Myanmar private dailies hit stands after decades

Privately-owned daily newspapers hit Myanmars streets for the first time in decades Monday under new freedoms that represent a revolution for a media shackled under military rule.

Four Burmese-language titles The Voice,The Golden Fresh Land,The Union and The Standard Time made the transition from weekly as new rules came into effect that swept away state medias long monopoly on daily printing.

We prepared for about six months to become a daily newspaper. We wanted to be part of this historical milestone, Aung Soe,an editor of The Voice,said.

The Voice sold out soon after it arrived8230; People are keen to read private daily newspapers for the first time, said .

Myanmars military rulers seized control of private daily papers in 1964.