On December 3rd 1963, the Trinidad Daily Mirror was the country's newest daily newspaper. The paper was rapidly gaining ground and all the employees were hopeful. However, on September 2nd 1966, without prior warning the Daily Mirror was closed, employees had one hour to leave the building. A group of determined employees decided that was not the end. Patrick Chokolingo, Owen Baptiste, Sieunarine Singh, Kishore Tiwary and Roy Boyke came together and solicited the help of Vernon Charles to pursue their dream of a truly independent newspaper. On Tuesday the 6th June 1967, a little over nine months after the closure of the Trinidad Daily Mirror, the first edition of the Trinidad Express Newspapers hit the streets. Amidst all obstacles they persevered, not knowing then, that the Trinidad Express Newspapers would become the foundation block for the region's most reputable communication company.

First publication of the Trinidad Express Newspapers on Tuesday June 6, 1967.

The first Board of Directors who came together to pioneer the birth of the Trinidad Express Newspapers were from left to right: Dindial Maharaj, David Law, Neil Lau, Vernon Charles, Carlton Mack, Ta j m o ol Hosein, Rodney Webb, Phillip Habib, and Hamilton Holder.

Twenty-four years after the Express Newspapers printed its first issue, the company expanded its horizons and went public. The Express became the Caribbean Communications Network Limited (CCN) and opened its doors to include a radio and television station. On August 31st 1991 CCN television, channels 6 and 18, became the first independently operated television station in the English-speaking Caribbean, broadcasting to over 80% of Trinidad and Tobago's population. The other new addition to CCN was Prime Radio 106FM, which began transmission at 5am June 24th 1991. In August 1995 the Group sold 106FM because of the proliferation of radio frequencies, over eleven (11) at the time, and the preparation for extending its base into communications. In 1995 the CCN group moved one step further and invested in DirecTV. After two years of preparation between CCN and the South American Cisneros Group, Galaxy Caribbean was created to provide DirecTV services in the Caribbean. In 1997 Trinidad and Tobago became the fifth country in the world to institute DirecTV and pioneered the region's first direct-to-home digital, satellite entertainment service.

March 2006
Agreement has been reached between Caribbean Communications Network Ltd (CCN) and The Nation Corporation (Nation) of Barbados to combine in order to create a publicly owned and regionally focused media company, quoted on the stock exchanges of Trinidad and Tobago and of Barbados.

The company, a merger of the two entities, will be called One Caribbean Media Limited.

CCN a publicly traded company founded in 1967, is the owner of the Express newspaper and TV6 of Trinidad and Tobago and holds a majority interest in the Grenada Broadcasting Network (GBN) along with minority interests in other Caribbean media companies.

Nation a privately held company established in 1973, is the owner of the Nation newspaper and Starcom Network radio stations.

CCN and the Nation have enjoyed over 30 years of shared history, and since 1998 have held equity interests in each other.

The Directors of CCN and the Nation have long shared a common vision for the creation of a Caribbean owned media company with an independent editorial voice, serving Caribbean readers, viewers and advertisers, both in the region and worldwide.

One Caribbean Media is irrevocably committed to the principles of truth, accuracy, fairness, objectivity and freedom of  expression of the press.