Daily Nation

This article is about the Kenyan newspaper. For the Barbadian newspaper, see The Daily Nation (Barbados).

The Daily Nation is the highest circulation Kenyan independent newspaper with 170,000 copies.^{[1][2][3][unreliable source?]}

Daily Nation

Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Berliner
Owner(s)	Nation Media Group
Founder(s)	Charles Hayes
Founded	1958 as Taifa
Language	English
Headquarters	Nairobi, Kenya
Circulation	170,000
Sister newspapers	Taifa Leo
Website	nation.africa/kenya

History

 

Nation Center, headquarters of the Nation Media Group who publish the Daily Nation

The Daily Nation was started in the year 1958 as a Swahili weekly called Taifa by the Englishman Charles Hayes. It was bought in 1959 by the Aga Khan, and became a daily newspaper, Taifa Leo (Swahili for "Nation Today"), in January 1960. An English language edition called Daily Nation was published on 3 October 1960, in a process organised by former editor of the British News Chronicle, Michael Curtis.^[4] The publisher was East African Newspapers (Nation Series) Ltd, which later became the Nation Media Group with operations throughout the African Great Lakes region.^{[citation needed]}

The newspaper is published by Nation Media Group from its headquarters at Nation Centre on Kimathi Street in Nairobi. It also maintains a website, which hosts online editions of the daily and Sunday titles. Access is partially free and the site's daily hit rate is more than three million.^{[citation needed]} A 55-minute colour documentary film about the paper was released in 2000, directed by Hillie Molenaar and Joop van Wijk.^{[citation needed]}

Market share

The Daily Nation and its Sunday edition paper Sunday Nation had a market share of 53% in 2011.^[5][6] Their market share was 74% in 2013.^[5] Their main competitors are The Standard, published by the Standard Group,^[3] The Star, published by the Radio Africa Group and People Daily, published by MediaMax Limited.

Affiliated newspapers

• The Saturday Nation
• The Sunday Nation
• Business Daily Africa
• Taifa Leo, a Swahili-language newspaper, Kenya
• Daily Monitor Uganda
• The Citizen (Tanzania)
• The EastAfrican Newspapers

Features

• DN2
• Sports magazine
• Saturday magazine
• Smart Company
• Living
• Money
• Lifestyle
• Buzz
• Zuqka
• Seeds of Gold
• Farmers Choice
• MyNetwork
• Healthy Nation

References

1. Wachira, Charles (1 July 2014). . Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
2. Rhodes, Tom (2013). "Advertising and Censorship In East Africa's Press". Center for Public Justice (Washington, DC). Retrieved 21 November 2014.
3. "Daily Nation (Kenya) Newspaper". Kenya-Advisor.com. 13 June 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
4. "Daily Nation - Breaking News, Kenya, Africa, Politics, Business, Sports". Bizna Kenya. 15 March 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
5. "Daily Nation Newspaper and facts about Nation Media Group". BuzzKenya. 10 June 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
6. Ngoge, Tinega Geoffrey (2014). A Comparative Study of Print and Online Media Content in Kenya: A Case of 'Daily Nation' Newspaper (M.A.). University of Nairobi.

External links

• Official website