Media Prima
Malaysian integrated media company
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| February 25 2025 | Media Prima officially closed its Sri Pentas headquarters, marking the end of a three-decade run of broadcasting operations after relocating staff to Balai Berita. |
| January 15 2025 | Media Prima launched a new AI-enhanced version of the Azan (Islamic call to prayer), first aired during Zohor prayers, with Sheikh Abdul Karim Umar Al Makki reciting. |
| 2023 | Media Prima won multiple awards including Company of the Year at Sustainability and CSR Malaysia Awards, and received recognition at the Kinabalu Press Awards, Kelantan Press Awards, and MACC Media Awards |
| 2022 | Media Prima received a Silver Award for Telecommunications and Media Company at The Edge ESG Awards and won Best Digital Media at Huawei Developers' Day |
| January 15 2022 | Primeworks Studios premiered the Malaysian version of the Korean reality show 'Master in the House' on TV3. |
| 2021 | Media Prima won the Industrial Excellence Award for Corporate Governance Exposure at the MSWG-ASEAN Corporate Governance Awards |
| 2021 | Former second Finance Minister Johari Abdul Ghani, through JAG Capital Holdings, became the second largest shareholder of Media Prima by acquiring 109.7 million shares. |
| July 2021 | Media Prima reacquired its Bangsar headquarters, Balai Berita, from PNB Development in a RM156.4 million deal. |
| March 2021 | Johari Abdul Ghani acquired an additional 54.37 million shares in Media Prima. |
| 2020 | Media Prima achieved Gold at the Australasian Reporting Awards |
| November 1 2020 | Media Prima acquired the remaining 49% stake in CJ Wow Shop from CJ Group and renamed it Wow Shop. |
| April 2020 | Media Prima consolidated its advertising functions into a new subsidiary called Media Prima Omnia. |
| 2019 | Media Prima won Digital Publisher of the Year at the Malaysian Digital Association Awards |
| September 2019 | Aurora Mulia acquired an additional 7.9% stake in Media Prima, raising its total equity stake to 31.22%. |
| April 9 2019 | Media Prima partnered with Grabyo to enhance its social video strategy and increase dominance in the Malaysian digital content market. |
| 2018 | Media Prima won multiple awards, including Media Company of the Year and Media Brand of the Year at The Spark Awards, Marketing Council Awards, and achieved Gold at the Australasian Reporting Awards |
| 2018 | Became the number one choice for mobile content, surpassing Google and Facebook in Malaysia. |
| November 8 2018 | Media Prima suffered a ransomware cyber attack, with criminals demanding 1,000 bitcoins to release the company's computer system. The company decided not to pay the ransom, and the extent of potential data breach or financial losses was initially unclear. |
| October 22 2018 | Media Prima signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dailymotion to expand digital reach and improve content for Malaysian audiences. |
| August 2018 | Media Prima sold the New Straits Times Press' Balai Berita site in Bangsar and its printing factory land in Shah Alam to PNB Development Sdn Bhd for RM280 million. |
| August 29 2018 | Two men were arrested in Temerloh, Pahang in connection with the previous day's bomb threat at Media Prima headquarters. |
| August 28 2018 | Media Prima's Sri Pentas headquarters was evacuated due to a false bomb threat. Around 200 employees were evacuated at 10:30 pm, with police inspection lasting two hours. The Royal Malaysia Police's bomb detector unit arrived at 11:40 pm. |
| June 2018 | Media Prima's subsidiary Rev Asia Holdings acquired a 52% equity stake in Vocket Media Sdn Bhd for RM2.6 million. |
| December 2017 | Media Prima collaborated with Singaporean game developer Garena to promote eSports in Malaysia, aiming to deliver news and updates through TV networks and social media channels. |
| May 2017 | Media Prima announced an agreement to acquire new media startup Rev Asia for RM105 million to create the nation's largest digital media entity. |
| April 1 2017 | Media Prima launched its podcast platform, Ais Kacang. |
| October 21 2015 | Media Prima completed the acquisition of radio broadcasting company Copyright Laureate, which owns Ultra FM and Pi Mai FM, for RM20 million. |
| November 14 2014 | Media Prima announced a mutual separation scheme (MSS) to reduce employee numbers, with the implementation starting on this date and to be completed by December 15. |
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