Fiji Sun is a daily newspaper published in Fiji since September 1999 and owned by Sun News Limited.[2][3]Fiji Sun was founded by and is part of CJ Patel Group.[2]
The Fiji Sun has its main newsroom in Suva, Fiji.[4] Its print center remains in suburban Walu Bay, from where the paper was founded in September 1999.[3]
The Fiji Sun also has an online edition which is updated daily. An e-paper edition is also published.[5][6]
Politics
Fijian politics
The Fiji Sun tends to be supportive of Frank Bainimarama's FijiFirst party, which has been confirmed by a journalist for the Fiji Sun in 2014.[7] This has led to many accusations of media bias.[8]
During the lead-ups to the 2014 and 2018 general elections, the Fiji Sun was the main provider of opinion polls for these elections, which were conducted for the newspaper by Razor Research in 2014 and Western Force Research in 2018. In the lead-up to the 2022 election, the Fiji Sun released very few opinion polls compared to in 2014 and 2018 due to restrictions adopted by the government. In 2022, one poll conducted for the Fiji Sun by Western Force Research was found to have breached the set guidelines.[9]
^ abSingh, Shailendra; Lal, Nilesh (28 July 2022). News Coverage of Fiji’s 2018 General Election Campaign: Insights from a Content Analysis of the National Print and Broadcast Media(PDF) (Report). pp. 2–3. doi:10.25911/6NXR-CM05. Retrieved 29 May 2023. In the print sector, the two major privately owned English-language dailies are The Fiji Times and the Fiji Sun. [...] The Fiji Sun was launched in September 1999 and is owned by Sun News Limited. The major shareholder, the CJ Patel Group of Companies, is a multi-sector company with food procurement and distribution operations across Fiji and the Pacific (Narsey 7/2/2013). The Fiji Sun does not have independently audited sales figures, although in 2011 it received a Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers' Association advertising award in the 25,000-circulation category (PMW 19/8/2011).
