{{Multiple issues| {{expand Indonesian|topic=|otherarticle=Kompas (surat kabar)|date=April 2014}} {{More citations needed|date=May 2011}} {{Independent sources|date=January 2025}} }} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}} {{short description|Indonesian daily newspaper published in Jakarta}} {{about|the Indonesian newspaper|other uses}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = Kompas | motto = {{lang|id|Amanat Hati Nurani Rakyat}}<br />(The Mandate of People's Conscience) | logo = Kompas.svg | image = | caption = | type = Daily newspaper | format = Broadsheet | founded = {{Start date|1965|06|28| df = y}} | ceased_publication = 1965, 1978 (temporarily) | political_position = Secular | language = Indonesian | owners = PT Kompas Media Nusantara (Kompas Gramedia Group) | founders = P. K. Ojong<br>Jakob Oetama | circulation = Average of 500,000<ref name="auto">{{cite web | title = Kompas Gramedia | url = http://www.kompasgramedia.com/business/newspapers/kompas | access-date = 8 May 2013 | archive-date = 5 January 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110105033016/http://www.kompasgramedia.com/business/newspapers/kompas | url-status = dead }}</ref> | chief_editor = Sutta Dharmasaputra | headquarters = Kompas Gramedia Building<br />Jl. Palmerah Selatan 22–28 Central Jakarta 10270 | sister_newspapers = ''Kontan'' | issn = 0215-207X | oclc = 12594358 | website = [https://kompas.id/ kompas.id] <br />[https://kompas.com/ kompas.com] | publishing_country = Indonesia | publishing_city = Jakarta }} '''''Kompas''''' ({{literal|Compass}}) is an Indonesian national newspaper published in Jakarta, founded on 28 June 1965. It is published by PT Kompas Media Nusantara, which is part of Kompas Gramedia Group. The paper's head office is located at the Kompas Multimedia Towers, Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta. It is considered Indonesia's newspaper of record.
The paper manages an online portal, '''kompas.id''', which contains updated news and the digital subscription version of the paper, while Kompas Gramedia also manages another editorially separated portal, '''kompas.com'''. ''Kompas'' is one of two newspapers in Indonesia audited by the International Federation of Audit Bureau of Circulations.
== History == General Ahmad Yani, then commander of the Indonesian Army, first suggested the paper to Frans Seda, a government minister and leader of the Catholic Party. Yani encouraged Seda to publish a newspaper representative of the Catholic Party faction to counter the communist propaganda spearheaded by the PKI.
Seda sounded out the idea to his friends, P.K. Ojong and Jakob Oetama. Ojong subsequently agreed to undertake the project, and Oetama became its first editor-in-chief. Later, the newspaper's mission was focused on becoming independent and free from any political factions.
The publication was initially named ''Bentara Rakyat'' (''People's Herald''). At President Sukarno's suggestion, it was renamed to ''Kompas'' after the direction-finding instrument.
''Kompas'' began its publication on 28 June 1965 from an office in central Jakarta. Its circulation grew from an initial circulation of 4,800 copies in 1965 to around 500,000 in 2014. Since 1969, ''Kompas'' has been the largest national Indonesian-language newspaper in the country. Its circulation peaked in 2004 when its daily circulation reached 530,000 copies, and its Sunday edition reached 610,000 copies sold. There were about 2.25 million readers in all. In 2014, its circulation reached 507,000, with 66% circulating in Greater Jakarta.<ref name="Kit">{{cite web|title=Kompas Media Kit 2014|publisher=Kompas|url=https://kompasinteractivedisplay.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/mediakit-2014-small.pdf|access-date=29 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140630011225/https://kompasinteractivedisplay.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/mediakit-2014-small.pdf|archive-date=30 June 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
Like many daily newspapers, ''Kompas'' contains three parts: a front section containing national and international news, a business and finance section, and a sports section.
''Kompas'' featured the ''Panji Koming'' and ''Benny & Mice'' comic strips every Sunday until 2010.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hutapea |first=Lisye Sri |title=Reminiscing about Panji Koming comic strip |url=https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2019/12/04/reminiscing-about-panji-koming-comic-strip.html |newspaper=The Jakarta Post |date=2019-12-04 |access-date=2025-04-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ada Apa Sih di Balik Pisahnya Kartun Benny & Mice? (Segmen 2) |url=https://www.bentarabudaya.com/galeri-video/355/ada-apa-sih-di-balik-pisahnya-kartun-benny-mice-segmen-2 |website=Bentara Budaya |access-date=2025-04-21}}</ref>
In 1988, ''Kompas'' was the first newspaper to trial sending news stories via an internet connection when the internet was still unknown in Indonesia. The newspaper's sports division first delivered news via the internet in September 1988, covering the Seoul Olympics that year. In 1993, while covering the Southeast Asian Games in Singapore, Kompas was the first Indonesian newspaper to send a picture online.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://vik.kompas.com/sejarah-kompascom/|title=VIK - Kompas.com, Transformasi Digital Kompas|website=vik.kompas.com}}</ref>
On 14 September 1995, ''Kompas'' launched its internet news division and website, Kompas Online. Initially, the website used a .co.id domain before switching to a .com domain a year later.<ref name="auto1"/> In 1998, Kompas Online was rebranded as Kompas Cyber Media<ref name="auto1"/> and again in 2008 as Kompas.com. Aside from the rebranding, the internet news division still uses the www.kompas.com domain to this day.
==Circulation== ''Kompas'' began its first issue with a circulation of 4,800 copies. In 2004, daily circulation reached 530,000 copies, and the special Sunday edition reached 610,000 copies. ''Kompas''<nowiki/>'s print edition had an average circulation of 500,000 copies per day, and the average number of readers reached 1,850,000 people per day.<ref name="auto"/>
The paper is distributed throughout Indonesia. With an average circulation of 500,000 copies per day and reaching 600,000 copies for the Sunday edition, ''Kompas'' has the largest circulation of any newspaper in Southeast Asia.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nama Kompas Pemberian Bung Karno|url=http://lipsus.kompas.com/hut45/sejarahkompas|access-date=8 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003025324/http://lipsus.kompas.com/hut45/sejarahkompas|archive-date=3 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Kompas'' was the first print media in Asia to create a digital newspaper version for the iPad.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kompas is the first daily newspaper in Asia on the iPad |url=http://www.serioustec.com/index.php?q=node/78|access-date=8 May 2013|archive-date=20 May 2012 | website = Serious Software |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120520171851/http://www.serioustec.com:80/index.php?q=node/78 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Regional sections== The first regional section included in the paper was for East Java in 2003, followed by Central Java, Yogyakarta, West Java, and two other Sumatran regional sections. However, in January 2011, the newspaper closed down regional sections and returned to a uniform edition nationwide. No clear reason was given for the action.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theindonesiatoday.com/news-headline/6452-kompas-closes-down-regional-sections.html|title=Kompas Closes Down Regional Sections|publisher=The Indonesia Today|access-date=2011-01-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110107083410/http://theindonesiatoday.com/news-headline/6452-kompas-closes-down-regional-sections.html|archive-date=2011-01-07|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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==External links== {{portal|Indonesia}} *{{in lang|id}} [https://www.kompas.id/ Kompas.id]: The official website of the print newspaper branch. The digital version of the daily printed newspaper can also be accessed here. *{{in lang|id}} [https://www.kompas.com/ Kompas.com]: The official website of the online news branch. It operates as a separate company (PT) from the print newspaper branch.
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