JoongAng Ilbo

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JoongAng Ilbo is a conservative newspaper published in Seoul, Korea. It is one of the "big three newspapers" in Korea. It boasts a circulation of 1.96 million copies in Korea (as of 2004). Its average page count per copy is around 52. The paper also publishes an English edition, The JoongAng Daily, in alliance with the International Herald Tribune.

History

First published in September 22, 1965 by Lee Byung-chul, the founder of Samsung Group. Once it owned Tongyang Broadcasting Company (TBC), which was also one of Samsung company. In 1980, JoongAng Ilbo gave up TBC and TBC merged with KBS. JoongAng Ilbo pioneered the use in Korea of horizontal copy layout, topical sections, and specialist reporters with investigative reporting teams. Since April 15, 1995, JoongAng Ilbo has been laid out horizontally. At that time it also became a morning newspaper.

As of March 18, 2007, it has produced a Sunday edition called ' JoongAng Sunday'(중앙 SUNDAY).

Worldwide

It has a United States edition, with branches from Toronto to Buenos Aires. Its parent company, JMnet(JoongAng Media Network) holds publication rights to Newsweek Korea and Forbes Korea.

See also

• List of newspapers
• Contemporary culture of South Korea
• List of Korea-related topics

External links

• Inside JoongAng Daily
• Internet JoongAng Ilbo
• Joins.com

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