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List of newspapers in Malaysia

This is a list of newspapers published in Malaysia, sorted by language.

Published newspapers by language

Malaysian English

Malaysian Malay

  • Berita Harian – Published and distributed nationwide Malay-language and the oldest daily newspaper for the Malaysian Malays community. First published based in Singapore as Berita Harian on 1 July 1957.
  • Harakah – owned by Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS).
  • Harian Metro – Largest and number one published and distributed nationwide Malaysian Malay-language oldest daily newspaper for the Malaysian Malays adolescence community. First published in Klang Valley and Kuala Lumpur as Harian Metro on 26 March 1991.
  • Kosmo! – Malaysia's nationwide Malaysia-language tabloid newspaper.
  • Sinar Harian – Nationwide tabloid community newspaper.
  • Utusan Borneo – Malay-Iban-language publication in Sarawak and Sabah, published by The Borneo Post.
  • Utusan Malaysia – Malaysia's nationwide Malaysia-language tabloid newspaper.
  • Utusan Sarawak – Daily news publication in Sarawak.

Malaysian Mandarin

Malaysian Tamil

Online-only newspapers

Defunct newspapers

  • New Sabah Times – English, Malay, and Kadazan-Dusun daily in Sabah, ceased publication on 31 December 2020
  • Sarawak Tribune – suspended in 2006, but has since been relaunched as the New Sarawak Tribune in 2010.
  • Shin Min Daily News – Malaysia's first Chinese-language tabloid newspaper; publication ceased in 1994
  • Sunday Mail – replaced by the Weekend Mail
  • Tamil Nesan () – ceased publication on 1 February 2019
  • Weekend Mail – successor of the Sunday Mail, but was indefinitely suspended in 2006
  • Utusan Melayu (Jawi script) – now a weekly newspaper and incorporating with Utusan Malaysia, ceased publication on 10 October 2019

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