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The Straits Times

Self-Owned
+4
straitstimes.com
Publishing300+ employeesFounded 1845🇸🇬 Singapore

The Straits Times is the English flagship daily of SPH Media, one of the leading media companies in Asia. Launched on July 15, 1845, its comprehensive coverage of news from home and around the world makes The Straits Times the most-read newspaper in Singapore. Quality news, in-depth analyses, impactful commentaries and breaking stories are packaged to give readers riveting accounts of events in Singapore, the region, and beyond. The most read newspaper in Singapore, both in terms of print and digital, it reaches 1.33 million people every day. The Straits Times' key strength is in its world class coverage of news outside Singapore. With 20 bureaus in major cities around the world, The Straits Times correspondents bring world news to readers on a Singapore platter, helping readers to appreciate world events from a Singaporean perspective.

Founded
1845
Employees
300+
Industry
Publishing
Company type
Self-Owned
Headquarters
🇸🇬1000 Toa Payoh North, Sph News Centre, Singapore, Singapore 318994, Sg (+3)
Specialties
PublishingMedia ProductionJournalism
7 / 7
Active markets
Malaysia · Japan · Hong Kong SAR China
5
New markets
Hong Kong SAR China · Indonesia +3
Medium
Confidence
mostly early signals
-100%
Momentum
vs prior period
63 / 100
Expansion Score
Strong
Stages7Landing
16 signals · Last 90 days

Global expansion

Live
MalaysiaJapanHong Kong SAR China
Stages
ExploringInvestingLandingOperating
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Activity pulse

16 signals in the last 90 days.

Last 90 days
Hiring
0
No activity
Marketing & PR
0
No activity
Product & Tech
0
No activity
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Market entry timeline

The order this company entered each market — oldest to newest

1
🇲🇾Malaysia1st market entered · 2025Advancing
Landing
3 signalsLanding stage
2
🇯🇵Japan2nd market entered · 2025Advancing
Landing
3 signalsLanding stage
3
🇭🇰Hong Kong SAR China3rd market entered · 2026Advancing
Landing
3 signalsLanding stage
+4more marketsLocked
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Current stageLandingSetting up on the ground
Confidence53%Medium
Tracking since2025first signal

Recent signals

Partnership🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR China2mo ago

Visa Sponsors BTS World Tour 'ARIRANG'

Partnership🇰🇷 South Korea2mo ago

Visa Sponsors BTS World Tour 'ARIRANG'

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Quick answers about The Straits Times's business, markets, and growth signals.

The Straits Times is the English flagship daily of SPH Media, one of the leading media companies in Asia. Launched on July 15, 1845, its comprehensive coverage of news from home and around the world makes The Straits Times the most-read newspaper in Singapore. Quality news, in-depth analyses, impactful commentaries and breaking stories are packaged to give readers riveting accounts of events in Singapore, the region, and beyond. The most read newspaper in Singapore, both in terms of print and digital, it reaches 1.33 million people every day. The Straits Times' key strength is in its world class coverage of news outside Singapore. With 20 bureaus in major cities around the world, The Straits Times correspondents bring world news to readers on a Singapore platter, helping readers to appreciate world events from a Singaporean perspective.

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