The two free Singapore dailies, Today and MyPaper, have grown in circulation from 250,000 to 300,000 each during 2008, NewspaperInnovation.com reported on Friday.

The free daily Today (MediaCorp) launched in 2000, while MyPaper (Singapore Press Holdings), was launched in 2006.

In the beginning of this year, MyPaper, circulation rose to 250,000 after to the paper changed to a bilingual addition as opposed to a Chinese language newspaper, and have since grown to 300,000.

Free newspapers account for more than a third of newspaper circulation in Singapore, NewspaperInnovation.com reported.