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Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Berliner |
Owner(s) | Nation Media Group |
Founder(s) | Charles Hayes |
Founded | 1958 as Taifa |
Language | English |
Headquarters | Nairobi, Kenya |
Circulation | 170,000 |
Sister newspapers | Taifa Leo |
Website | www.nation.co.ke |
The Daily Nation is the highest circulation Kenyan independent newspaper with 170,000 copies.[1][2][3]
History[edit]
Nation Center, headquarters of the Nation Media Group who publish the Daily Nation.
The Daily Nation was started in the year 1958 as a Swahili weekly called Taifa by the Englishman Charles Hayes. It was bought in 1959 by the Aga Khan, and became a daily newspaper, Taifa leo (Swahili for 'Nation today'), in January 1960. An English language edition called Daily Nation was published on 3 October 1960, in a process organised by former editor of the British News Chronicle, Michael Curtis.[citation needed] The publisher was East African Newspapers (Nation Series) Ltd, which later became the Nation Media Group with operations throughout the African Great Lakes region.[citation needed]
The newspaper is published by Nation Media Group from its headquarters at Nation Centre, on Kimathi Street in Nairobi. It also maintains a website, which hosts online editions of the daily and Sunday titles. Access is free and the site's daily hit rate is more than three million.[citation needed] A 55-minute colour documentary film about the paper was released in 2000, directed by Hillie Molenaar and Joop van Wijk.[citation needed]
Market share[edit]
The Daily Nation and its Sunday edition paper Sunday Nation had a market share of 53% in 2011.[4][5] Their market share was 74% in 2013.[6] Their main competitor is The Standard, published by the Standard Group.[3], The Star published by the Radio Africa Group and People Daily published by MediaMax Limited.
Affiliated newspapers[edit]
- The Saturday Nation
- The Sunday Nation
- Taifa Leo, a Swahili-language newspaper, Kenya
- Daily MonitorUganda
- The EastAfrican Newspapers
Features[edit]
- DN2
- Sports magazine
- Saturday magazine
- Smart Company
- Living
- Money
- Lifestyle
- Buzz
- Zuqka
- Seeds of Gold
- Farmers Choice
References[edit]
- ^Wachira, Charles (1 July 2014). 'Kenyan Media Company Linked to Kenyatta Offers Free Daily Paper'. Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ^Rhodes, Tom (2013). 'Advertising and Censorship In East Africa's Press'. Center for Public Justice (Washington, DC). Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ^ abKAC, . (13 June 2011). 'Daily Nation (Kenya) Newspaper'. ©2007-2014 Kenya-Advisor.com (KAC). Retrieved 21 November 2014.[unreliable source?]
- ^Editorial Staff (10 June 2013). 'Daily Nation Newspaper and facts about Nation Media Group'. BuzzKenya. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^Ngoge, Tinega Geoffrey. h srjmyjgfgfhfghzgjfjaZ Yfzrxu yt6 (2014). A Comparative Study of Print and Online Media Content in Kenya: A Case of ‘Daily Nation’ Newspaper (M.A.). University of Nairobi.
- ^Editorial Staff (10 June 2013). 'Daily Nation Newspaper and facts about Nation Media Group'. BuzzKenya. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
External links[edit]
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