''The Daily Times'' is a daily newspaper published in

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. It is one of the oldest newspapers in the country, founded in 1895 by the ''Central African Planter''. Around 1900, it was rebranded to ''Central African Times'', a weekly publication and later to ''Nyasaland Times''. With the Malawian independence in 1964, it simply became ''The Times'' (then published bi-weekly), and finally the ''Daily Times'' in 1972. The publisher is Blantyre Newspapers Limited (BNL), a subsidiary of Blantyre Printing & Publishing Company Ltd., which publishes four sister newspapers: ''The Daily Times'' (Monday-Friday), and the weekly ''The Weekend Times'' (Friday afternoon), ''Malawi News'' (Saturday), and ''Sunday Times'' (Sunday). In 2013, Blantyre Printing & Publishing Company Ltd established Malawi's first independent private Free-To-Ai
television station
Times Television (TTV). Th
MISA
award-winning TV station provides local content, stretching over arts, entertainment, sports and current affairs. Times Television is available on Dstv channel 296
Malawi Digital Broadcasting Network Limited
(MDBNL) Platform CH 805,

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. In 2015, Blantyre Printing & Publishing Company Ltd established Times Radio, a sister company of Times Television. It broadcasts nationwide, mostly in

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. On 29 July 2020, Times Radio had a mix up with the UK-based radio station of the same name during their interview with

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. Blantyre Printing & Publishing Company Ltd is a 360 degree media house consisting of Times Radio Blantyre Newspapers Limited (BNL) and Times Television. The media house now called "Times 360".

Notable contributors (past and present)

* Raphael Tenthani, journalist, columnist

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Daily Times Newspapers established in 1895 Newspapers published in Malawi Mass media in Blantyre 1895 establishments in the British Central Africa Protectorate English-language newspapers published in Africa