Douglas Wong's review in the Correspondent, the magazine of the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Hong Kong. Read it on the magazine's site or download the PDF.

Ross Tapsell reviewed the book in The International Journal of Press/Politics,  October 2014 19: 519-521.

Kari Karppinen's review was published online in Political Communication in March 2015.

Asian Publishing Awards 2012, Excellence Award for books on the Asian media industry. Awarded by the Asian Publishing Convention 2012.

Carol Soon's review has appeared in Asian Studies Review vol 37 issue 3.

Media researcher Marc Edge on similarities between Singapore's press model and Fiji's. Read his blog here.

P.N. Balji reviews Freedom from the Press together with Cheong Yip Seng's O.B. Markers in The Edge Review magazine. Download the PDF here.

"Based on extensive historical research, and balanced with insider anecdotes, Freedom from the Press is a nuanced, courageous, and perceptive analysis of the relationship between the Singaporean press and the government. ... Indeed, it has many interesting theoretical implications for those readers interested in other illiberal societies in the region and beyond." – Joanne Leow, Southeast Asian Studies Vol 3 no. 2. Download the review here.