Ghanaian Times

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Ghanaian Times
TypeDaily newspaper
Owner(s)The New Times Corporation [1]
Founded1957
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters Accra, Ghana
Circulation 80,000 (2009)
Website www.ghanaiantimes.com.gh

The Ghanaian Times is a government-owned daily newspaper published in Accra, Ghana. The newspaper was established in 1957. [2] It has a circulation of 80,000 copies and is published six times per week. [3]

History

The newspaper was formerly known as the Guinea Press Limited. It was established by the first President of Ghana, the late President Dr. Kwame Nkrumah in 1957, as a printing press for The Convention People's Party. After his overthrow in military coup in 1966, The Guinea Press was taken over as a state property by the National Liberation Council Decree 130 of 1968. By an instrument of Incorporation-Act 363, 1971, Guinea Press was changed to the New Times Corporation. The Act also repealed the National Newspapers (Guinea Press Limited – Interim Reconstitution Decree) which acquired it as state property. That Act was given further recognition by the provision of Provisional National Defence Council Law 42. [4]

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References

  1. "About Us", The Ghanaian Times. The New Times Corporation, n.d. Web. 28 Aug. 2012. "About Us | the Ghanaian Times". Archived from the original on 2012-09-19. Retrieved 2012-08-28..
  2. Daniel Miles McFarland, Historical Dictionary of Ghana, 1985, p. 90.
  3. Kuehnhenrich, Daniel (2012). Entwicklung oder Profit? Die staatliche und private Presse in Ghana. ibidem. ISBN   978-3-8382-0304-1 (online)
  4. "history". www.ghanaiantimes.com.gh. ghanaiantimes. Archived from the original on 10 February 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.