The following is a list of newspapers in Singapore, including those that are currently in publication as well as those that have since ceased operations.
In circulation
Singapore's major daily newspapers
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Newspaper
!Language
!Publisher
!Format
!Founded
|-
|Berita Harian
|Malay
|SPH Media
|daily broadsheet
|
|-
|Lianhe Zaobao (联合早报)
|Chinese
|SPH Media
|daily broadsheet
|
|-
|Tamil Murasu (தமிழ் முரசு)
|Tamil
|SPH Media
|daily broadsheet
|
|-
|The Business Times
|English
|SPH Media
|Financial daily broadsheet
|
|-
|The Straits Times
|English
|SPH Media
|daily broadsheet
|
|}
Secondary newspaper
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Newspaper
!Language
!Publisher
!Format
!Founded
!Average daily circulation (2013)
!Average daily circulation (2016)
|-
|zbCOMMA (早报逗号)
|Chinese
|SPH Media
|weekly tabloid
|
|54,400
|40,400
|-
|Shin Min Daily News (新明日报)
|Chinese
|SPH Media
|general daily broadsheet
|
|130,600
|100,300 (print + digital)
|-
|tabla!
|English
|SPH Media
|general free weekly tabloid
|
|30,000
|
|}
Defunct papers
Prior to the dominance of The Straits Times in recent decades, Singapore had a diverse landscape of prominent English-language newspapers. The earliest among them was The Singapore Chronicle, established in 1824 as the first newspaper in Singapore. It served the settlement for over a decade before ceasing publication in 1837. In the early twentieth century, The Malaya Tribune emerged as a major competitor and, at its peak, outsold The Straits Times. However, it experienced a significant decline following the Japanese occupation of Singapore and ultimately ceased operations in 1951.
Other notable publications included the Singapore Tiger Standard, an English-language morning daily founded in 1950, which came under criticism for its editorial stance. It was labelled "anti-Merdeka" by S. Rajaratnam and was closed in 1959 following the rise to power of the People's Action Party (PAP). In 1971, the Government initiated a crackdown on media outlets perceived to be under foreign influence or exhibiting subversive tendencies. This led to the closure of both The Eastern Sun and the Singapore Herald.
English language
- Comrade (1946)
- Daily Advertiser (1890–1894)
- Democrat (1946)
- Eastern Daily Mail (1905–1906)
- Eastern News (1940–1941)
- Eastern Sun (closed in 1971 for allegation on receiving money from communist intelligence from Hong Kong)
- Free Press
- Indian Daily Mail (1946–1956)
- Malacca Observer
- Malay Daily Chronicle
- Malaya Tribune
- Weekend TODAY
- Weekly Sun
Chinese language
In 1982, editorial executives of Nanyang Siang Pau were accused of propagating "Chinese ethnic chauvinism" and was detained without trial for a period of two years, and publication of The Chinese Daily was briefly halted.
- Chong Shing Yit Pao (中興日報) – established on 20 August 1907; disestablished in 1910. The newspaper was founded and operated by members of the Tongmenghui and was aimed at promoting the 1911 Xinhai Revolution in China. The members responsible for the newspaper were Tan Chor Lam, Teo Eng Hock and Chan Po-yin. The daily distribution involved 1,000 copies. disestablished on 7 January 2009 as zbCOMMA. The newspaper is targeted at secondary school students.
- Lat Pau (1881–1932)
- Nanyang Siang Pau (南洋商报) – established on 6 September 1923; disestablished on 16 March 1983 as Lianhe Zaobao and Lianhe Wanbao
- Nan Chiau Jit Pao
- The Union Times (1906–1948)
- Xiao Xian Zhong