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Daily News Thailand

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Daily News (เดลินิวส์) is a Thai-language daily newspaper published in Bangkok. It traces its founding to June 24, 1950, when founder Saeng Hetrakul (แสง เหตระกูล) — who had run a printing operation for five years — purchased the defunct Thai edition of the Bangkok Daily Mail. The paper was relaunched in 1964 under the name “Naewna Hang Yuk Daily News” (แนวหน้าแห่งยุคเดลินิวส์), with Hetrakul’s son, Praphan Hetrakul (ประพันธ์ เหตระกูล), as editor-in-chief, publishing 16 pages for one baht per issue through Si Phraya Printing Co., Ltd. (บริษัทสี่พระยาการพิมพ์ จำกัด). It is widely cited among Thailand’s top-circulating dailies. In July 2026, Daily News was one of three Thai outlets named by the Chinese Embassy in Bangkok as having published a signed op-ed by Chinese Ambassador Zhang Jianwei.

Top News

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Top News (ท็อปนิวส์) is a Thai-language broadcast and digital news outlet owned by Top News Digital Media Co., Ltd. Its founder, Sonthiyan Chuenruthainaitham, was sentenced in 2021 to eight months in prison for his role in the 2013–2014 “Shutdown Bangkok” street protests against the government of Yingluck Shinawatra. Sonthiyan previously ran T News, a television outlet that shut down after sustaining roughly 70 million baht in losses. Prior to founding Top News, Sonthiyan’s other media holdings — T News, INN News, and Spring News, under News Network Corp — acquired a controlling stake in Nation Multimedia Group, publisher of Nation Thailand, in January 2018. Khaosod English described T News at the time as “ardently ultra-royalist and pro-junta.” In July 2026, Top News was one of three Thai outlets named by the Chinese Embassy in Bangkok as having published a signed op-ed by Chinese Ambassador Zhang Jianwei.

Curierul Național

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Curierul Național is a Romanian-language daily newspaper, first published on December 5, 1990. The paper is owned by the Păunescu family through Media Sud Publishing, and focuses on economic and financial news, covering companies, energy, agriculture, taxation, real estate, and tourism, alongside domestic politics, foreign affairs, culture, and sport. The paper describes itself as “an independent publication, with no political affiliation,” stating that its funding is “exclusively private, 100% from advertising, announcements, or commercial contracts.” In its own 35th-anniversary retrospective, the outlet describes itself as a founding member and Board of Co-Chairs member of the Belt and Road Economic Information Partnership (一帶一路經濟信息共享網絡), an economic-information-sharing network launched in Beijing in June 2019 by China’s state news agency Xinhua (新華社), and separately describes itself as a “partner of CCTV News Agency.”

Nation Thailand

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Nation Thailand is an English-language online news outlet published in Bangkok. It was founded on July 1, 1971, by its own account the first Thai-owned English-language newspaper in the country, initially under the name “The Voice of the Nation,” later shortened to The Nation. The paper published its final print edition on June 28, 2019, after 48 years, and has continued since as an online-only outlet. In January 2018, per Khaosod English, Nation Multimedia Group was acquired by Sonthiyan Chuenruthainaitham — later the founder of Top News — through a controlling stock stake held by News Network Corp (T News, INN News, Spring News). In July 2026, Nation Thailand republished a signed op-ed by Chinese Ambassador Zhang Jianwei marking the 105th anniversary of the CCP’s founding and the 51st anniversary of China-Thailand diplomatic relations.

Mundo Obrero

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Mundo Obrero (“Workers’ World”) is the official publication of the Communist Party of Spain (PCE), first published on August 23, 1930, shortly after the fall of Spain’s Primo de Rivera dictatorship. Under the Franco dictatorship the paper was repeatedly suppressed; according to Público, imprisoned PCE militants handwrote miniature, illustrated copies of the paper and smuggled them out of Francoist prisons for clandestine distribution. It returned to open circulation after the PCE’s legalization in 1977, and is currently published as a monthly print magazine alongside a daily news website, based in Madrid. In July 2026, the outlet published its own account of a State Council Information Office-organized seminar in Xinjiang, describing Urumqi as a logistics hub of the “New Belt and Road” — Xinhua separately quoted a Mundo Obrero columnist, identified as Jesús Rodríguez Rojo, praising Xinjiang’s “smart agriculture” during the same trip.

Millî Gazete

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Millî Gazete (“National Newspaper”) is a Turkish-language daily newspaper first published on January 12, 1973, in Istanbul’s Cağaloğlu district, according to the paper’s own account of its founding (archive pending — see note above). The paper has identified itself with Millî Görüş (“National View”), an Islamist political movement whose flagship parties were twice dissolved by Turkey’s courts — the National Salvation Party, banned in 1981, and the Welfare Party, banned in 1998 — both led by Necmettin Erbakan. Millî Gazete is published by Yeni Neşriyat A.Ş., with Ömer Yüksel Özek listed as its license holder and general manager and Mustafa Kurdaş as editor-in-chief. The paper is headquartered in the Sefaköy area of Istanbul’s Küçükçekmece district. In July 2026, the paper’s editorial department head, Ercan Salkaya, was among the foreign media figures hosted on a state-organized seminar in Xinjiang, where he was quoted praising the pace of the region’s industrial development.

ON Media

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ON Media (known until November 25, 2025 as MTS Media) is a Russian entertainment holding created in February 2024 to consolidate the entertainment businesses of the digital ecosystem operated by MTS (Mobile TeleSystems), Russia’s largest mobile operator. The holding includes the KION streaming platform, the KIONFILM studio, the MTS Music streaming service, the Строки (Stroki) book service, the MTS Label record company, and the MTS Live events and ticketing division. ON Media briefly operated under a broader non-telecom holding structure called Erion, itself a late-2025 rebrand of what had been known as “MTS Ecosystem,” though that holding structure was reported to be under dissolution as of February 2026, with ON Media continuing to operate as an individual business. ON Media is led by general director Sofya Mitrofanova, who previously held senior roles at Gazprom-Media Holding, Okko, Ivi, and Premier.

Fana Media Corporation SC

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Fana Media Corporation S.C. (FMC) is a state-owned Ethiopian media organization formed through the merger of Fana Broadcasting Corporate and Walta Media and Communication Corporate. Launched in 1994, FBC has generally supported Ethiopia’s federal government and ruling Prosperity Party since 2020, and has signed content exchange agreements with Russian state news agency Sputnik. The company operates extensive broadcasting infrastructure including Fana Television, Fana Plus TV, National Radio, and twelve FM stations across Ethiopia, claiming to reach millions of viewers domestically and internationally. FMC broadcasts in nine languages including Amharic, Afan Oromo, Afar, Somali, Tigrigna, Wolaita, Sidamo, Arabic, and English, and describes itself as committed to Ethiopia’s “economic, social, and political development.” Beyond traditional broadcasting, the corporation provides media training and consultancy services while maintaining a digital presence. Operating under the slogan “We Reveal Ethiopia,” FMC has participated in China’s international communication initiatives targeting African audiences through programs like the China-Africa International Communication Alliance.

Aus-China TV Media

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AUS-China TV Media (澳華電視傳媒), abbreviated as ACTV, is a Sydney-based multimedia company founded on February 21, 2006, that closely collaborates with China’s official state-run broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV), under the CCP’s China Media Group (CMG). According to CCTV’s website, the company is registered with the Australian Taxation Office and has “always cooperated” with CCTV-4’s “Chinese World” program since its establishment, providing content about Australian Chinese communities. Led by Chairman James Ren (任傳功), ACTV positions itself as a bridge connecting overseas Chinese communities with China while explicitly supporting Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative and the “Chinese Dream” (中國夢). The company describes itself as focused on “overseas Chinese media unity” — according to a profile on the CCTV website from 2012 — and claims to promote “the prosperity and stability of multicultural Australia” and “mutual understanding between Australia and Asia-Pacific countries including China.”