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Daily Nation

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This article is about the Kenyan newspaper. For the Barbadian newspaper, seeThe Daily Nation (Barbados).

Daily Nation
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBerliner
Owner(s)Nation Media Group
Founder(s)Charles Hayes
Founded1958 asTaifa
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersNairobi,Kenya
Circulation170,000
Sister newspapersTaifa Leo
Websitenation.africa

TheDaily Nationis a Kenyannewspaper.It was founded in 1958 and is published in Nairobi.

History

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Nation Center, headquarters of theNation Media Groupwho publish theDaily Nation

TheDaily Nationwas started in the year 1958 as aSwahiliweekly calledTaifaby the Englishman Charles Hayes. It was bought in 1959 by theAga Khan,and became a daily newspaper,Taifa Leo(Swahili for "Nation Today" ), in January 1960. AnEnglish-languageedition calledDaily Nationwas published on 3 October 1960, in a process organised by former editor of the BritishNews Chronicle,Michael Curtis.[1]

The publisher was East African Newspapers (Nation Series) Ltd, which later became theNation Media Group,with operations throughout the African Great Lakes region and is owned by the Aga Khan.[1]

GoanKenyan journalistCyprian Fernandesworked at theDaily NationandSundayNationfrom 1960 until he was forced to flee Kenya around 1973, owing to his investigative journalism probing irregularities which came too close to the government underJomo Kenyatta,and his family was threatened. By that time he was chief reporter[2]He was one of the first Kenyan-born reporters at the paper.[3]

Another well-known sports writer in the 1960s at the paper was Polly Fernandes.[4]

Headquarters

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The newspaper is today is published from the Nation Media Group headquarters on Kimathi Street inNairobi.[5]

It is one of the leading newspapers in Kenya.[6][7]

Market share

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TheDaily Nationand its Sunday edition paperSunday Nationhad a market share of 53% in 2011.[8][9]Their market share was 74% in 2013.[8]

One of their main competitors in 2014 wasThe Standard,published by the Standard Group.[10]

Affiliated newspapers

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In film

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Adocumentary filmabout the paper was released in 2000, directed by Dutch filmmakersHillie MolenaarandJoop van Wijk.[11][12]

References

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  1. ^ab"Daily Nation - Breaking News, Kenya, Africa, Politics, Business, Sports".Bizna Kenya.15 March 2019.Archivedfrom the original on 18 January 2021.Retrieved28 May2020.
  2. ^Veage, John (14 February 2017)."Yesterday in Paradise".St George & Sutherland Shire Leader.Retrieved6 January2024.
  3. ^"Cyprian Fernandes".The Nation.9 December 2023.Retrieved6 January2024.
  4. ^"Remembering the football debacle of 1965 when Ghana thumped Kenya".Nation.21 December 2012.Archivedfrom the original on 3 January 2024.Retrieved3 January2024.
  5. ^"Contact Us".Nation.21 January 2021.Retrieved6 January2024.
  6. ^Wachira, Charles (1 July 2014)."Kenyan Media Company Linked to Kenyatta Offers Free Daily Paper".Bloomberg News.Archived fromthe originalon 29 November 2014.Retrieved21 November2014.
  7. ^Rhodes, Tom (2013)."Advertising and Censorship In East Africa's Press".Center for Public Justice(Washington, DC).Archivedfrom the original on 29 November 2014.Retrieved21 November2014.
  8. ^ab"Daily Nation Newspaper and facts about Nation Media Group".BuzzKenya.10 June 2013.Archivedfrom the original on 29 May 2016.Retrieved18 May2016.
  9. ^Ngoge, Tinega Geoffrey (2014).A Comparative Study of Print and Online Media Content in Kenya: A Case of 'Daily Nation' Newspaper(M.A.). University of Nairobi.
  10. ^"Daily Nation (Kenya) Newspaper".Kenya-Advisor. 13 June 2011.Archivedfrom the original on 29 November 2014.Retrieved21 November2014.
  11. ^The Daily NationatIMDbEdit this at Wikidata
  12. ^"The Daily Nation: A documentary about a Kenyan newspaper".WorldCat.Retrieved6 January2024.
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