The Lombok Times

Infobox Newspaper
name = The Lombok Times


type = Monthly newspaper
format = Broadsheet
foundation = 2003
owners = PT Lombok Times
headquarters = Senggigi, Indonesia
publisher = Ni Wayan Novriyanti
editor = Ferre Horvath
website = [http://www.lomboktimes.com/ www.lomboktimes.com]

"The Lombok Times" is an English language newspaper which was founded in 2003 as an information medium for the growing English community (which usually expatriates or immigrant living in the Indonesian provinces of West Nusa Tenggara and Bali.

With the support of the Nusa Tenggara Barat Government and various local business associations, the paper has become a prime, independent and non-political source for local news.

Although the name of the paper suggests the paper covers only the island of Lombok, in reality, the publication covers both provinces, both in news coverage and readership.

"The Lombok Times" began publication on November 2003 from a small office in the capital of Lombok, Mataram, with an initial circulation of 1,500 copies.

Since its first publication, "The Lombok Times" has been the largest provincial newspaper in both Bali and West Nusa Tenggara. In 2005, its circulation reached five thousand copies, to grow into a fifteen thousand copies in 2008. With distribution on various airlines, hotels and touristic areas, readership reaches more than fifty thousand per issue.

References

*The Departement Of Tourism, Arts and Culture, West Lombok
*West Lombok Regency Office West Nusa Tenggara Province, Public Relations Dept. (Humas).

External links

* [http://www.lomboktimes.com Official site]
*id icon Nusa Tenggara government [http://www.ntb.go.id]