Type Daily newspaper Owner(s) MediaCorp Editor Walter Fernandez | Format Compact Publisher MediaCorp Press Ltd Language English | |
TODAY is an English-language newspaper published by MediaCorp Press. MediaCorp, the newspaper's parent company is Singapore's largest media broadcaster and provider in Singapore and the only terrestrial TV broadcaster in the country. MediaCorp have a 60% stake in TODAY while, Singapore Press Holdings owns 40% of TODAY. The newspaper is currently published and distributed from Monday to Saturday.
TODAY is distributed to selected homes upon subscription and for free at MRT stations, bus interchanges, selected food and beverage outlets, shopping malls among other public areas during the morning rush hour
Circulation currently stands at 300,000, with more than half of its readers being professionals, managers, executives and business people. It is the second-most-read English-language newspaper in Singapore, after The Straits Times.
Readership is 730,000 according to the Nielsen Media Index Report 2012.
Suspension of mrbrown column
On 6 July 2006, the newspaper suspended a weekly opinion column by Lee Kin Mun (alias: mr brown) after the government criticised an article he wrote in his column discussing the rising cost of living in Singapore.