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Electronic Newpapers
An electronic newspaper is a self-contained, reusable, and refreshable version of a traditional newspaper that acquires and holds information electronically.
ABYZ News Links is a directory of links to online news sources across the world, including the Philippines. It contains links to newspapers and other news-related websites, such as broadcast stations, online services, publications, and news organizations. The links are organized by geographical area or by the location of each news source. As the page is only available in English, ABYZ News Links is intended for users who are familiar with the language.
Chronicling America is a newspaper website that provides access to a digitized collection of information about the Historic American Newspapers. It is produced by the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP), a partnership program between Library of Congress and National Endowment for the Humanities developing an Internet-based, searchable database of U.S. newspapers. It allows users to use the U.S. Newspaper Directory which contains American newspapers that were published between 1690 to present.
IBON Foundation is a non-stock non-profit research and education development organization which aims to advocate a better comprehension of the social, economic, and political issues surrounding the Philippines and the world through the publication and propagation of progressive materials. This outlet provides news, feature articles, infographics, infoposts, photoquotes, and other transformative materials that exhibit both facts and figures about the socio economics concerning the Filipino people. Notable topics that are the center of the discussions are those that concern the COVID-19 situation, people economics, the administration’s build build build program, international relations, PH-China relations, and the environment.
The International Coalition on Newspapers (ICON) database is a transnational platform that serves as an encyclopedic source of information about printed, digital, and micro formatted newspapers globally. This database seeks to preserve and make physical and digital collections of newspapers available to scholars and researchers through digitization, microfilming, and bibliographic access creation. Currently, ICON holds 47,654,482 issues from 181,292 publications dating from 1649–2015 in 88 languages of 170 countries.
The Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation, also known as Manila Bulletin is the largest publicly held corporation in the Philippines that publishes online and printed daily broadsheets, tabloids, newspapers, journals, pamphlets, and magazines in English, Filipino, and other local dialects. Manila Bulletin aims to provide published news that is accurate, unbiased, and objective to the Filipinos in the country and Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) around the globe. This news site focuses on providing all kinds of publications that cater to all means of mass communications. In doing so, they also offer different categories for the users to access such as sports, opinion, editorial, business, lifestyle, technology, and entertainment news. The news can be directly read to the site and open to all users and readers, however, these materials are not downloadable.
Manila Times Publishing Corporation, mostly known as Manila Times, is the oldest extant English-language newspaper in the Philippines. Manila Times is also considered to be one of the famous news publishers in the Philippines that serves as a daily news source by the locals or even other Filipinos all over the world. As a news website, it offers various published and online news categories in terms of sports, opinions, editorials, sports, entertainment, lifestyle, and business. It also has a special section and features which includes forums, legal advice, videos, podcasts, games, and market overview. The news are available and accessible directly to the site and can be read by the users anytime and anywhere. However, the content in the website are published online and can not be downloaded, in order to avail a physical copy, users must subscribe to the site and pay for daily print news subscription fee.
The Philippine Daily Inquirer is among the most convenient, comprehensive, and cost-effective means to read one's favorite magazine whenever and wherever users want. It is the most trustworthy and prominent newspaper in the country. Their website provides breaking news and the most up-to-date information about issues and current events 24/7. The website also features intriguing commentaries on Politics, Entertainment, Sports, Lifestyle, Business, and Technology, as well as global events relevant to all Filipinos living abroad. In addition to the news outlet's impression of flipping through pages and sections, users may use electronic advancements such as keyword search or access editions of the newspaper. Furthermore, the digital version is interactive where users can share trustworthy source articles with friends and colleagues via Facebook, Twitter, and email. Their site provides multimedia elements, easy channel navigation, a strong social media presence, and multiple engagement platforms, allowing readers to access material whenever, wherever, and however they choose.
The Philippine News Agency is a web-based news portal service provided by the Philippine government and administered by the Presidential Communications Office's News and Information Bureau (NIB) . PNA was founded on March 1, 1973, with its news service operations relying solely on teletype machines and typewriters. Today, PNA is an internet-based news service agency that provides timely, factual, and objective news and information to its subscribers, readers, and a variety of other clients both nationally and internationally. They also provide daily news services to users about the Government's and the Presidency's policies, activities, and initiatives. Through the rise of digital media, PNA has pushed its coverage to the masses by opening its offices to on-the-job training for college students, as well as increased access to anyone who seeks to bring in their narratives, whether they be news articles, photographs, videos, or audio.
Philstar.com is one the nation's leading and well-known online media sites. It is a principal source for a wide spectrum of material, including social, political, business, sports, entertainment, and lifestyle news. The broadcasting studio's award-winning multimedia journalism is known for its credible breaking news and contextual real-time coverage, in-depth explanatory reports, and engaging storytelling, all with the goal of assisting their audience in making informed decisions and understanding events and the world around them. While providing its own multimedia journalistic integrity, Philstar.com also features content from The Philippine STAR, one of the nation's biggest English broadsheets; Pilipino STAR Ngayon, a daily paper published in Filipino; Freeman, Cebu's oldest English-language news site; Banat, a Cebuano tabloid; and People Asia magazine, which characterizes personalities in the Philippines and the region. Philstar.com has risen from its humble origins as the online edition of the Philippine STAR in August 2000 to become one of the country's largest online news outlets.
Rappler is the Philippines' premier digital media organization, propelled by steadfast journalism, empowered by technology, and enriched by action communities. They are a social media organization where articles stimulate community involvement and digitally enabled social change initiatives. It's a fresh start of boundless collaboration made possible by technological advances and linked by social networking sites. They're made up of veteran journalists specialized in broadcast, print, and online disciplines collaborating with young, idealistic digital natives eager to report and solve issues. They are web artists, designers, publishers, and professionals who combine the finest of broadcasting and information technology processes.