Daily News (Tanzania)
Type | Daily Government of Tanzania |
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Publisher | Tanzania Standard (Newspapers) Limited |
Founded | 1930s |
Headquarters | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
Website | Newspaper Website |
The Daily News is an English-language newspaper in Tanzania, the second-largest economy in the East African Community.
History
The Daily News was the result of a forced merger of two papers. The Standard was first published as the Tanganyika Standard in January 1930 by the
The Nationalist was first published on 17 April 1964, as a government-owned daily, and struggled to compete with The Standard. On 16 January 1972, the
Daily News has a
Editions
Daily News Archived 3 April 2014 at the
Columnists
Lawi Joel, Antony Tambwe, Tony Zakaria, Amby Lusekelo, Ali Mzige, Karl Lyimo, Jagjit Singh, Anne Outwater, Natasha K'okutangilira, Lusuga Kironde, and Makwaia wa Kuhenga.
Some of the people who were on the editorial staff of the Daily News in the early seventies also wrote some books. They include Sammy Mdee, Benjamin Mkapa, Haji Konde, Karim Essack, Clement Ndulute, Albert Mnenge Suluja, Godfrey Mwakikagile, and Shamlal Puri, all Tanzanians; David Martin, Trevor Grundy, and Ian Christie, British; Philip Ochieng, Kenyan; Zambian Francis Kasoma and Malawian Kanyama Chiume.
References
- ^ Martin, Sturmer (1998). The Media History of Tanzania. Ndanda Mission Press.
- ^ "Nderumaki Picked As New TSN Managing Editor". Tanzania Standard (Newspapers) Limited. 23 May 2014. Archived from the original on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.