The Edge (Malaysia)

The Edge
Type Daily & Weekly newspaper
Format Tabloid
Owner(s) The Edge Communications Sdn Bhd
Editor Azam Aris
Founded (date)
Language English
Headquarters Level 3, Menara KLK, No. 1, Jalan PJU 7/6, Mutiara Damansara, 47810 Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan
Website www.theedgemarkets.com/my

The Edge Media Group is the publisher of leading business and financial publications in Malaysia and Singapore. Its portfolio includes:

Available in both print and digital formats, The Edge Malaysia hit the streets in 1994.

Distributed with The Edge Malaysia are regular pull-outs on property, lifestyle, young entrepreneurs, personal wealth and small-and-medium-sized enterprises. haven, a bi-monthly magazine on interiors, is also distributed free with The Edge Malaysia.

History

On 24 July 2015, the Malaysian government suspended the publishing license of the Edge media group's two print publications, the Edge Weekly and the Edge Financial News, alleging that their coverage of the 1Malaysia Development Berhad threatened the country's national security and public order. The Edge's print publications was suspended for three months, beginning on 27 July 2015.[1][2] The suspension of The Edge newspapers was criticized by several opposition politicians, the Institute of Journalists Malaysia, and business leaders including the CIMB Group chairman Nazir Razak and the Air Asia executive Tony Fernandes.[3][4] On 27 July, The Edge filed a judicial review challenging the ban.[5]

Publications

The Edge Media Group consists of the Edge Communications Sdn Bhd, which publishes the following publications: The Edge Malaysia, The Edge Financial Daily, Personal Money, and haven. The Edge also publishes a Singaporean-based weekly publication called The Edge Singapore. In addition, The Edge Media Group also consists of the website www.theedgemarkets.com, the online newspaper Malaysian Insider, the online Edge Review, the trading website www.EdgeWiz.com, the radio station BFM, the art gallery The Edge Galerie, and the events management company Pepper Events.[6]

The Edge Malaysia

The Edge Malaysia is Malaysia’s best-selling and award-winning business and investment weekly recognized for its timely, independent and insightful reports that have found a loyal following in the country’s corporate captains, key decision makers and opinion influencers.

Available in both print and digital formats, The Edge Malaysia was The Edge Media Group’s maiden publication and hit the streets in 1994.

Sections within The Edge Malaysia

Pullouts within The Edge Malaysia

haven is distributed free with The Edge Malaysia in the first week of February, April, June, August, October and December.

www.theedgemarkets.com

Introduced in October 2014, www.theedgemarkets.com is the main website of The Edge Media Group and consolidates the previous news websites www.theedgemalaysia.com and www.theedgesingapore.com by The Edge Communications Sdn Bhd and The Edge Publishing Pte Ltd.

www.theedgemarkets.com helps its readers to make better business and investment decisions by empowering them with the latest news, data and financial analytics for FREE.

Key features of www.theedgemarkets.com include:

An app of the website is available on both Google Play and iOS App Store for smartphones.

www.theedgeproperty.com

Introduced in May 2015, www.theedgeproperty.com is the property website of The Edge Media Group.

The website is designed to help users make better decisions on all things property by empowering them with property news, data and analytics for FREE.

The key features of www.theedgeproperty.com are:

An app of the website is available on both Google Play and iOS App Store.

The Edge Financial Daily

Launched in 2007 by The Edge Communications Sdn Bhd, The Edge Financial Daily acts as a standalone daily business paper which complements its weekly sister publication. Published Mondays to Fridays, The Edge Financial Daily provides business news reporting and articles with some key local insights and global perspectives. It is distributed mainly in the Klang Valley as well as other key market centres.[6]

Circulation

The Edge Malaysia is audited by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. As of January 2014, it has an approximate circulation of 22,572.[7] The Edge Malaysia caters to corporate executives and the general public with interest in the Malaysian financial market and is widely distributed nationwide via newsstands.

Awards

The Edge has won publishing awards such as ssdsdsdsExcellence in Newspapers 2003 by the Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA)[8]

References

  1. "Malaysia suspends newspaper over prejudicial 1MDB reports". Asia Times. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
  2. "About Us". Malaysia Orders Suspension of Two Publications. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  3. "Lift the suspensions of The Edge Malaysia and The Edge Financial Daily". The Malay Mail. 25 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  4. "Malaysian PM Najib's brother condemns The Edge's suspension". AsiaOne. 25 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  5. "Malaysian media The Edge files for judicial review over ban". The Straits Times. 27 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  6. 1 2 "About Us". The Edge Markets. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  7. "January 2014 to June 2014 ABC Circulation Figures" (PDF). Audit Bureau of Circulations Malaysia. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  8. "Theedgedaily.com". theedgedaily.com.
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