Print’s not dead! And here’s proof…

THERE’S no doubt about it, digital media is booming. Smartphones, Netbooks, and Tablet PCs with remote access to the internet are taking the world by storm and changing the way in which media is produced and assimilated. And with global information now available at the touch of a button, 24 hours a day, it’s no wonder that many media experts are predicting the death of traditional print media. But proof that there’s life in the old rag yet can be found right here in Thailand.

Today there are over 200 foreign-language newspapers, magazines and other periodicals such as journals and guides published legally in Thailand. This number changes constantly, and unlike Europe and America, where print media is in decline, here it’s on the rise.

American missionary Dr. Dan Beach Bradley founded the first newspaper in Siam in 1844. Called The Bangkok Recorder, it was published monthly in English and Thai. Fast forward to present day and there are now scores of periodicals printed in Thailand on a daily, weekly, bi-weekly, monthly or longer basis.

A recent survey taken by BigChilli discovered 201 foreign-language publications printed locally, 96 of which are in English, 42 are bilingual, mostly in English/Thai, 32 in Japanese, 15 in Russian, six each in Chinese and German, two in Korean, and one each in French and Persian. Their circulations range from several hundred to many thousands of copies per issue.

Most are sold at newsstands and bookshops, while some are distributed free of charge at hotels, restaurants and supermarkets frequented by foreigners.

It should be noted that there are many publications, especially magazines, whose covers are fully or partly in English but whose entire content is in Thai.
 
Some of these are often wrapped in plastic to prevent people from reading inside the shop. In such a case non-Thai speakers should ask the seller whether the publication is in English or Thai before purchasing.    

A wide variety of foreign-language periodicals imported from other countries are also available. These are much more expensive than locally printed publications.

In addition, one company in Bangkok specializes in same-day editions of newspapers from more than 90 countries, in 40 languages, which are laser-printed in an A3 format with the same content and layout as the original.

Finally, there are a few periodicals published here without legal permits, especially by exile groups from Burma. These are mostly mailed to their readers in Thailand and abroad. (SCROLL DOWN FOR LIST).

CHINESE

Asia News Time
Kia Hua Tong Nguan (Sirinakorn)
The New Chinese Daily News   
The Sing Sian Yer Pao Daily News
The Universal Daily News 
Tong Hua Daily News 

BILINGUAL
(All titles in English/Thai unless written otherwise)

Alpha Southeast Asia
Asean Commerce (Chinese/Thai)
Art4d
Buddy
Compass
Customs Import - Export
CW Magazine
d & D  design & Décor
Dazzle Tasteful Travel
DO Pocazine
Eating Out  
Emporium & Paragon Magazine
Energy Saving Buyers’ Guide
English World
Fah Thai
Future Magazine
Highlights High Five
I Get English Magazine
Impulse (English/Japanese)
i Style Travel Magazine
Life and Home
Logistic Digest
Mandarin Thai (Chinese/Thai)
Modern Manufacturing
NM The Industrial Magazine
Nanfa
NJ Magazine
On Green Golf
Pango
Photo Art Contemporary
Passion of Traveler
Pattaya People (English/Dutch/French)
Phuket Bulletin
Sawasdee
Shamu
Thailand Industrial Today
Thailand Restaurant News
Thai Packaging Newsletter
The Rubber
TTIS Fashion
TTIS Textile
Weekend Guide

FRENCH

Gavroche

GERMAN

Der Farang
Guten Tag
Pattaya Blatt
Thaizeit
Tip Zeitung
Wochen Blitz

ENGLISH

2Magazine
Acclimate
Advance
Apartment Living
Asean Affairs
Asia News
Asia Spa Thailand
Bangkok 101
Bangkok Best Dining & Entertainment
Bangkok Guide for Kids by Kids
Bangkok Style
Bangkok Timesaver
Being Bangkok
BK Magazine
Business Report Thailand
Cape + Canary
Chiang Mai Citylife
Chiang Mai Mail
Chiang Mai Tourist Guide
Chic Travel Thailand
Complete Guide to Golf in Thailand
Dateline
Director
Education Living Magazine
Energy Saving Buyers’ Guide
Essential Guide to Home & Décor  
Expat Society
Expression
Guidelines
Hello Samui Magazine
Hello! Travel
Honeymoon Travel 
Hotels & Resorts Guide of Thailand
Hua Hin Today
In Residence
In Thailand Living
Inbound Asia
Inside Thailand
Irrawaddy
JWR Magazine
Krabi Magazine
Living in Thailand
Living Apartments
Look East
Masala Lite
Now Travel Asia
Pata Compas
Pattaya Business
Pattaya Condo Guide
Pattaya Mail
Pattaya One
Pattaya Times
Pattaya Today
Pattaya Traveller
Phuketindex.com
Phuket Gazette
Phuket Marine Guide
Phuket Post
Phuket Tatler
Prestige
Property Guide
Real Estate Power 99
Samui Express
Samui Holiday Magazine
Samui Life Style Magazine
Sawaddi Magazine
Scand Asia
SEA Yachting
Society
Student Weekly
t Life Style + Travel 
Thai Golf News
Thai Spa
Thailand Airline Timetable
Thailand’s Best Restaurants 
Thailand Calendar
Thailand Forum
Thailand Panorama
Thailand Society
Thailand Tatler
Thaiways Magazine
The Bangkok Post
The Big Chilli 
The Gazette Guide
The Greater Phuket Magazine
The Nation
The New Visitor Look Magazine
Tourist Ways
Travel + Leisure
Traversing the Orient 
Tropical
Tropical Living
What’s On Bangkok
What’s On Pattaya
What’s On Phuket
What’s On Samui

RUSSIAN

Argumenty i Fakty Thailand
Barhatny Sezon
Farang.Ru
Infoservice
Komsomolskaya Pravda
Nasha Gazeta
Pattaya Kondo Guide
Pattaya Segodnya
Phuket Info
Property and Holiday
Property Thailand
RL Magazine
Russkiy Vestnic
Russo Turisto
VitAlex

JAPANESE

Bangkok Guide
Bangkok Life
Bangkok Madam
Bangkok Night Map & Guide 2010 - 2011
Bangkok Shuho   
DACO
G-Diary
Hello Thailand
Info Biz Thailand
JCB Bangkok Guide Plus
Kitchen in Thailand Newspaper
KOKO
Marugoto Watching Thailand
Mini Navi Magazine
Moca
My Bus (Phuket)
Navi Magazine Bangkok
Newsclip
Par Golf
Panda Bus
Rakuraku
Serviced Apartment Guide
Thai Jiyu Land  
Thai Keizai
U-Machine
Viang Chiangmai
Walking Bangkok
Web
Wendi Tour
Wise Weekly
WOM Bangkok
Yoruno Bangkok

KOREAN

Bangkok Information Magazine
The Korean Square

PERSIAN

Ghadesak