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Entity Type: Domestic Non-Chinese Language Media

Khovar News Agency

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Khovar News Agency, officially known as the National Information Agency of Tajikistan, was established on December 31, 1925, during the period of the Tajik Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. The agency functions as Tajikistan’s state news agency, publishing content in Tajik, Russian, English, Arabic, and Persian languages. On April 30, 2004, a governmental decree designated Khovar as the central state information body with official authorization to collect and distribute information about the president, Supreme Assembly, and government activities. The agency also operates Radio Khovar FM, which started broadcasting in 2011.

Jakarta Post

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The Jakarta Post is an English-language daily newspaper in Indonesia, founded in 1983 by four Indonesian media groups — the online daily newspaper Suara Karya, the national newspaper Kompas, the weekly magazine Tempo, and the evening daily Sinar Harapan — under the auspices of then-Information Minister Ali Murtopo and politician Jusuf Wanandi. The newspaper expressed its aim at the time as creating a credible English-language publication that provides an Indonesian perspective to the English-speaking community. Now owned by media company PT Niskala Media Tenggara, the paper covers politics, business, culture, and economics. The Jakarta Post has a content-sharing agreement with China Daily (中國日報), established in August 2019.

Spring News Television Network

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Spring News was a Thai digital television news channel founded in 2010 and owned by Spring News Television Ltd., a subsidiary of News Network Corporation PCL. The channel began test broadcasts on satellite television on March 5, 2010, with its official launch on December 15, 2010. Spring News won a digital television license for news and information content from Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) in 2013 and began digital terrestrial broadcasting on April 1, 2014, on channel 19. In November 2016, the channel signed a five-year partnership agreement with CNN International through Turner Broadcasting System Asia-Pacific, becoming CNN’s first news affiliate partner in Asia. This partnership included content sharing, staff training, and the adoption of CNN-themed graphics beginning January 1, 2017. Spring News ceased television broadcasting on August 15, 2019, but continues operating as an online news platform under the Nation Group umbrella, maintaining its website and digital news services.

Panamericana Televisión

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Panamericana Televisión, also known as Canal 5, is a Peruvian free-to-air television network that began broadcasting on October 16, 1959, founded by the Delgado Parker and Lindley families. The channel’s programming centers on news and entertainment, anchored by its flagship newscast, 24 Horas, the morning show “Buenos Días Perú,” and the long-running Sunday investigative program “Panorama.” 

Star Media Group (SMG)

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Established in 1971, Star Media Group claims to be Malaysia’s “leading multimedia conglomerate,” asserting significant influence through its print and digital platforms. The company says it has “progressively grown from a single-product company into a multi-channel media group” with presence across print, digital, radio, television and events. Star Media Group claims it helps “shape society at large” through news, entertainment and content delivery via brands including The Star newspaper, R.AGE youth publication, mStar entertainment platform, and radio station 988. The organization says it remains “committed towards offering the best in integrated media solutions” while pursuing its stated vision to “soar to greater heights” and “make a difference always.” The company claims it stays “steadfast in its commitment to bring content that drives action” and tells “stories that must be told” across Malaysia’s media landscape.

Il Sole 24 Ore

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Il Sole 24 Ore is Italy’s leading financial newspaper, created on November 9, 1965, through the merger of Il Sole, founded in 1865, and 24 Ore, launched in 1946. The newspaper is owned by Confindustria, Italy’s employers’ federation, and is headquartered in Milan. Il Sole 24 Ore covers business, politics, commercial law, and financial markets, and operates as part of the broader 24 ORE Group. In 2019, Italy’s securities regulator Consob fined the newspaper’s management 1.05 million euros for inflating digital circulation figures.

Metro

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Metro is a British freesheet tabloid newspaper distributed weekday mornings across England, Wales, and Scotland. A sister publication to the conservative Daily Mail, Metro was launched in 1999 initially as a London-only newspaper with 85,000 copies distributed via dedicated bins in London Underground stations. The publication expanded nationally and in February 2018 climbed ahead of The Sun in total print circulation to become the UK’s most circulated newspaper. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Metro suffered financial losses from reduced advertising during travel disruptions and cost increases. Following a 2023 restructuring that combined its print and online operations, the publication became profitable in both print and online formats in 2024.

Box Brazil

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Box Brazil Media Group is Brazil’s largest independent pay-TV programmer, operating in entertainment and technology with offices in Porto Alegre, São Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro. The group comprises Box Brazil Channels, which operates seven pay-TV channels and ten streaming channels reaching 42 million people daily, along with subsidiaries Container Media, Media Mundus, and the Box Brazil Play streaming platform. Since 2021, the company has maintained a content-sharing partnership with China Media Group, broadcasting Chinese dramas, documentaries, and films to Brazilian audiences while distributing Brazilian content in China. Head of the company Claudia Dreyer participated in China Media Group’s December 2025 Silk Road Television Community Summit in Yangjiang, where she discussed the partnership’s expansion. The relationship exemplifies how Chinese state media entities establish content distribution agreements with commercial broadcasters in emerging markets, positioning Chinese programming within mainstream Latin American media ecosystems.

Cyprus Mail

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The Cyprus Mail, founded in 1945, is a daily English-language newspaper covering Cypriot politics, business and economics, and local news from its headquarters in Nicosia. The publication has a particular focus on the island’s division between Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities since 1974 and ongoing reunification efforts. The newspaper describes itself as independent and unaffiliated with political parties; however, it has taken editorial positions on the Cyprus dispute that some have regarded as controversial, notably supporting the 2004 Annan Plan for reunification, a United Nations proposal that was overwhelmingly rejected by Greek Cypriots in a referendum. In 2019, the newspaper was acquired by Andreas Neocleous, a lawyer and public figure who was previously convicted of bribing a deputy attorney general.