The National
Papua New Guinea's largest-circulation English-language daily, published in Port Moresby since 1993. Owned by Malaysian timber and media group Rimbunan Hijau, it covers national politics, business, resource industries, sport and regional Pacific affairs, with correspondents across the provinces. Alongside the Post-Courier it is one of the two dominant print voices in PNG.
The National at a glance
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Region
- Melanesia · Oceania
- Kind of outlet
- Daily newspaper
- Editorial leaning
- Centrist
- Website
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How Crosswire groups The National
Crosswire groups The National as Centrist for comparisons within Papua New Guinea'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 The National sits in Papua New Guinea's press
The National is one of 4 outlets tracked in Papua New Guinea, and one of 2 daily newspapers among them — the other being PNG Post-Courier. By outlets tracked, Papua New Guinea ranks third of the 8 countries on Crosswire's Oceania hub, which lists 32 outlets in all.
Across Oceania, Crosswire tracks 13 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to The National outside Papua New Guinea, starting with Melanesia, are The Fiji Times (Fiji), Island Sun (Solomon Islands), Vanuatu Daily Post (Vanuatu) and The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia). Opening one of them beside The National is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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