· 1900- On February
2, 1990 the Daily Bulletin established by Carson C. Taylor published it's first issue with editor H.G. Farris at the Helm.
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1901- Manila
Daily Bulletin opened it's own plant for printing, which was previously done by
El Progreso at No. 10 Carriedo.
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1904- After
establishing it's audience, The Manila Daily Bulletin's four paged 10"x12"
publication was put on subscription basis.
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1906- The Daily
Bulletin changed its name to Manila Daily Bulletin.
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1912- On June 12,
1912 the Manila Daily Bulletin Publishing Company with Carson Taylor retaining 75% of the stock and the rest taken up by employees.
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1942- On January
2, 1942, at the height of the World War II, the Manila Daily Bulletin was
forced to shut down operations by Japanese officials.
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1945- During the
Battle of Manila, the Manila Daily Bulletin offices and plant were completely destroyed, wiping-out all pre-war files.
· 1946- Publication
resumed after the war under then editor Ford Wilkins and advertising Director Han Linn. With assistance from Roces Publication owner, Don Ramon Roces, the
Manila Daily Bulletin made a successful come back as the "exponent of
Philippine progress."
· 1956- The Manila
Daily Bulletin plant and offices transferred to the Shurdut Building in
Intramuros after being housed at Florentinon Torres St. after the Battle of
Liberation.
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1957- The Manila
Daily Bulletin Publishing Company was sold to Menzies & Co., Inc. handing
over publishing responsibilities to Filipino industrialist Brig. Gen. H.M.
Menzi. With Menzi as publisher, the Manila Daily Bulletin introduced special
human interest features as part of the daily reading of the newspaper.
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1961- In 1961,
Dr. Emilio T. Yap was unanimously elected director and vice-chairman.
· 1965- In order to
maximize readership benefits the Manila Daily Bulletin started printing Sunday issue as opposed to the week publication.
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1968- The need to
further upgrade the Sunday issue of Manila Daily Bulletin gave birth to PANORAMA Sunday Magazine.
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1970- The
PANORAMA Sunday Magazine flourished as resources from the dropped Sunday colored comics were channeled to the weekend magazine.
· 1971- Asia
Research Organization pointed out, in an independent survey, the Manila Daily
Bulletin as the "most reliable and unbiased newspaper" in the
Philippines at the time.
· 1972- The year witnessed
Proclamation 1081 place the country under Martial Law which resulted to the
closure of majority of publications throughout the Philippines. The Manila
Daily Bulletin was shut down for two months and reopened as the "Bulletin
Today".
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1977- The
Bulletin Today plant and offices moved to it's current lot bounded by
Muralla, Recoletos, and Cabildo streets
Intramuros.
· 1980- The
management started a five year plan to upgrade printing facilities. They did
this by acquiring new line presses, mechanize counting, stacking and bundling
of copies and convert to a semi-offset printing process.
· 1981- The
Bulletin Today adapted the cold type conversion from hot metal to compensate
for the lack of letterpress equipment needs. The process involved computers as
the central processing units thus making the Bulletin "online".
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1986- On March
12, 1986 the Bulletin Today finally changed its name to what it is now The
Manila Bulletin.
· 1990- On April
18, 1990, Manila Bulletin was officially listed in the Philippine Stock
Exchange. To date, it is the only major daily that is listed in the bourse.
· 1993- On February
2, 1993, Manila Bulletin became the first in the Philippines to have a fully computerized Pre-printing Facilities.
· 1994- In January
of 1994, Manila Bulletin online was launched as the first ever website
dedicated to serving news from the Philippines.
· 1995- The
September 11, 1995 issue of the Manila Bulletin published its first fully
colored front page.
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1999- New state
of the art printing press machine was acquired.
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2000- On February
2, 2000, the Manila Bulletin celebrated its centennial year.
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On June 23, 2000
it became the first local online newspaper to enable mobile internet service.
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2009- January of
2009 saw the launching of a redesigned Manila Bulletin website that utilizes
current advancement in website technologies that provides wider interaction for
the reader.
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In the same year,
the Manila Bulletin launched it's e-paper.
Source: A Synergy of Old and New. Manila Bulletin ( February 2, 2010)
