The Manila Times Online
The Manila Times Online is the online website of The Manila Times, one of the oldest English-language newspapers in the Philippines founded on October 11, 1898. In the article titled “History of The Manila Times,” Luis Serrano wrote that the publication was established after news of the breakdown of the Paris Conference. This signaled the transfer of the Philippines from Spanish to American rule.
Thomas Gowan, an Englishman, set up Manila Times to fill the demand of the United States forces for an American newspaper in Manila.
Filipino journalists started to join the former all-American staff of the Manila Times in 1918, including Maria Kalaw-Katigbak, Jose P. Bautista, Jose Luna Castro, Luis Serrano, Benjamin Osias, Jose L. Guevara, Estrella Alfon, Cita Trinidad, Consuelo G. Abaya, Carlos P. Romulo, and Benigno Aquino Jr.
After the Second World War, heirs of Don Alejandro Roces Sr. reopened the paper in 1945. With its top-notch reporting, it was the number one in the vibrant media industry until it was forced to close down when martial law was imposed in September 1972. It remained shut for the next 14 years until the Roces family revived the newspaper company on February 5, 1986. Three years after its rebirth the paper again had to close down.
Citing financial dearth, the Roces family sold the paper to business tycoon John Gokongwei. In 1999, the paper faced a libel suit amounting to PhP101 million (around US$2.608 million in 1999)from then-president Erap Estrada after publishing a story calling him an “unwitting godfather” to a controversial deal of the government with an Argentinian energy company. The Gokongweis were forced to apologize and eventually decided to get out of the newspaper business.
The paper again closed on July 23, 1999. But months before it ceased operating, Mark Jimenez, a crony of Joseph Estrada, was said to have shown interest in buying the publication but wanted to remain an undisclosed partner.
Dante Ang Sr. acquired The Manila Times on Aug. 8, 2001, taking on the role of publisher and chairman. He is known in the media industry as a public relations practitioner. His most famous client was Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who became president in 2001
He published a business magazine, Money Asia, and founded the Filipino-language broadsheet, Kabayan. He also runs five publishing houses and serves as president and chair of a public relations firm, with mostly corporate clients.
The Manila Times is one of the first Philippine newspapers to develop an Internet edition. Today, the Manila Times has adopted a paywall for readers to access its content online.
The Manila Times’ new management is headed by Ang Sr.'s son, Dante “Klink” Ang II, who serves as the paper’s President and CEO and Executive Editor.
Based on Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism’s 2023 DNR, The Manila Times Online ranked 14th as the top news website in the Philippines.
Audience Share
10%
Ownership Type
Private
Geographic Coverage
International
Content Type
Free content
Media Companies / Groups
The Manila Times Publishing Corporation
Ownership Structure
The Manila Times is owned by the Manila Times Publishing Corporation, which is operated by the Ang family. Dante Francis Ang II, Michael Alexander Ang, Anna Marie Thompson, Dante Ang, Ma. Preciosa Monica Ang, and Joanna Paola DV. Ang all have 14.29% shares, while Michele Denise Saludo has 14.28% shares.
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Affiliated Interests Founder
is an Englishman who established The Manila Times in 1898 during the American colonial period. It was the first daily English-language broadsheet circulating in the country that served as the bridge between Filipinos and the colonial government of America.
Affiliated Interests Ceo
is the President of The Manila Times Publishing Corporation. He is also the Chairperson of the National Book Development Board (NBDB) and is a recent presidential appointee of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. as an Acting Member of the Board of Directors of Clark International Airport Corporation.
His father, Dante Arevalo Ang, Sr. acquired The Manila Times as the Publisher and Chair on August 8, 2001.
Ang Sr. is known in the media industry as a public relations practitioner. His most famous client was Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who became president in 2001.
He published a business magazine, Money Asia, and founded the Filipino broadsheet, Kabayan. He also maintains five publishing houses and is president and chair of a public relations firm that handles corporate accounts.
Affiliated Interests Editor-In-Chief
is the Chief Finance Officer of The Manila Times Publishing Corporation. He is also part of the National Committee on Communication (NCCom) under the Subcommission on Cultural Dissemination (SCD) as the Vice Head for Print Media (Luzon) of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts. Aside from his active involvement in media, he is also an Honorary Consul General of Jordan in Manila.
is one of the members of the Board of Directors of The Manila Times Publishing Corporation.
is one of the members of the Board of Directors of The Manila Times Publishing Corporation.
is one of the stockholders of The Manila Times Publishing Corporation.
is one of the stockholders of The Manila Times Publishing Corporation.
Contact
409 Andres Soriano Jr. Street, 2/F News Wing, Sitio Grande Building, Manila, National Capital Region 1002, PH
Telephone: 285245664
Website: www.manilatimes.net
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913,097 US$ / 50,566,555 PhP
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Audience share is based on Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism’s Digital News Report 2023 for the Philippines.
Conversion rate on November 28, 2023: PhP55.459 per US$1.
Interview with The Manila Times managing editor Lynette Ordoñez-Luna (15 February 2024)
