Daily Nation
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Berliner |
| Owner(s) | Nation Media Group |
| Founder(s) | Charles Hayes |
| Founded | 1958 as Taifa |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Nairobi, Kenya |
| Circulation | 170,000 |
| Sister newspapers | Sunday Nation |
| Website | www |
The Daily Nation is a Kenyan independent newspaper. It is the most sold daily in Kenya, with a circulation of around 170,000 copies.[1][2][3]
History
The Daily Nation was started in 1958 as a Swahili weekly called Taifa by the Englishman Charles Hayes. It was bought in 1959 by the Aga Khan, and became a daily newspaper, Taifa leo (Swahili for "Nation today"), in January 1960. An English language edition called Daily Nation was published on 3 October 1960, in a process organised by former editor of the British News Chronicle, Michael Curtis.[citation needed] The publisher was East African Newspapers (Nation Series) Ltd, which later became the Nation Media Group with operations throughout the African Great Lakes region.[citation needed]
The newspaper is published by Nation Media Group from its headquarters at Nation Centre, on Kimathi Street in Nairobi. It also maintains a website, which hosts online editions of the daily and Sunday titles. Access is free and the site's daily hit rate is more than three million.[citation needed] A 55-minute colour documentary film about the paper was released in 2000, directed by Hillie Molenaar and Joop van Wijk.[citation needed]
The Daily Nation and its sister paper Sunday Nation had a market share of 53% in 2011.[verification needed] Their main competitor is The Standard, published by the Standard Group.[3]
Affiliated newspapers
- The Saturday Nation
- The Sunday Nation
- Business Daily Africa
- Taifa Leo, a Swahili newspaper
- Daily Monitor, an English-language Ugandan daily
- The Citizen (Tanzania)
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