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Singapore Newspapers Caught Inflating Circulation

Subsidized government-backed media acknowledge fraud

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John Berthelsen
Jan 11, 2023
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Singapore’s government-owned print media face a major scandal, with executives of the parent SPH Media apparently cooking the books to inflate daily circulation by 85,000 to 95,000 copies per day, SPH Media officials acknowledged. Several unnamed senior executives are said to have been sacked, according to local media.

The publications, which are heavily…

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