The Times of Ceylon subsequently started various newspapers using the names of former TOCL publications. The Times of Ceylon The Times of Ceylon was an English language daily newspaper in Sri Lanka published by Times of Ceylon Limited (TOCL). It was founded in 1846 as the Ceylon Times and was published from Colombo. It ceased publication in 1985. The "Ceylon Times" started on 11 July 1846 using the printing press of the defunct "The Ceylon Herald". The newspaper was established to oppose "The Observer" and promote the mercantile interests of British colonials. Initially it was published on Tuesdays and Fridays. In 1858 the paper's
The Representative (newspaper) incoherent and advertising began slipping away almost immediately. Soon its nickname was the "demi-Rep." Maginn was brought back from Paris in March to try to salvage the paper, but it expired with much finger-pointing in the summer of 1826, and was merged with the "New Times". Murray lost heavily (about £26,000) and never attempted another foray into newspaper publishing. Disraeli went on to a career in politics, eventually becoming Prime Minister. The Representative (newspaper) The Representative was a spectacularly unsuccessful daily newspaper published in London, England, from 25 January 1826 to 29 July 1826. In autumn 1825 the young Benjamin