News about media

KUALA LUMPUR (April 30): Malaysian publishing company Blu Inc Media announced is ending both its print and digital publications today, effective immediately.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 29): Local Chinese-language newspaper Oriental Daily will only be printing on weekdays from May 1 onwards, and will also be reducing its newsstand price from RM1.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 22): Liew Chin Tong has called on the government to consider emulating Australia to compel Google and Facebook to pay media outlets for news content, Malaysiakini reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 15): A now-deleted political Facebook post on the Health Ministry's official page has caused a storm, with many saying the ministry should remain neutral and apolitical, Malaysiakini reported yesterday.

PETALING JAYA (April 10): With the current Covid-19 pandemic and economic situation impacting the country and globally, is the real estate industry irrelevant and a total crash and gloom? Or are there property gems out there buyers can take advantage of? To discuss these issues, EdgeProp.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 9): A policeman who was on duty for the Covid-19 movement control order went beyond his call of duty and saved a puppy that fell into a monsoon drain, the Malay Mail reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 24): A former senior executive of The Edge, Anne Tong, has rubbished racist views attributed to her in a Whatsapp message, which has been making the rounds on the text messaging platform.

PETALING JAYA (March 17): Deputy Women and Family Development Minister Siti Zailah Mohd Yusoff has apparently closed down her Twitter account after sparking an uproar over a tweet she had made on COVID-19, Free Malaysia Today (FMT) reported yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 17): British actor Idris Elba said he had tested positive for COVID-19, joining Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, among the first major celebrities to contract the respiratory disease, Reuters reported yesterday.

SERI KEMBANGAN (Feb 29): Police began a probe on Facebook user "Sharifah Sofia Syed Rashid III" who claimed that the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong had asked interim prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad to resign, Malaysiakini reported today.