Philippines Daily Express

It was founded on May 9, 1972,{{cite web | url=http://manilastandard.net/showbitz/175429/daily-express-reunion-on-may-9.html | title=Daily Express reunion on May 9 | website=Manila Standard|date=April 22, 2015}}{{cite web | url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2013/05/14/941749/daily-express-41st-reunion | title=Daily Express 41st reunion | website=The Philippine Star|date=May 14, 2013|last=Orosa|first=Rosalinda}} by entrepreneur and Marcos crony Roberto Benedicto.{{Cite book |title=Some are smarter than others : the history of Marcos' crony capitalism |last=Ricardo. |first=Manapat |date=1991 |publisher=Aletheia Publications |isbn=9719128704 |location=New York |oclc=28428684}}{{Cite web|title=The Fall of the Dictatorship|url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/featured/the-fall-of-the-dictatorship/|access-date=September 21, 2021|website=Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines|language=en-US}} The newspaper was re-opened a few days after Marcos declared martial law, wherein most media and newspaper outlets who were critical against the latter were closed and taken over by the military.{{Cite news|url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/817651/september-1972-recalling-the-last-days-and-hours-of-democracy|title=September 1972: Recalling the last days and hours of democracy|last=Generalao|first=Kate Pedroso, Minerva|access-date=May 31, 2018|language=en}} Benedicto assigned Enrique Romualdez, a relative of first lady Imelda Marcos, as chief editor of the paper to ensure that it held the views of the regime.{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}} According to Romualdez, he made sure that the Philippine Daily Express published stories favorable to Ferdinand Marcos.{{Cite web |last=Pinlac |first=Melanie |date=2007-09-01 |title=Marcos and the Press |url=https://cmfr-phil.org/media-ethics-responsibility/ethics/marcos-and-the-press/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160206161648/https://cmfr-phil.org/media-ethics-responsibility/ethics/marcos-and-the-press/ |archive-date=February 6, 2016 |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility |language=en}}

Other newspapers were eventually allowed to operate, though these were closely watched by government censors. Philippine Daily Express, on the other hand, was not inspected by censors since it was already controlled by the Marcos administration. Enriquez also said that they were able to practice self-censorship at the Philippine Daily Express.

After the EDSA People Power Revolution in 1986, which signaled the end of Marcos regime, most of the assets owned by Marcos's cronies were sequestered by the government under Aquino administration, including Daily Express.{{Cite journal |last=Rosario-Braid |first=Florangel |last2=Tuazon |first2=Ramon R. |date=2000 |title=Post-EDSA Communication Media |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/42634351 |journal=Philippine Studies |volume=48 |issue=1 |pages=3 |issn=0031-7837}} The newspaper ceased publication in 1987.

• Journalism during the Marcos dictatorship
• Censorship in the Philippines § Martial law period
• Ferdinand Marcos's cult of personality § Control of mass media
• Cronies of Ferdinand Marcos § Roberto Benedicto
• Monopolies in the Philippines (1965–1986) § Publishing

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