Inquirer to combine print, digital operations under one company

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Inquirer Interactive, which manages the Inquirer Group's online arm, is taking over the operations of the Philippine Daily Inquirer newspaper effective July 1, 2025

MANILA, Philippines – Inquirer Interactive Incorporated, which manages the digital news platform Inquirer.net, will be taking over the operations of the Philippine Daily Inquirer (PDI) newspaper on July 1, 2025, “following a thorough review of its challenges” by the Inquirer’s board of directors.

PDI made the announcement on Friday, May 2, a day before World Press Freedom Day.

“With the integration of print and digital operations, the INQUIRER’s financial foundation would be strengthened and its ability to deliver news in traditional and digital platforms enhanced,” PDI said in a statement.

“Furthermore, this move would reinforce the INQUIRER’s enduring legacy and create new opportunities to engage Filipinos regardless of their reading habits,” the group added.

Image from Inquirer.net’s Facebook page

With PDI as a company ceasing its operations, affected employees “shall receive the severance or separation benefits that may be due them under the law or the collective bargaining agreement with the PDI Employees Union,” the group said.

Members of PDI’s editorial team were also invited to join Inquirer Interactive. “They have expressed their commitment to maintain uninterrupted newsroom operations, uphold the INQUIRER’s editorial standards, and drive the success of the integration,” PDI added.

The PDI was founded in December 1985 — near the end of the Ferdinand E. Marcos dictatorship that stifled press freedom across the country, among other human rights abuses. The newspaper took part in documenting the historic People Power Revolution that toppled Marcos’ regime two months later, then grew fast to become the country’s biggest newspaper.

The Inquirer Group established Inquirer.net to serve as its online arm in October 1997.

In 2017, the Prieto family sold its majority stake in the Inquirer Group to business magnate Ramon Ang. (READ: FAST FACTS: What you should know about the Inquirer Group)

The integration of Inquirer’s print and digital operations comes as the World Press Freedom Index in 2025 of Reporters Without Borders ranks the Philippines at 116, up 18 places from 2024. Despite the improved rank, RSF said political and economic factors continue to affect journalism in the country. – Rappler.com