National daily The Star expanding Sarawak operation?
Jul 30, 2009 Media
Truemor – (not yet true but is likely to be true) has it that national daily The Star is expanding its operation in Sarawak. The daily currently has an office in Kuching and a correspondent in Miri.
As it subscriber – I’d hope that this truemor would eventually be true – so that I don’t have to wait until 5:00p.m for my paper to arrive and cost 10 cents more than the suggested price (certain shop sell it for RM2.40)
According to my journalist friends – The Star would also likely to shift the printing works to Kuching or Miri. Currently all the printing work is done by its HQ, in Kuala Lumpur.
The expansion would also likely to see several journalists from state dailies – Borneo Post and Eastern Times to jump ship.
Sarawak politicians help funding Malaysian Mirror?
Jul 1, 2009 Media
MalaysiaMirror.com officially launched by former premier Tun Mahathir is reported to be backed (funded is probably the correct description) by deep pocket Sarawakian politicians? Rumored to be a BN component party leader?
But the portal editor Francis Siah, quash the rumour by saying “I don’t know the president of this party and neither does he knows me,”
However, available info on the portal didn’t refute the fact that it is funded by politicians.
Any chance it could be SUPP boss? or SPDP? – the multi-millionaire Datuk Seri Tiong?