Malaysia's media companies, already reeling from an exodus of readers and advertisers who have flocked to alternative platforms online, are now wobbling from the upheavals that followed the toppling from power last May of the long-ruling Barisan Nasional (BN).

Media owners and editors who built cosy ties with BN's coalition partners and their leaders in the 61 years BN ran Malaysia are trying to navigate the new environment, one in which the Pakatan Harapan (PH) alliance has promised freedom of expression for the industry.