MaltaToday

What is MaltaToday?

MaltaToday is an English-language newspaper. Its website's footer reads: “MediaToday is an independent media house based in Malta. Copyright © MediaToday Co. Ltd, Vjal ir-Rihan, San Gwann SGN 9016, Malta, Europe”.^[1] The description of the house as independent is the publisher's own.

Reporters Without Borders, in its 2026 entry for Malta, states: “In addition to the three traditional, independent, English-language newspapers (Times of Malta, Malta Independent and Malta Today), there are online news portals and blogs.”^[3] That is RSF's classification, and it spells the title as two words.

What does MaltaToday cover?

It is a general newspaper with a sports section, which the site files under sub-paths for motorsports, tennis, water polo and other sports. The eight latest items in the section, as retrieved on 26 September 2026, were on a Gozitan motorcyclist's entry at the Jerez circuit, a young Maltese tennis player training in France, a Maltese driver's season finale in the GB3 series at Donington Park, a Maltese basketball player's move to a Spanish club, a triathlon masters result, a Maltese driver's podium at the Circuito del Jarama, a ninth place at the European Youth Weightlifting Championships and a water polo item.^[1]

The latest of these, published on 24 September 2026 at 4:07pm, opens: “Matthias Sultana, a talented motorcyclist from Gozo, is ready to tackle the Jerez circuit on October 3rd and 4th.”^[2] The section, as retrieved, printed no dates beside its headlines; the date is the article's own.

As retrieved, the section's items were about Maltese athletes, most of them competing abroad. No statement of the section's scope by the publisher itself was retrieved.

How large is MaltaToday's audience?

No audited readership figure and no audited web-audience figure for the title could be retrieved. The Broadcasting Authority's audience surveys, listed from March 1990 to September 2025, are surveys of broadcasting audiences under titles such as “TV and Radio Audiences in Malta”.^[4] No press readership survey covering Maltese titles was found.

Reporters Without Borders' 2026 entry gives no figure for the title. It states, of the market: “Although it is relatively easy to launch a media outlet, the small market size offers limited sources of funding for independent media whose sustainability is undermined by non-transparent and discriminatory distribution of public funds.”^[3] That is RSF's assessment.

Since when has MaltaToday existed?

No founding date for the newspaper could be retrieved from a primary source: the site's About page returned an error, and the footer gives the publisher and its address only.^[1] The present position is dated instead: its sports section carried an item dated 24 September 2026, two days before it was retrieved.^[2]

Reporters Without Borders' 2026 entry names the title among Malta's three traditional English-language newspapers; it gives no founding year.^[3]

Why does MaltaToday matter in Malta's sport?

It is one of the three English-language newspapers that Reporters Without Borders names for Malta, and its sports section, as retrieved on 26 September 2026, reported Maltese athletes in motor sport, tennis, basketball, triathlon, weightlifting and water polo.^[3][1]

The Media Pluralism Monitor's Malta 2026 page, last modified on 2 July 2026, gives market plurality in Malta a risk score of 84 per cent and states: “The country's media environment is marked by the strong presence of institutions; political parties, the church and trade unions own media outlets.”^[5] That is the monitor's characterisation of the market; it gives no figure for this newspaper's sport coverage.