Fiji news, front pages compared
Crosswire tracks 4 major Fiji 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 Fiji media landscape on Crosswire
Crosswire lays Fiji'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 4 titles tracked in Fiji 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 4 titles break down as 2 daily newspapers (The Fiji Times and Fiji Sun), 1 news portal (FijiVillage) and 1 public broadcaster (FBC News). The public-service broadcaster is FBC News — the natural fixed point for a comparison, because a public remit is breadth rather than a party line.
Fiji sits in Melanesia, on Crosswire's Oceania hub. By outlets tracked it is 2nd of the 4 countries in Melanesia and 3rd of the 8 across Oceania, where the average is 4 outlets per country. Its neighbours in Melanesia with hubs of their own are Papua New Guinea (4), Solomon Islands (3) and Vanuatu (2).
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 Fiji's main news outlets?
Across Fiji's editorial spectrum, Crosswire currently lists near the center, The Fiji Times, Fiji Sun, FijiVillage and FBC News. 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.
Founded in Levuka in 1869 and now published from Suva, The Fiji Times is Fiji's oldest newspaper and its leading English-language daily. Owned by the local Motibhai Group since News Limited's forced divestment in 2010, it covers politics, the economy, rugby and village life, and has repeatedly defended its independence against government pressure.
A Suva-based English-language daily relaunched in 1999, the Fiji Sun is The Fiji Times' main print rival. During the post-2006 Bainimarama era it was widely regarded as sympathetic to the government and received most state advertising. The paper covers national politics, business and sport with extensive community coverage.
Fijivillage is the online news service of Communications Fiji Limited, the Suva radio group behind stations such as FM96 and Legend FM. Running since the early 2000s, it publishes rolling news, talkback highlights and sports coverage in English, and is one of Fiji's most-visited domestic news websites.
The news service of the state-owned Fiji Broadcasting Corporation, whose radio roots date to 1954 and which added FBC TV in 2011. FBC News publishes around-the-clock coverage of Fijian politics, weather, business and sport in English, iTaukei and Hindi, functioning as the country's de facto public broadcaster.
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