Tamil Murasu

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Tamil Murasu is a Singapore based Tamil language newspaper. Launched in 1935 by Thamizhavel G. Sarangapani, Tamil Murasu is Singapore's only Tamil language newspaper. It is one of the sixteen newspapers in Singapore.

Market Coverage[]

Readership* 154,000 (Print + Digital)
Circulation^ 16,000 (Mon-Sun)
* Media Nielsen Research Media Index 2013 ^ Average Circulation Jan-Nov 2013

History[]

July 1935: Tamil Murasu launched as a weekly tabloid at 1 cent per copy. Becomes a thrice-weekly paper that same year.

1936: Becomes a daily broadsheet.

1952: Student supplement Manavar Murasu is launched.

1963: Labour unrest disrupts operations for the first time since the Japanese Occupation.

1991: Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) takes over distribution of Tamil Murasu.

1993: Hipro Printing, Tamil Murasu's family-owned publisher, is incorporated

1995: SPH and Times Publishing buy Hipro Printing.^[1]

1999: Youth page Ilyar Murasu is launched.

2000: Tamil Murasu webpage is launched.

2004: SPH buys Times Publishing's share of Hipro, making it a wholly owned SPH subsidiary.

2005: Hirpo Printing is renamed Tamil Murasu.

2008: Weekly English tabloid tabla! is launched.

2017: Balar Murasu, a fortnightly supplement for pre-schoolers, is launched. Tamil Murasu becomes part of SPH's English/Malay/Tamil Media Group.

2019: The Tamil Murasu website receives a revamp.

2020: Tamil Murasu celebrates its 85th anniversary.

2021: Tamil Murasu Starts distributing copies of their "Manavar Murasu" Paper to schools in Singapore.

See also[]

• Vasantham
• Oli 96.8FM

References[]

External links[]

• Official website

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