Coconuts Media

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rdf:langString Coconuts Media is a multi-national media company across Asia that publishes a network of local city websites and documentary videos online. The company serves eight cities and countries across South East Asia, namely Bangkok, Manila, Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Bali and Yangon, covering local news and cultural trends. using social media and video to increase reach. In addition to English, the company produces content in Thai and Bahasa Indonesia. The core focus of operations is articles including local news and reviews, original features, aggregated content, event guides, restaurant reviews, and translations, in an often humorous voice. In total, Coconuts produces over 100 stories per weekday across the eight countries where it operates. Coconuts Media employs around 40 staff members as of August 2016, half of which are in editorial.In 2015, it had a reported total monthly reach of 14.6 million unique readers across all platforms. Coconuts Media received an Honorable Mention in the 2015 SOPA Awards for Excellence for "Hidden in Plain Sight", a look at the legions of street children in Bangkok. In 2016, Coconuts Hong Kong Managing Editor Laurel Chor won a SOPA for Excellence in Feature Photography in Category B for a profile of Mui Thomas, a young Hong Kong woman with harlequin ichthyosis, a very rare and debilitating skin disease. Coconuts Media acquired the Bangkok print and online lifestyle magazine BK Magazine in 2021.