Streats

{{Short description|Former newspaper in Singapore}}

{{Infobox Newspaper

| name = Streats

| type = Free daily newspaper

| format = Broadsheet

| owners = Singapore Press Holdings

| publisher = Singapore Press Holdings

| editor = Walter Fernandez

| language = English

| foundation = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2000|9|4}}

| ceased publication = {{End date and age|df=yes|2004|12|31}}

| headquarters = Level 7, SPH Media Centre
82 Genting Lane
Singapore 349567

}}

Streats was an English-language broadsheet daily newspaper in Singapore. It launched in 2000, and ceased publishing in 2004 after being merged into Today.

History

Streats was launched on 4{{Nbsp}}September 2000 by Singapore Press Holdings (SPH).{{Cite web |date=4 September 2000 |title=Commuters Take to Streats |url=https://sph.com.sg/media_releases/19 |access-date=4 May 2019 |website=SPH}} On 8 March 2004, Streats launched an afternoon edition. It provided financial and sports news, and was given out in selected locations of the business district.{{Cite web |url=https://corporate.sph.com.sg/media_releases/111 |title=Streats Launches Afternoon Edition |website=SPH |date=8 March 2004 |access-date=21 June 2021}}

In September 2004, SPH announced that it would sell its two SPH MediaWorks television channels to MediaCorp, publisher of Streats' main competitor Today. As part of the agreement, SPH also acquired 40% and 20% shares in MediaCorp's publishing and MediaCorp TV Holdings divisions, and Streats ceased publication.{{cite web |date=18 September 2004 |title=Media rivals strike deal to curb losses |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes20040918-1.2.2 |access-date=14 September 2023 |website=The Straits Times (retrieved from NLB)}}{{cite web |date=18 September 2004 |title=DETAILS OF THE DEAL: |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/today20040918-1.2.4 |access-date=14 September 2023 |website=Today (retrieved from NLB)}}

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