[1] In 2017, MNI was the largest supplier for Media Chinese International Ltd, which owns local mandarin newspapers such as Sin Chew Daily and Nanyang Siang Pau.

[2] The company was established in 1996, in an attempt to allow Malaysian and Singaporean newspaper to source their newsprint without having to import.

The company was established as a joint venture between the New Zealand newsprint manufacturer Fletcher Challenge Paper, the Malaysian family conglomerate the Hong Leong Group, each with 33.65 percent of the shares, with the remainder split between the New Straits Times Press and Rimbunan Hijau.

Fletcher Challenge Paper was bought by Norske Skog in 2000, who took over the ownership stake in MNI.

[3] On 2 May 2018, citing the declining newsprint demand, MNI's then owner Hong Leong Industry Berhad and the New Straits Times sold off their respective shares for RM22.3 million and RM14.15 million respectively to Asia Honour (Hong Kong) Limited.