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The Bangkok Post is an English-language daily newspaper published in Bangkok, Thailand. It is published in broadsheet and digital formats. The first issue was sold on 1 August 1946. It had four pages and cost one baht, a considerable amount at the time when a baht was a paper note. It is Thailand's second oldest newspaper (The first newspaper published in Thailand was The Bangkok Recorder which began publishing in 1844, both in Thai and English.).

The Bangkok Post was founded by Alexander MacDonald, a former OSS officer, and his Thai associate, Prasit Lulitanond. Thailand at the time was the only Southeast Asian country to have a Soviet Embassy. The U.S. embassy felt it needed an independent, but generally pro-American newspaper to counter Soviet views. Some claim[who?] the financing came directly from the US State Department or possibly even the OSS itself, although there is no proof of this.

Nevertheless, under MacDonald's stewardship, the Bangkok Post was reasonably independent and employed many young reporters, including Peter Arnett and T. D. Allman, who later became known internationally. Alex MacDonald left Thailand after a military coup in the early 1950s, and the newspaper was later acquired by Roy Thomson. The paper has since changed hands. Major shareholders in Post Publishing include the Chirathivat family (owners of Central Group), the South China Morning Post of Hong Kong and GMM Grammy Pcl, Thailand's biggest media and entertainment company.

The Bangkok Post newspaper was first published in 1946, as an English-Language newspaper aimed at providing information on Thai and World affairs for Thais educated overseas and foreign residents in Bangkok. The Bangkok Post, Thailand's leading English-language newspaper, has the highest circulation among English-language dailies in Thailand with 450,000 readers a day both in the local market and abroad.

In an area where newspaper censorship was rampant, the Bangkok Post has been comparatively free, with certain restrictions. One, of course, is in respecting the Thai monarchy. Another – until recent years – was never accusing high officials of corruption. Third, more controversial, was during the Vietnam War, when forays from U. S. Air Force bases in Thailand were made over North Vietnam and Cambodia. None of these missions received coverage in the local press.

Content-wise, fair and balanced news and analysis as well as in-depth and wide coverage in the three main daily sections Section 1, Business and Outlook, are provided, with an emphasis on overall quality.

Sections:
Section 1 – Local, regional and world news, as well as Opinion and Analysis pages. The Sports section starts from the back page of the front section and consists of four to six pages.
Business – The second section (introduced in 1966) contains local, regional and world business and financial news and stock-market tables.
Outlook – The features section, includes human-interest stories, entertainment news, a society page, advice columns, comics, puzzles, local television listings and movie ads.
Horizon – A weekly travel section, inserted on Thursdays.
Motoring – A weekly automotive section, inserted on Fridays.
Sunday Perspective - A weekly news analysis and investigative journalism section.
Real.Time – Launched as a weekly magazine in 1997, then became a broadsheet section in 1998, inserted on Fridays. Includes reviews of movies and music as well as events listings.
Learning Post – An English-language education section.
The Magazine – A bimonthly glossy lifestyle magazine.
Guru – An entertainment tabloid, inserted on Fridays and aimed at young-adult readers.
Classified – Extensive English-language listings for jobs, housing, automobiles, entertainment, dining, travel and other services.

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Post Today is a Thai-language daily business newspaper published in Bangkok, Thailand. The newspaper is owned by Post Publishing, owner of the Bangkok Post and was first published on February 7, 2003. It offers both economic and lifestyle information.

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M2F is a Thai-language daily tabloid newspaper published in Bangkok, Thailand. The newspaper is owned by Post Publishing, owner of the Bangkok Post and was first published on October 11, 2011. It is distributed free in hotels, shopping malls, sky train stations, office buildings and tourist attractions in Bangkok.