The ''Malay Mail'' is an online news portal in

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, Malaysia. It is the continuation of a print paper which was first published on 1 December 1896 when

was the capital of the then new Federated Malay States, making it the first daily newspaper to appear in the FMS. In December 2018, it ceased printing after 122 years but has continued as a news portal. During

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, the paper was replaced by the Malai Sinpo.

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The newspaper used to be an afternoon edition which focused on local happenings and was promoted as "The Paper That Cares". It was common to find local community news making the headlines. A major example of this was the People's Live Telecast Fund, a public donation drive organised in June 1982 under the editorship of Ahmad Sebi Abu Bakar to crowdfund live matches of the World Cup happening around the same time for Radio Televisyen Malaysia totalling RM300,000 for 5 telecast; each broadcast was underwritten ''Ditaja Oleh Rakyat Malaysia'' ("Sponsored By The Malaysian People"). The paper also had featured a "Page 3 Girl" and was not taken too seriously as it had the image of a tabloid with the printing of many unsubstantiated news articles. The newspaper had a commanding presence in classified ads and in the 1990s it was common to find almost half the newspapers comprising classified ads. In 1997, the ''Malay Mail'' was the NSTP Berhad's single most profitable unit through its grip on classifieds which, in the nature of a virtuous cycle, actually intensified its popularity. In 2018, the website was revamped and relaunched as ''malaymail.com''. The Chinese and Malay language news portals were revamped into Cincai News () and ProjekMM. On 25 October 2018, ''Malay Mail'' announced that it will cease its print operations on 1 December 2018 and go fully digital on 2 December 2018.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Malay Mail 1896 establishments in British Malaya Online newspapers with defunct print editions English-language newspapers published in Malaysia Newspapers established in 1896 Publications disestablished in 2018 Mass media in Kuala Lumpur 2008 mergers and acquisitions 2012 mergers and acquisitions

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