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by THE BUSINESS TIMES January 26th, 2010 Social media is the new buzzword as we enter the new decade. Already it is making huge inroads into the space previously occupied by the mass media and…

January 15th, 2010 Thanks to the National Library, the internet now gives you access to Singapore newspapers dating back to the early 19th century. The library’s NewspaperSG service will make it dramatically easier to do…

by BHAVAN JAIPRAGAS January 13th, 2010 As long as the government does not get into the act, the mainstream media in Singapore seems to be able to able to fulfill to a large extent the…

by BHAVAN JAIPRAGAS December 18th, 2009 Tiger Wood’s self described “transgressions” have dominated the global news hole since the golfer’s Thanksgiving Day car crash came after tabloid magazine National Enquirer’s scathing report on his adulterous…

by BHAVAN JAIPRAGAS December 10th, 2009 Within Singapore’s increasingly influential new media sphere, Temasek Review (TR) has emerged as one of the more controversial players. With an ambitious mission statement and vision, TR was quickly…

December 1st, 2009 Press coverage of the AWARE saga – probably the biggest media controversy of 2009 – is the subject of a research paper by Tan Tarn How of the Institute of Policy Studies….

by CHERIAN GEORGE December 1st, 2009 The Government’s proposal to introduce a moratorium on campaigning on the eve of Polling Day is sensible, but it will go down badly if it over-regulates what the Prime…

by CHERIAN GEORGE November 26th, 2009 Above: Malaysiakini editor Steven Gan with covers of censored Malaysian publications. SINGAPOREANS may fancy ourselves the most envied nation in the region, but there are some things across the…

November 24th, 2009 BEN BLAND on his year-long sojourn in Singapore: While the governments of Burma, China and Iran tend to arrest troublesome foreign reporters or expel them without delay, Singapore’s more media-savvy government prefers…