The ''Jakarta Globe'' is a daily online
English-language
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newspaper in
Indonesia
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, launched in November 2008.
The paper initially came out as a print newspaper with an average of 48 pages a day, and published Monday to Saturday. It had three sections, and contained (in section A) a range of general news, including metropolitan and national news coverage as well as international news, plus comment, (in section B) Indonesian and world business and sport plus a
classified advertising
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section, and (in section C) an extensive features and lifestyle coverage as well as entertainment, listings and reader service and puzzle/cartoon pages. The newspaper later added a Sunday Jakarta Globe edition. The newspaper converted from broadsheet to tabloid format in May 2012, and then was published online only from 15 December 2015.
The newspaper's owner, PT Jakarta Globe Media, is part of
Enggartiasto Lukita's B Universe (formerly Globe Media Group and BeritaSatu Media Holdings, both an associated company of
Lippo Group).
See also
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List of newspapers in Indonesia
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Media of Indonesia
The mass media in Indonesia consist of several different types of communications media: television, radio, film, cinema, newspapers, magazines, and Internet-based websites.
History
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References
External links
* Jakarta Globe'' website: https://jakartaglobe.id (formerly http://thejakartaglobe.com )
Indonesian press
Defunct newspapers published in Indonesia
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Newspapers established in 2008
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English-language newspapers published in Asia
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