Wijeya Newspapers Ltd
Company typePrivate
IndustryMass media
Founded1979; 45 years ago (1979)
FounderRanjit Wijewardene
Headquarters
Colombo
,
Sri Lanka
Area served
Sri Lanka
Key people
Ranjit Wijewardene (Chairman) Sujan Wijewardene (Deputy Chairman)
Websitewijeyanewspapers.lk

Wijeya Newspapers Limited (WNL) is a Sri Lankan media company which publishes a number of national newspapers and magazines. Formerly known as Wijeya Publications Limited, WNL was founded in 1979 by Ranjith Wijewardene, son of media mogul D. R. Wijewardena.[1][2] Ranjith Wijewardene had been chairman of Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited before it was taken over by the government in July 1973.[3]

Ranjith Wijewardene bought the trade names and library of the Times of Ceylon Limited (TOCL) group after it closed down in January 1985.[2] He subsequently started various newspapers using the names of former TOCL publications: Irida Lankadeepa (1986), Sunday Times (1987), Lankadeepa (1991) and Midweek Mirror (1995).[2][4] The Midweek Mirror became the Daily Mirror in 1999. Other newspapers, magazines and web sites owned by WNL include Ada, Bilindu, Daily FT, GO: Guys Only, Hi!! Magazine, LW (Lanka Woman), Mirror Sports, Pariganaka, Sirikatha, Tamil Mirror, Tharunaya, Vijey and Wijeya.

References

  1. ^ "Wijeya Newspapers". Wijeya Newspapers.
  2. ^ a b c Banerjee, Indrajit; Logan, Stephen, eds. (2008). Asian Communication Handbook 2008. Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University. pp. 448–449. ISBN 9789814136105.
  3. ^ "News". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 16 June 2003.
  4. ^ Ubayasiri, Kasun; Brady, Linda (2003). "One Temple, One Bomb, and Three Lines of Political Narrative". ejournlist.com.au. Central Queensland University. 3 (2): 5.


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