BruDirect
Long-running Bruneian online news portal aggregating local and regional news in English. Covers national affairs, business, and community news.
BruDirect at a glance
- Country
- Brunei
- Region
- Southeast Asia · Asia
- Kind of outlet
- News portal
- Editorial leaning
- Centrist
- Website
- brudirect.com ↗
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How Crosswire groups BruDirect
Crosswire groups BruDirect as Centrist for comparisons within Brunei's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate.
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Where BruDirect sits in Brunei's press
BruDirect is one of 5 outlets tracked in Brunei and the only news portal tracked there. By outlets tracked, Brunei ranks 21st of the 33 countries on Crosswire's Asia hub, which lists 169 outlets in all.
Across Asia, Crosswire tracks 11 of the 80 news portals in the directory. The nearest counterparts to BruDirect outside Brunei, starting with Southeast Asia, are Malay Mail (Malaysia), AsiaOne (Singapore), Gogo (Mongolia) and Online Khabar (Nepal). Opening one of them beside BruDirect is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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