JoongAng Ilbo

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Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet

Owner Song Pil Ho
Publisher Kwon Young-Bin
Founded September 22, 1965
Headquarters Seoul,
South Korea

Website: www.joins.com
JoongAng Ilbo
Hangul:
중앙일보
Hanja:
中央日報
Revised Romanization: Chung'ang Ilbo
McCune-Reischauer: JungAng Ilbo

JoongAng Ilbo is a newspaper published in Seoul, Korea. It is one of the "big three newspapers" in Korea. It boasts a circulation of 1.96 million copies in Korea (as of 2004). Its average page count per copy is around 52. The paper also publishes an English edition, The JoongAng Daily, in alliance with the International Herald Tribune.

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[edit] History

First published in September 22, 1965 by Lee Byung-chul, the founder of Samsung Group, it pioneered the use in Korea of horizontal copy layout, topical sections, and specialist reporters with investigative reporting teams. Since April 15, 1995, JoongAng Ilbo has been laid out horizontally. At that time it also became a morning newspaper.

[edit] Worldwide

It has a United States edition, with branches from Toronto to Buenos Aires. Its parent company, JMN, or JoongAngIlbo Media Network, holds publication rights to Newsweek Korea and Forbes Korea.

[edit] See also

JMN means JoongangIlbo Media Network, not Joongang Media Network

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