Type | Daily (except Sunday) newspaper |
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Editor | Anusorn Thavisin |
Founded | February 1957 |
Language | English |
Ceased publication | 29 August 1987 |
Headquarters | Bangkok, Thailand |
The Bangkok World was an English-language daily newspaper in Thailand founded in February 1957 whose first editor was Mr. Darrell Berrigan, a United Press correspondent in Asia, and Far East correspondent for The Saturday Evening Post. It replaced the newspaper Liberty, founded by the Thai publishing magnate, Mr. Manit Vasuvat ( Thai: นาย มานิต วสุวัต), which was published between 5 September 1945 and 29 December 1956. [1] [2] [3] [4]
From its inception until early spring 1970, the Bangkok World was owned by Ital-Thai, a large construction company, of which General Phao Siyanon, who hired Darrell Berigan in 1957 to become editor of the Bangkok World, was a major shareholder. Ital-Thai sold in 1970 "a large interest in the enterprise" to Time Inc. whose resources enabled the paper to buy news presses and printing equipment. [5] [6] In 1971, the Bangkok Post and the Bangkok World were merged, The Post serving as the morning newspaper and The World as the afternoon paper. [7] [8] The Bangkok World's last issue was published on 29 August 1987. It closed due to financial losses. [9] [10]
A magazine was published on Sundays from 1957 entitled Bangkok World, Sunday Magazine Section. [11] It was merged on 14 April 1968 with Standard International to form Standard Bangkok magazine. [12] [13] On 1 April 1972, the magazine was renamed "Impact". [14]