- JoongAng Ilbo
Infobox_Newspaper
name = JoongAng Ilbo
caption = Front page (March 30 ,2007 )
type = Dailynewspaper
format =Broadsheet
foundation =September 22 ,1965
owners = Joongang Media Network
political =Center right
headquarters = Sunhwa-dong, Jung-gu,Seoul ,South Korea
editor =
publisher = Song Pil Ho
website = [http://www.joins.com/ www.joins.com] Infobox Korean name
title=Korean name
hangul=중앙일보
hanja=中央日報
rr=Jung(-)ang Ilbo
mr=Chungang Ilbo
tablewidth=242"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, "JoongAng Daily ", in alliance with theInternational Herald Tribune .History
First published in
September 22 ,1965 byLee Byung-chul , the founder ofSamsung 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. SinceApril 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 ' [http://sunday.joins.com/?cloc=home|gn|sunday JoongAng Sunday] '(중앙 SUNDAY).Worldwide
It has a
United States edition, with branches fromToronto toBuenos Aires . Its parent company, JMnet(JoongAng Media Network) holds publication rights toNewsweek Korea andForbes Korea .ee also
*
List of newspapers
*Contemporary culture of South Korea
*List of Korea-related topics External links
*en icon [http://joongangdaily.joins.com/ Inside JoongAng Daily]
*ko icon [http://news.joins.com/ Internet JoongAng Ilbo]
*ko icon [http://www.joins.com/ Joins.com]
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