Penguin News
Penguin News is the only newspaper produced in the Falkland Islands. It is published every Friday and provides news and features about the islands.[1]
 The Penguin News office on Ross Road, Stanley | |
| Format | Weekly Newspaper |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1979 |
| Website | https://penguin-news.com/ |
History
The paper was founded as a monthly in 1979, and after the Falkland Islands War it became a fortnightly paper and then eventually a weekly paper. It was sold to fishing company Seamount Ltd in 1988 in the hopes of saving the newspaper, but after Seamount's bankruptcy the Falkland Islands Government took control of Seamount's assets, and legislation was passed for the Media Trust to guarantee the independence of the paper.[1]
Editions from 1979 to date are published online by the Falklands Government Archives.[2]
Uruguayan news agency MercoPress marked the 25th anniversary of the founding of Penguin News with an article which tracked the paper's interesting history.[3]
See also
- Falkland Islands Gazette The official journal of the Falkland Islands Government since 1891.
- The Falkland Islands Journal is an annual academic journal covering all aspects of research on the Falkland Islands. It was established in 1967.[4]
- Falkland Islands Magazine published monthly from 1889 until 1933.
References
- "About Us". Penguin News. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- "Penguin News - Oct 1979 to Dec 2009 - Archives".
- ""Penguin News" Voice of the Falklands for 25 years".
- Walton, D.W.H. "The Falkland Islands Journal" in Polar Record, Volume 22, Issue 140, May 1985, pp. 537-538.