Daily Mail - Zambian Newspapers

Daily Mail
COMPANY PROFILE (HISTORICAL BACKGROUND)

Zambia Daily Mail is a Limited company, whose history dates back to the fifties when it used to be called the African Mail.

The name later changed to Central African Mail in the early 60's when its interests

catered for the local people in then Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland. It was in private hands under Dr Alexander Scott.

After Zambia's independence in 1964, the paper was bought-off the following year

(1965) by the Zambian government. This was because it was largely considered a newspaper which reflected African interests. Furthermore, the government also wanted to have its own media, to champion its own interests. During that time, it was a weekly tabloid.

In 1969, the paper became a broad-sheet and later in 1970, became a daily newspaper. It was a subsidiary of the defunct Zambia Publishing Company which included the Zambia Printing Company (ZPC).

In 1989, it became part of the media conglomerate, the National Media Corporation (NAMECO) which was the holding company for ZPC, Printpak, Times Newspapers and Newspaper Distributors Limited. NAMECO was subsequently dissolved by the MMD government in 1993.

The Zambia Daily Mail has continued to "Serve the Nation Without Fear or Favour" in line with its motto.

Various changes have however occurred especially over the past ten (10) years when sister papers, the Sunday Mail and the Financial Mail were introduced to widen the scope of coverage.

After introducing the two additional publications, the Zambia Daily Mail, computerised its operations in 1994, except for the regional offices which we hope can be computerised in this year's budget. The newspaper can, however, be read world-wide on a daily basis as it is connected on the internet. The paper is able to print in colour. However, the colour quality is poor due to lack of modern colour separation equipment.