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The ''Manila Bulletin'' (), (also known as the ''Bulletin'' and previously known as the ''Manila Daily Bulletin'' from 1906 to September 23, 1972 and the ''Bulletin Today'' from November 22, 1972 to March 10, 1986) is the Philippines' largest broadsheet newspaper by circulation, followed by the ''Philippine Daily Inquirer''. It bills itself as "The Philippines' Leading National Newspaper", which is its official slogan. ==History== Founded in 1900 as a shipping journal, it is the second-oldest Philippine newspaper, second only to ''The Manila Times''. The newspaper was originally owned by a Swiss expatriate named Hans Menzi. Its name was changed from ''Bulletin Today'' on March 12, 1986.〔(Change of name from Bulletin Today. )〕 On occasion the editorial policy of the ''Manila Bulletin'' has met objection from civil authorities. During World War II the newspaper's editor, Roy Anthony Cutaran Bennett, was imprisoned and tortured by the Japanese for his statements opposing the militarist expansion of the Japanese Empire. The ''Manila Bulletin'' survived the Martial law era of President Ferdinand Marcos as a propaganda tool. The newspaper was owned by Filipino-Chinese business mogul Emilio Yap, who, aside from the Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation (the paper's controlling company), also owned and chaired the Manila Hotel, Centro Escolar University and Euro-Phil Laboratories. The company has been listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange since 1990, and had revenues of approximately US$45 million in 2004. Besides its flagship it publishes two other daily tabloids, ''Tempo'' and ''Balita'', as well as nine magazines such as the ''Philippine Panorama'', ''Bannawag'', ''Liwayway'', ''Bisaya'' and a host of other journals in English, Tagalog, Cebuano and other Philippine languages. The newspaper is regarded by many for being pro-administration regardless of who is in power and also for its optimistic and non-sensational journalism. Unlike other papers, Bulletin editorials used to almost always focus on honoring government agencies and officials, high-profile persons such as the President of the Philippines, and events by private and public institutions, and rarely touched the topics about political issues. Only shortly after the death of Chairman Emilio Yap that the newspaper decided to allow discussion of political and current events in their editorial pages. The editorial is also featured in its sister papers Tempo (in English) and Balita (in Tagalog). To further enhance its image as a newspaper which presents positive news articles, the ''Bulletin'' recently introduced a new marketing tagline "There's good news here". In addition it maintains the oldest news web site in the Philippines. On December 22, 2007, survey results by Nielsen Media Research "Nielsen Media Index Study (Enhanced Wave 2)," covering the whole year of 2007, showed that the ''Philippine Daily Inquirer'' (parent company of INQUIRER.net) was the choice of 53% "of those who said they had read a broadsheet" with 1.3 million readers. ''Manila Bulletin'' came second with 47% (1.17 million readers), while the ''Philippine Star'' was third with 42% (1.05 million readers). Nielsen survey also showed that the ''Sunday Inquirer Magazine'', led in its category, with 39% readership, ''Panorama'' came in second with 35%, while ''Starweek'' was third with 12%.〔( Inquirer.net, Nielsen survey shows Inquirer is top newspaper )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Manila Bulletin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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