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 Front page of The Phnom Penh Post dated 7 May 2018. News about its acquisition by Sivakumar Ganapthy can be seen in the upper-left hand column. | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Print, online |
| Owner(s) | Sivakumar Ganapthy |
| Founder(s) |
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| Publisher | Bill Clough (2004–18) |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Political alignment | Centre |
| Language | English, Khmer |
| Headquarters | Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
| City | Phnom Penh |
| Country | Cambodia |
| Website | www |
The Phnom Penh Post (Khmer: ភ្នំពេញប៉ុស្តិ៍, Phnum Pénh Pŏsdĕ [pʰnumpeɲ poh]) is a daily English-language newspaper published in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Founded in 1992 by publisher Michael Hayes and Kathleen O'Keefe, it is Cambodia's oldest English-language newspaper and prior to the transferring of ownership, was considered to be one of Cambodia's newspaper of record.[1][2] (the other bring The Cambodia Daily) The paper was initially published fortnightly as a full-color tabloid; in 2008 it increased frequency to daily publication and redesigned the format as a Berliner. The Phnom Penh Post is also available in Khmer.[3] It previously published a weekend magazine, 7Days, in its Friday edition.[4] Since July 2014, it has published a weekly edition on Saturdays called Post Weekend,[5] which was folded into the paper as a Friday supplement in 2017 and was discontinued in 2018.
It has a staff of Cambodian and foreign journalists covering national news. The newspaper includes specific business, lifestyle and sports sections, and also prints a "Police Blotter", which has items related to crime translated from local Khmer-language dailies.
Since its founding in Phnom Penh in July 1992, the printed edition was published on a fortnightly basis. In early 2008, the newspaper received investment from some Australians and became a daily publication on August 8, 2008.
In May 2018 the newspaper was purchased by Malaysian businessman Sivakumar Ganapthy, who also owns a public relations firm known to have worked on behalf of the Cambodian government, prompting several senior writers to leave its newsroom.[6] Describing the sale of the paper, one official for Amnesty International said, "We have witnessed the crumbling of Cambodia's media freedom." In response to criticism of the sale, Huy Vannak, acting as undersecretary of the Cambodian Interior Ministry, said, "It is a normal business, and it remains a newspaper."[7][8]