| language = English (since 1983)
Filipino (1981-1982)
| foundation = {{start date and age|1983|1|31}}
| owners = People's Independent Media, Inc.
| political = Centre
| headquarters = Chinese Commercial Bldg., 652 Sto. Tomas Street, Intramuros, Manila, Philippines
| sister newspapers =
| founder = Jose Burgos, Jr.
| publisher = Amado P. Macasaet
| president = Allen A. Macasaet
| editor = Enrique P. Romualdez (Executive Editor)
| maneditor = {{unbulleted list|Ma. Teresa A. Molina|Jimmy A. Cantor (Deputy)}}
| assoceditor = Irma Isip
| chiefeditor =
| ISSN = 0115-8104
| oclc = 28607159
| RNI =
| website = {{URL|http://www.malaya.com.ph|malaya.com.ph}}
| publishing_city = Manila
| publishing_country = Philippines
| circulation = 80,000 (2012){{cite web |url=https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2013%20PY_Communications.pdf|title=Communications|work=Philippine Yearbook 2013|publisher=Philippine Statistics Authority|location=Manila, Philippines|access-date=November 17, 2022}}
}}
Malaya, originally named Ang Pahayagang Malaya ("The Free Newspaper" in Filipino),{{Cite news |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2003/11/22/228853/veteran-journalist-jose-burgos-jr-laid-rest-today |title=Veteran journalist Jose Burgos Jr. laid to rest today |date=2003-11-22 |work=The Philippine Star |access-date=2019-01-28}} is a broadsheet newspaper in the Philippines, headquartered at Intramuros, Manila, and owned by People's Independent Media Inc. The newspaper is known for being one of the publications that fought against the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos.
The newspaper also publishes a business section called the Malaya Business Insight which is placed before the actual Malaya.
History
= Under Jose Burgos, Jr. =
The newspaper's name was derived from the Filipino word that means "free". In 1981, Malaya was founded by Jose Burgos, Jr.{{cite web |url=http://www.mb.com.ph/node/306130/heroe |title=Heroes of EDSA People Power 1 |author=Teddy Montelibano |date=24 February 2011 |publisher=Manila Bulletin |access-date=26 May 2011}} as a weekly, and later daily written in the Tagalog language. It eventually began publishing content in English language in 1983, when President Ferdinand Marcos closed down WE Forum, a sister publication of Malaya. It continued to fight the administration of Marcos during its last years in power. During the events that lead to Marcos' ouster, Malaya published one million copies daily, a feat never been done before in the history of newspaper publishing in the Philippines.{{cite web |url=http://verafiles.org/main/focus/edsa-1-as-seen-by-two-journalists-with-alternative-press/ |title=EDSA 1 as seen by two journalists with alternative press |author=Ariel Sebellino |date=24 February 2011 |publisher=Manila Bulletin |access-date=26 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110322101515/http://verafiles.org/main/focus/edsa-1-as-seen-by-two-journalists-with-alternative-press/ |archive-date=22 March 2011 |url-status=dead }}
== Marcos dictatorship ==
Among the journalists who wrote for Malaya during this time included{{Cite web |date=2023-06-02 |title=Martyrs and Heroes: Chit Estella Simbulan |url=https://bantayogngmgabayani.org/bayani/chit-estella-simbulan/ |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=Bantayog ng mga Bayani |language=en-US}} Chuchay Fernandez, Joel Paredes, Chit Estella, Ellen Tordesillas, Rita Festin, Desiree Carlos, Joel Saracho, and Estelita "Esty" Juco.{{Cite web |date=2023-06-11 |title=Martyrs and Heroes: Estelita Juco |url=https://bantayogngmgabayani.org/bayani/estelita-juco/ |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=Bantayog ng mga Bayani |language=en-US}}https://bantayogngmgabayani.org/bayani/estelita-juco/
= Under Amado Macasaet =
After the EDSA Revolution, Amado P. Macasaet, veteran journalist and then Business Editor of Malaya, became the new owner of Malaya. Macasaet also owned two tabloids, Abante and Abante Tonite.
References
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External links
- [http://www.malaya.com.ph/ Malaya Online]
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Category:English-language newspapers published in the Philippines
Category:Newspapers established in 1981
Category:1981 establishments in the Philippines
Category:National newspapers published in the Philippines
Category:Newspapers published in Metro Manila
Category:Companies based in Manila
Category:Daily newspapers published in the Philippines
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