SPH Group: landmarks

This chronology is indicative only. Context is provided by the broader communications and media timeline.

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1845 Straits Times launched as The Straits Times & Singapore Journal Of Commerce

1931 Sunday Times launched

1950 Straits Times Press becomes public company

1957 Berita Harian launched

1976 Business Times launched

1984 SPH formed through merger of Straits Times Press, Times Publishing Berhad and Singapore News & Publications

1988 Times Publishing Berhad demerged

1995 launch of AsiaOne website

1997 MobileOne mobile phone network launched

1999 SPH AsiaOne Ltd multimedia and internet subsidiary established

1999 New Paper launched

2000 Streats launched

2000 MediaWorks broadcasting subsidiary established

2001 launch of English and Chinese tv channels (TV Works and Channel U)

2001 launches and then folds Project Eyeball free newspaper

2004 merger of television and free newspaper operations of SPH and MediaCorp

2005 Streats absorbed by Today