Macau Post Daily
The Macau Post Daily was launched on August 27, 2004, and is Macau's oldest and highest paid-circulation English-language daily newspaper.
The Macau Post Daily is a compact newspaper, i.e., a broadsheet-quality newspaper printed in a tabloid format.
History
It is owned by Macau Cultural Box Ltd, a publishing company set up by a group of local journalists, and printed by Welfare Printing Ltd, with offices in a downtown commercial centre on Rua dos Mercadores. The newspaper, whose print edition is published on weekdays, is independent of non-media business interests and emphasizes its "equidistance" towards Macau's six gaming companies.Content
The paper was launched to provide Macau with an independent English-language daily that caters for all its different communities interested in reading news in the world's "universal language," not just expatriates. About half of the daily's readership are local Chinese, Portuguese and Macanese permanent residents, while the remainder are visitors, scholars, consultants, diplomats and others. The newspaper's coverage is based on the principles of professional journalism, i.e., separating news and opinion, following the "5Ws" guideline, attributing sources and captioning and crediting news photos and other images). It is also focused on highlighting the importance of multicultural tolerance and understanding, as well as Macau's unique tangible and intangible cultural heritage. According to its founding editorial, the newspaper adheres to the "One China" and "One Country, Two Systems" principles.The newspaper is the world's only English-language newspaper to publish daily a whole page about the Portuguese- and Spanish-speaking world. It also publishes a daily news page mainly focused on the Philippines. Its Page 4 is dedicated to photo-features about Macau's cultural and artistic events. Apart from its print edition, it also published an e-edition. All its articles and photos are attributed to their sources. Its local news articles are also released on Facebook and linked to Twitter and LinkedIn accounts.
Circulation
In its 22nd year of publication, The Macau Post Daily has a daily print run of about 5,000, including several hundred copies distributed outside Macau. Subscriptions account for about 60 percent of the newspaper's circulation.The newspaper is fully coloured.