Daily Nation Explained
The Daily Nation is a Kenyan newspaper. It was founded in 1958 and is published in Nairobi.
History
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.[1]
The publisher was East African Newspapers (Nation Series) Ltd, which later became the Nation Media Group, with operations throughout the African Great Lakes region and is owned by the Aga Khan.[1]
Goan Kenyan journalist Cyprian Fernandes worked at the Daily Nation and Sunday Nation from 1960 until he was forced to flee Kenya around 1973, owing to his investigative journalism probing irregularities which came too close to the government under Jomo Kenyatta, and his family was threatened. By that time he was chief reporter[2] He was one of the first Kenyan-born reporters at the paper.[3]
Another well-known sports writer in the 1960s at the paper was Polly Fernandes.[4]
Headquarters
The newspaper is today is published from the Nation Media Group headquarters on Kimathi Street in Nairobi.[5]
It is one of the leading newspapers in Kenya.[6] [7]
Market share
The Daily Nation and its Sunday edition paper Sunday Nation had a market share of 53% in 2011.[8] [9] Their market share was 74% in 2013.[8]
One of their main competitors in 2014 was The Standard, published by the Standard Group.[10]
Affiliated newspapers
In film
A documentary film about the paper was released in 2000, directed by Dutch filmmakers Hillie Molenaar and Joop van Wijk.[11]
Notes and References
- Web site: Daily Nation - Breaking News, Kenya, Africa, Politics, Business, Sports. 2019-03-15. Bizna Kenya. en-GB. 2020-05-28. 18 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210118064207/https://biznakenya.com/daily-nation-today/. live.
- Web site: Veage . John . Yesterday in Paradise . St George & Sutherland Shire Leader . 14 February 2017 . 6 January 2024.
- Web site: Cyprian Fernandes . . 9 December 2023 . 6 January 2024.
- Web site: Remembering the football debacle of 1965 when Ghana thumped Kenya . Nation . 21 December 2012 . 3 January 2024 . 3 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240103055319/https://nation.africa/kenya/sports/football/remembering-the-football-debacle-of-1965-when-ghana-thumped-kenya-841226 . live .
- Web site: Contact Us . Nation . 21 January 2021 . 6 January 2024.
- Web site: 21 November 2014. Kenyan Media Company Linked to Kenyatta Offers Free Daily Paper. 1 July 2014 . Charles. Wachira. Bloomberg News. https://web.archive.org/web/20141129040339/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-07-01/kenyan-media-company-linked-to-kenyatta-offers-free-daily-paper.html . November 29, 2014.
- Web site: 21 November 2014. Advertising and Censorship In East Africa's Press . Tom. Rhodes . 2013. Center for Public Justice (Washington, DC). 29 November 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141129062336/http://www.cpj.org/2014/02/attacks-on-the-press-advertising.php. live.
- Web site: Daily Nation Newspaper and facts about Nation Media Group. June 10, 2013. May 18, 2016. BuzzKenya. 29 May 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160529120128/http://buzzkenya.com/daily-nation-newspaper-media-group/. live.
- M.A.. Ngoge. Tinega Geoffrey. 2014. A Comparative Study of Print and Online Media Content in Kenya: A Case of 'Daily Nation' Newspaper. University of Nairobi.
- Web site: 21 November 2014. Daily Nation (Kenya) Newspaper. Kenya-Advisor.com. 13 June 2011. 29 November 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141129185306/http://www.kenya-advisor.com/daily-nation-kenya.html. live.
- Web site: The Daily Nation: A documentary about a Kenyan newspaper . . 6 January 2024.
