The Borneo Post

The Borneo Post
	Front page on 22 August 2009
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Berliner
Publisher	Borneo Post Sdn Bhd
Founded	1978
Language	English
Headquarters	Crown Tower 88, Jalan Pending; 93450 Kuching, Sarawak
Country	Malaysia
Circulation	65,990 (daily); 22,971 (Sabah version); 70,073 (The Sunday Post) (as of January-June 2015)[1]
Sister newspapers	Utusan Borneo; See Hua Daily News
OCLC number	488800331
Website	www.theborneopost.com
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The Borneo Post, established in 1978, is the largest and widest read English newspaper daily in East Malaysia.[2] In June 2018, Reuters Institute's Digital News Report 2018 ranked The Borneo Post third in terms of brand trust of users of the brand behind first placed Astro Awani and international news website Yahoo! News.[3]

Overview

The Borneo Post was established in 1978. In 2007, the news portal website was launched to capture a larger pool of younger readers. The newspaper has five printing plants located throughout Sarawak and Sabah.[2] The newspaper is printed daily in Kuching, Sibu, Miri, Kota Kinabalu and Lahad Datu.[4]

Circulation

Audited circulation figures by Audit Bureau of Circulations Malaysia for January-June 2015, the newspaper is the highest circulated English newspaper in Sarawak, with a circulation of 65,990 (daily) and 70,073 (the Sunday Post).[1] For the same period, the Sabah edition of the newspaper reached a circulation of 22,971 copies.[5]

Sister Publications

The Borneo Post has two sister publications; Utusan Borneo and See Hua Daily News.[2]

Utusan Borneo

Utusan Borneo is a Malay-Iban (for the Sabah edition, it is bilingual in Malay and Kadazan-Dusun language) newspaper published by Harian Borneo Post Sdn Bhd.[6] Based on audited circulation figures by Audit Bureau of Circulations Malaysia for January-June 2015,daily circulation for the Utusan Borneo (Sarawak) of 36,251 copies in Sarawak.[1] It is the highest circulated Malay newspaper in Sarawak and one of the top circulating local newspapers in Sabah.

Features

The Borneo Post Seeds- a section to cater issues related to youth readers.
BAT5 - Borneo Post Adventure Team. The team travels across Sarawak and share with the readers on interesting places that they have encountered.

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2017	Malaysian National News Agency's (Bernama) Golden Jubilee	Special Award for Loyal Bernama Customers (Media)	"The Borneo Post"	Won[7]
2019	Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) Media Awards	Print Media and News Portal	A four-part-feature on the Papar Dam[lower-alpha 1] by Neil Brian Joseph	Second Place[8]
2019	Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) Media Awards	Print Media and News Portal	"Mediation usually suggested in construction disputes" by Mariah Airiens Doksil	Third Place[8]

Four-part feature titled "RM170 to address NRW", "Amicable solution to address environmentalists' concerns on proposed Papar Dam", "Dams have to be built" and "Papar Dam to supply water, power to West Coast".

gollark: How is a car more convenient than trains? You have to manually drive it.

gollark: I could buy a moderately nice laptop at that price. I may just have weirdly skewed notions of value.

gollark: I think America's transport dynamics are affected a lot by it just being very big and not dense.

gollark: They're very different languages, despite the names.

gollark: They just tacked piles of features on with no regard for how they fit together.

References

"Geographical Distribution - Sarawak" (PDF). Audit Bureau of Circulations Malaysia. 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
"The Borneo Post". Audit Bureau of Circulations Malaysia. 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
"Readers rank The Borneo Post third for trustworthiness". The Borneo Post. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
"Advertisement Rates" (PDF). Lins Ad. January 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
"Geographical Distribution - Sabah" (PDF). Audit Bureau of Circulations Malaysia. 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
"Utusan Borneo". Audit Bureau of Circulations Malaysia. 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
"The Borneo Post, See Hua Daily News receive award". The Borneo Post. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
"CIDB Recognises 12 Media Practitioners In Sabah For Construction Sector Reporting" (PDF). CIDB Malaysia. 22 November 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2019.

External links

Official website

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[8] Four-part feature titled "RM170 to address NRW", "Amicable solution to address environmentalists' concerns on proposed Papar Dam", "Dams have to be built" and "Papar Dam to supply water, power to West Coast".

[abcm2015-1] "Geographical Distribution - Sarawak" (PDF). Audit Bureau of Circulations Malaysia. 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016.

[abcmProfile-2] "The Borneo Post". Audit Bureau of Circulations Malaysia. 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016.

[trustworthy-3] "Readers rank The Borneo Post third for trustworthiness". The Borneo Post. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2019.

[frequency-4] "Advertisement Rates" (PDF). Lins Ad. January 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2018.

[abcm2015sabah-5] "Geographical Distribution - Sabah" (PDF). Audit Bureau of Circulations Malaysia. 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016.

[abcmUtusanBorneo-6] "Utusan Borneo". Audit Bureau of Circulations Malaysia. 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016.

[bernamagoldenjubilee-7] "The Borneo Post, See Hua Daily News receive award". The Borneo Post. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.

[cidb2019-9] "CIDB Recognises 12 Media Practitioners In Sabah For Construction Sector Reporting" (PDF). CIDB Malaysia. 22 November 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2019.