Front page on September 16, 2011. The main headline is Fiji's participation in the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
Type
Daily newspaper
Format
Tabloid
Owner(s)
Motibhai Group
Publisher
Fiji Times Limited
Editor
Fred Wesley
Founded
4 September 1869
Language
English (primary), Fijian
Headquarters
Suva, Fiji
Circulation
72,993 (as of 2010)[1]
Website
www.fijitimes.com
The Fiji Times is a daily English-language newspaper published in Suva, Fiji. Established in Levuka on 4 September 1869 by George Littleton Griffiths, it is Fiji's oldest newspaper still operating.[1][2][3][4]
The Fiji Times is owned by Motibhai Group, which purchased it from Rupert Murdoch's News Corp on 22 September 2010 due to the enactment of the Media Industry Development Act 2010.[1][2] The Fiji Times Limited board is chaired by Kirit Patel (as of 2010), and includes Rajesh Patel,[5] a resident director appointed in 2010 and Jinesh Patel, the marketing manager for the Motibhai Group.[6]
The former publisher Evan Hannah, an Australian citizen, was forcibly removed from Fiji in 2008 as he was accused by the interim Frank Bainimarama government of meddling in Fijian politics.[7]
An online edition is published, featuring local news, sport and weather.
^ abcSingh, Shailendra; Lal, Nilesh (28 July 2022). News Coverage of Fiji’s 2018 General Election Campaign: Insights from a Content Analysis of the National Print and Broadcast Media (PDF) (Report). pp. 2–3. doi:10.25911/6NXR-CM05. Retrieved 29 May 2023. In the print sector, the two major privately owned English-language dailies are The Fiji Times and the Fiji Sun. The Fiji Times, founded in 1869, is the country's oldest newspaper. It is owned by the Motibhai Group, which purchased it from Rupert Murdoch's News Limited in 2010 in accordance with the Media Act's local media ownership provisions. The newspaper claims that it has the highest circulation in Fiji and the Pacific, with a 2010 Tebutt Research survey indicating an average of 72,993 readers from Monday to Friday (The Fiji Times 1/1/2019).
^ ab"Motibhai Fiji - Fiji Times Ltd". Motibhai. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012.
^Mitchell, John (4 September 2021). "A tribute to our founder". Fiji Times. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
^"The Fiji Times". Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
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^"Fiji deports Australian newsman". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 1 May 2008. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
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