| Newspaper Name: |
The Nassau Guardian |
| Owner: |
The Nassau Guardian, LLC |
| Country / Region: |
Bahamas (Nassau) |
| Language: |
English |
| Format type: |
Newspaper |
| Category: |
General |
| Political alignment: |
None |
| Frequency: |
Daily |
| Publication Years (print version): |
1844 — now (179 years) |
| Official Pages: |
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| Website: |
thenassauguardian.com [read with translation] |
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The newspaper was founded in 1844 by a British journalist in the midst of escalating unrest in the Bahamas over emancipation and the future of this British colony. Edmin Moseley, a journalist of «
The Times», has arrived into Bahamas to work as an editor for «The Argus», a local newspaper. Working conditions were unacceptable for him, and as a result, he decided to start his own publication, «The Nassau Guardian».
In 1877, he bought out another local publication, «The Bahama Herald». Following Edmin, the rights to the newspaper passed to his son, and after his death in 1904 — to Edmin's daughter, Mary. The newspaper was published by the Moseley family for the next 48 years. Its circulation was small, only a few hundred copies a day, and was intended for a limited circle of people.
In the 1950s, the newspaper was taken over by a group of «Nassau» businessmen and professional workers, who made several unsuccessful attempts to relaunch the newspaper in the political bulletin format. It was only after another sale in 1967 that the newspaper became popular with readers. At the moment, the publication is considered the leading newspaper of the Bahamas and is fully owned by the archipelago.
