https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2019...ase-publication

PETALING JAYA: The oldest newspaper in the country will be laid to rest on Wednesday (Aug 21) after a sustained period of financial uncertainty.

All publications under the Utusan Group – Utusan Malaysia, Mingguan Malaysia, Kosmo!, and Kosmo! Ahad – will cease all print and online publications.

Utusan Malaysia’s National Union of Journalists (NUJ) chief Taufek Razak said that executive chairman Datuk Abd. Aziz Sheikh Fadzir admitted that the company is penniless.

The sad news was communicated at a meeting between staff representatives and Human Resources Ministry personnel earlier Monday (Aug 19).



The decision was made by the board of directors at a meeting earlier Monday (Aug 19), and sources said that the closure will be finalised once the group is de-listed from Bursa Malaysia.

The Utusan Group has not paid its staff any salaries since June. Even before this, it had repeatedly delayed salary payments.

Salaries for executive staff were also delayed for two months, with the last partial payment of RM2, 000 being paid in June.

This despite it having initiated a voluntary separation scheme (VSS) that saw its staff cut from 1, 400 to 823, but even VSS payments have been delayed.

Utusan Malaysia was first published as Utusan Melayu in Jawi in 1939 in Singapore.

It was founded by Yusof Ishak, who later became the first President of Singapore, and Abdul Rahim Kajai, known as the father of Malay journalism.

Its office was relocated to Kuala Lumpur in 1959. The romanised version of Utusan Melayu, Utusan Malaysia, first started printing on Sept 1, 1967.

Alhamdullilllah

Will be revived after PH tumbang. Don't worry.

Panda muka la for always writing fitna article

Hahaha

if aug 21st u hear firework, u know what's up

Even during bijan time dying already, finally die

where can i get my bigot news now tho?

karma now......

jib no more gip money ka?
kecian lor liddis. where am i going to get nasi lemak wrapper...

so those writers will run to other publication and continue to write vroom vroom

in future where to find comedy articles oh

Jobless ones will vent their fury as troopers online.

But it is about time for people to realize you cannot sustain yourself by being a political mouthpiece, I have never seen anyone get rich doing it.

so..tell me bout youself..
vroom vroom vroooom...

i dont understand what 7 u say...
VROOOMMMMM

MEDIA PRIMA BILA? STAR BILA?

Kejamnya kerajaan pee H. Menutup media kencing original. Ini satu monopoli kencing

Singapore should buy this as a tribute to their first president, Yusof Ishak. It was founded by him afterall. And then Singapore can spew glorious Singapore news in Malaysia for all they want.

diesel power

Ab Rauf said the party has 3.5 million members.
Read more at https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017...uvLzCwzp27YQ.99

Not even 1 million buy utusan.

Utusan should publish nudes before close for good

But felt kesian a bit to those workers.

How they gonna cari makan after this?

Hutang kereta, rumah, iphone, tadika/sekolah anak, etc?

Good ...

then nasi lemak seller use what to wrap later? diu lo...

they will be macai in /k like ironmaid89

RM1 but together with the debts and vroom legacy lawsuit.

as usual... mintak tongkatz and leech onto society that they try to destroy

UMNO got 2 billion RM from the sales of shares.
but they dont bother to help utusex

Wankonyew darthboyzzee tanam anggur

Kesian thousands jobless soon. Then blame PH.

What happens to Awang?

Masyallah! This is good news.

You see Bijan will spin this till Kingdom come and say it's all DAP doing.

Awang is Zakir Naik in disguise.

Oh snap.

So many pas and umno suppprters.
They should have buy utusan newspaper daily to support.
If it dies, dont go protek protek.

They haven't been paid for months already.

Thx for the high school memories

Now bye.

A newspaper roles is to disburse correct and true information, and at the same time, educate their readers.


Unfortunately, this newspaper just does the opposite.
It prioritise in disbursing false info, defamation, and stir up racial and religion sentiment, and play up their supremacist hegemony.

They feed the readers with extreme idea, like blame the chinese, which disturb the harmony and damage unity.

Good riddance that they are gone.

五毒散？

AHAHAHAHAHA... SLEEP WELL TONITE!!!

APA LAGI CINA MAU

as long as we know, they depend on those money to survive.

i guess all the money songlap to jibby and his gangs liao hahahah

Remember I had a daily subscription to this paper during secondary school days to practise BM, that time not so vroom vroom yet, senyum kambing comic quite funny

Too bad become vroom champion

This post has been edited by bonedragon: Aug 19 2019, 07:07 PM

kfc, mcd. rm1100.

Need to buy last issue.

Finally
Won’t b missed

See Mkini, The Edge, and even The Star, all can continue surviving without waiting for handout. Utusan only know how to wait for handout while spewing racist articles. No pity for them.

How many umno members again?

What's urusan subscription numbers?

no luv lost

I think this is probable reason too. To blame PH for the loss of jobs

The star also half dead

Good riddance.

I still remember the headline after the GE13 Elections. - "Apa lagi Cina mau"
https://www.google.com/search?client=ms-ope...oNwwvcGDmcTJJM:


This post has been edited by ipohmali70: Aug 19 2019, 07:44 PM

Where to get the final issue?

Tomorrow then?

share price still increase......

nasi lemak going to increase price

nasi lemak wrapper kek

Finanlly, my chee cheong fun newspaper no moe already

Syukur alhamdulilah

Blame UMNO leaders lah, what for blame PH, its an UMNO newspaper. Find way own self survive like other publications.

MCA newspaper The Star still can survive sendiri what.

Don't they used to have gomen contract supply papers to schools? I have a feeling the Utusan money is gone. Maybe they need good accountants to find what happen to its coffers.

Alaaaa.... Utusan close shop pun salah cina DAPIG lahanat kan? Kan kan? @darthboyzee

Mana Jibby ... tak kasik duit ka?

Already current gomen tried to help a bit
New Straits Times has sold their building in Jalan Riong Bangsar to PNB for RM260 million. It was a bailout by current gomen!

Can start write good stuff about PH, mayb mirracle might happen

Mine was dewan masyarakat

We still have Harian and metro. If anyone read those newspaper should note that the politically news is cover more the 50% of the total contents.

u forgot kosmo
hnnnnnnghhh headlines > BN headline

This post has been edited by Skylinestar: Aug 19 2019, 08:15 PM

How come BN did not support them?

Money all kena songlap by the directors. Then force editorial team to write vroom vroom articles, get sued and penalised by courts.

6 months no salary paid, just those at the bottom suffer. Those at the top laughing and moving on with their full pockets

Even with BN still around it is doomed to fail with lousy, arrogant and backdated leaders

when did it all go so wrong?

was the vrooming a bit subtler back then or we were just more innocent to such insidious deeds?

anyway I only read for the back pages to know the sports results to discuss and banter with the lads at school in the morning

was such a boon before the live ticker/update apps we have right now

This post has been edited by hakimix: Aug 19 2019, 08:23 PM

dead after ge14 already

oh then this is NOT acceptable!

Kosmo is utusan's publication...

Damn my nasi lemak seller oit of wrapper soon

2020 coming, still playing race card. mmg tak sedar la wei, bangun bodo.

eh eh kau ini.. nanti sumbat camna? kecian cleaner kena korek balik sentuh paper tu tau

So long Utusan, you won't be missed.

I stopped reading it back in the 90s, that's how much fucuk I give towards the newspaper.

They had it coming since Bijan in power, yet still won't wake up and try to adjust their business model.

Yes we would be able to understand

But there are people who see this otherwise, which will be used as weapon against the current gov. Anything can be twisted for political mileage

I thought oldest surviving newspaper is 光華日報 first published in 1910 by Dr Sun Yat Sen

Aku tak suka tengok orang hilang kerja...

Tapi Utusan dah jadi bangkai hidup dari zaman BN lagi. Tak mau kembangkan skop perniagaan, asyik jadi alat sebar fitnah dan 'half truth' UMNO, sampai reputasi rosak ke tahap orang tak sanggup sokong brand Utusan yang dah toksik sebagai alat propa.

Orang cari makan dengan duit kotor, tak ke mana bhai... hangpa semua patut dah mula cari kerja lain sejak tahun lepas.

Crap. No more cheap toilet paper.

jgn risau... boleh continue fitnah via online mah!!!

umno: 3 million

Menurut firma pengauditan, Audit Bureau Circulation (ABC) bagi tempoh Julai hingga Di­sember tahun lalu, edaran akhbar Ming­guan Malaysia adalah tertinggi iaitu sebanyak 245,911 naskhah.
https://www.utusan.com.my/berita/nasional/a...tinggi-1.680259

Kesian pekerjanya. Harap dapat kerja baru secepat mungkin.

Use Sin Chew Daily to wrap.

It'll propagate Mandarin characters to all, and also serve as a reminder to dieters that it's a sin to chew too much daily.

ok ok...lame joke...i need a coffee.

Betul tu. Mereka banyak berusaha timbulkan kapal yang telah tenggelam, aku perasan banyak kali mereka buat redesign logo/ interface website. Tapi adakalanya usaha manusia gagal. Mereka gagal fahami perkara utama - orang dah tak baca akhbar sekarang. Kena diversify perniagaan.

Kesian. Ppl also got family to feed.

Oh yes your highness that is the smartest of all creation.

Digital age now

Board of directors makan gaji buta ka selama ni

Finally less 1 racing publisher

Dulu - Apa lagi Cina mau?

Skrng - Cina mau beli tak? lelong ni...

shit
baru je renew subscribtion utusan malaysia digital 1 year

Utusan could have been anything if the management wants it to be.

Orang atas urus macam taik, tapi depa keluar dari syarikat masih hidup kaya raya. Yang kesian adalah orang bawah; kalaupun depa tak setuju benda ditulis dalam Utusan, depa cuma mampu turut.

Yang paling tragik, akan ada ramai bekas pekerja Utusan yang tetap akan ikut telunjuk 'bangsawan' haprak ni hanya kerana masing-masing Melayu. Terlalu malu nak mengaku kena kencing dengan orang kaum sendiri.

cant blame the staff...

since begining, dah cam tue mah. susah nak tukar. wait for next generation. UMNO made such. No point crying over spoil milk

Really Utushit now.

As for the workers, life sucks but hope they can get on their own feet soon.

what will happen if no one rdy to buy.

many such cases with GLCs innit?

seems like the same old story