Brunei news, front pages compared
Crosswire tracks 5 major Brunei news outlets. Preview their homepages side by side below — switch between two, three and four columns, go compact, or translate every page into your language.
The Brunei media landscape on Crosswire
Crosswire lays Brunei's front pages next to one another so you can see which stories lead where, how headlines are framed, and what one outlet foregrounds that another leaves out. All 5 titles tracked in Brunei sit near the editorial centre in our classification, which is common where the press is dominated by public broadcasters and agencies, or where no confident left/right rating was available. Comparison here is less about political line than about which stories each newsroom judges worth the top of the page.
By kind of outlet, the 5 titles break down as 2 digital-native outlets (The Scoop and Biz Brunei), 1 news portal (BruDirect), 1 daily newspaper (The Bruneian) and 1 public broadcaster (Radio Television Brunei). The public-service broadcaster is Radio Television Brunei — the natural fixed point for a comparison, because a public remit is breadth rather than a party line.
Brunei sits in Southeast Asia, on Crosswire's Asia hub. By outlets tracked it is 10th of the 11 countries in Southeast Asia and 18th of the 33 across Asia, where the average is 5.1 outlets per country. Its neighbours in Southeast Asia with hubs of their own are Indonesia (6), Malaysia (6), Thailand (6), Singapore (6), Philippines (6), Vietnam (6), Myanmar (6), Cambodia (5), Laos (5) and Timor-Leste (3).
Leaning groupings are approximate guides drawn from widely cited media-bias assessments — see the methodology and what the labels can and can't tell you. Counts are taken from the directory as of .
Which are Brunei's main news outlets?
Across Brunei's editorial spectrum, Crosswire currently lists near the center, The Scoop, BruDirect, Radio Television Brunei, The Bruneian and Biz Brunei. Each outlet below links to a full profile — its facts, editorial leaning and a live front-page preview — and the comparison view above shows any of them side by side.
Independent English-language digital news outlet covering Brunei. Reports on national politics, business, and culture in the sultanate.
Long-running Bruneian online news portal aggregating local and regional news in English. Covers national affairs, business, and community news.
Brunei's state broadcaster, providing official television and radio news. Publishes national news, royal coverage, and government announcements.
The Bruneian is an independent Bruneian weekly newspaper and news site established in 2018, focusing on business, entrepreneurship and the sultanate's economic diversification alongside general national news. It is one of the few privately owned news publications in Brunei, complementing the country's dominant state broadcaster and long-established mainstream daily press.
Biz Brunei is a Bruneian digital outlet launched in 2016 that reports on the sultanate's business landscape, covering local enterprises, startups, government economic policy and Brunei's diversification beyond oil and gas. Its coverage of company news, commercial developments and entrepreneurship has made it a primary reference for business news in Brunei's small media market.
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