List of newspapers in Hong Kong

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This is a list of newspapers in Hong Kong. Hong Kong is home to many of Asia's biggest English and Chinese language newspapers. The territory has one of the world's largest press industries and is a major centre for print journalism.

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Overview

Popularity

The Chinese language newspapers Headline Daily and Oriental Daily News have the highest shares in the Hong Kong newspaper market, while the Hong Kong Economic Times is the best-selling financial newspaper. The Standard , a free tabloid with a mass market strategy, is the most widely circulated English newspaper by a significant margin. Its rival, South China Morning Post , has the most paid subscribers among English-language papers in Hong Kong.

Apple Daily had one of the highest circulations before its closure in 2021. It had a feisty, tabloid style, concentrating on celebrity gossip and paparazzi photography, with sensationalist news reportage and a noted anti-government political position. The Chinese language publications were written to some degree with colloquial Cantonese phrases. [1]

Media landscape and pricing

The number of newspapers in the market has been stable for a long time. Occasional attempts to establish new types of newspaper and themed papers generally cannot compete with the established brands. However, the entry into the market of free newspapers Metropolis Daily , Headline Daily , am730 , and The Epoch Times spurred competition. In September 2007, The Standard changed its business model from a traditional daily into a free-sheet, distributed in commercial districts like Central and Admiralty. [2]

Most papers sell at a cover price of HK$12 [3] , except South China Morning Post (HK$16) and Hong Kong Economic Journal (HK$15). The economic recession brought about by SARS in 2003 led to some resellers pricing at $1 below the recommended price. According to the HK Newspaper Hawkers Association, the situation lasted through to 2008, when around 10% of sellers maintained the cut price despite the change in the prevailing economic climate. The Association urged a return to resale price maintenance. [4]

Chinese-language newspapers

Newspapers in Hong Kong are considered to follow a particular political stance, with most being pro-Beijing. There has long been a lively tabloid sector, including Oriental Daily, (formerly) The Sun and (formerly) Apple Daily. [5]

Daily print newspapers

NewspaperChinese nameEstablishedTypeIssuedPosition
Ta Kung Pao 大公報1902 in Tientsin

1938 in Hong Kong

PaidDailyState-controlled [† 1]
Sing Tao Daily 星島日報1938PaidDailyPro-government [9]
Wen Wei Po 文匯報1938 in Shanghai

1948 in Hong Kong

PaidDailyState-controlled [† 1]
Sing Pao Daily News 成報1939PaidDailyPro-government [10]
Hong Kong Commercial Daily 香港商報1952PaidDailyState-controlled [† 1]
Ming Pao 明報1959PaidDailyPro-government [11]
Oriental Daily News 東方日報1969PaidDailyPro-government [12]
Hong Kong Economic Journal 信報財經新聞1973PaidMonday–SaturdayPro-government [13]
Hong Kong Economic Times 香港經濟日報1988PaidMonday–SaturdayPro-government [14]
Headline Daily 頭條日報2005FreeMonday–SaturdayPro-government [15]
am730 am7302005FreeMonday–Friday Centrist [16]
Lion Rock Daily香港仔2018FreeMonday–FridayState-controlled

Weekly or quarterly newspapers

NewspaperChinese nameEstablishedTypeIssuedPosition
Kung Kao Po 公教報1928PaidEvery SundayCatholic, moderate
Christian Times時代論壇1987PaidEvery SundayChristian, pro-democracy
The Epoch Times 大紀元時報2005FreeEvery weekend [17] Falun Gong, pro-democracy
Passion Times熱血時報2012FreeQuarterlyPro-city-state

Newspaper-turned-online media

MediaChinese nameEstablishedPrinting endedTypeIssuedPosition
HK01 香港0120162022PaidWeeklyPro-government [18] [19]
Sky Post晴報20112023FreeDailyPro-government [20]

Defunct newspapers

NewspaperChinese nameEstablishedClosedOperatedPositionNotes
Chinese Serial 遐爾貫珍185318562 yrs
Chinese Mail 華字日報1872194674 yrs
Universal Circulating Herald 循環日報1874

1959

1947

1963

72 yrs

4 yrs

Pro-reform
China中國日報1900191313 yrsPro-reform
The World News世界公益報1903191714 yrsPro-revolutionary
有所謂報190519072 yrs
大光報1912193220 yrs
香江晚報192119298 yrs
Kung Sheung Daily News 工商日報1925198459 yrsPro-Kuomintang
Wah Kiu Yat Po 華僑日報1925199570 yrsPro-Kuomintang
香港小日報192919301 yr
南華日報1930194414 yrsPro-Japan
Hong Kong Times香港時報1939199354 yrsPro-Kuomintang
華商報1941

1946

1941

1949

1 yr

3 yrs

Pro-communist
新生晚報1945197631 yrs
New Evening Post 新晚報1950

2012

1997

2014

47 yrs

2 yrs

Pro-communist
Ching Po Daily晶報1956199135 yrsPro-communist
Hong Kong Daily News新報1959201556 yrs
Tin Tin Daily News 天天日報1960200040 yrs
Express News快報1963199835 yrs
星報1965198419 yrs
Popular Daily萬人日報1975??Anti-communist
兒童日報198919901 yr
香港聯合報199219953 yrs
現代日報199319941 yr
Apple Daily 蘋果日報1995202126 yrsPro-democrat [21]
The Sun 太陽報1999201617 yrsPro-communist [22]
Metro Daily 都市日報2002201917 yrs
Sharp Daily 爽報201120132 yrsPro-democrat [23]
快馬201220131 yr

Defunct online media

MediaChinese nameEstablishedClosed
House News 主場新聞20122014
Inkstone News 20182021
Stand News 立場新聞20142021
Citizen News 眾新聞20172022
FactWire 傳真社20152022

English-language newspapers

Hong Kong is also the base of regional editions of foreign English-language newspapers. The New York Times International Edition and the Financial Times are published in Hong Kong.

From 10 September 2007, The Standard switched to free, advertising-supported distribution. The South China Morning Post [24] announced on 11 December 2015 that the Alibaba Group would acquire the South China Morning Post from Malaysian tycoon Robert Kuok, who had owned it since 1993. As of 5 April 2016, the South China Morning Post's online content became free to read. [25]

NewspapersChinese nameEstablishedIssuedPositionPosition
South China Morning Post 南華早報1903PaidDailyModerate
Sunday Examiner 1946PaidEvery SundayCatholic, moderate
China Daily Hong Kong Edition 中國日報香港版1997PaidMonday–FridayState-owned
The Standard 英文虎報1949FreeMonday–FridayPro-government [26]
Career Times 1997Every Friday

Online only

Defunct newspapers

MediaChinese nameEstablishedClosedNotes
The Friend of China 中國之友18421859
The Hong Kong Register [27] 18431863
The China Mail 中國郵報, later 德臣西報18451974
Daily Press 每日雜報18641941
Hongkong Telegraph 士蔑報18811951
The Wall Street Journal Asia 亞洲華爾街日報19762017
The Star 英文星報19651984
Eastern Express 東快訊19941996

Newspapers in other languages

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 † The indicated news outlets are indirectly owned and controlled by the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government. [6] [7] [8]

    References

    1. ↑ Yanni Chow (13 November 2021). "Learn Cantonese slang: All about journalism". scmp.com.
    2. ↑ Standard to become free newspaper – RTHK, 3 September 2007
    3. ↑ "多份本地報紙即日起加價". Now News . 1 November 2024.
    4. ↑ Diana Lee, "Plea to halt newspaper price war" Archived 29 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine , The Standard , 28 March 2008, in 2013, the newspapers changed price to $7.
    5. ↑ Hong Kong Early Tabloid Newspapers 香港早期小報, CUHK Library; accessed 19 May 2024
    6. ↑ Betsy Tse (9 April 2015). "Basic Law violation seen as LOCPG tightens grip on HK publishers". EJ Insight. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
    7. ↑ "《壹週刊》報導揭露中聯辦壟斷香港出版市場". The News Lens (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 8 April 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
    8. ↑ "The Publishing Empire Helping China Silence Dissent in Hong Kong". Bloomberg News. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
    9. ↑ "【新聞獎】親中傳媒囊括報業公會多個新聞獎　業內人士嘆優質報道大幅減少". Radio Free Asia . 22 July 2022.
    10. ↑ "亲中成报再发威炮轰张德江祸港乱港". Voice of America (in Chinese (China)). 29 September 2016.
    11. ↑ "無論馬雲買不買《明報》，傳媒變天早成定局". Initium Media. 21 December 2015.
    12. ↑ "一件事再檢閱報紙潛立場 (一)". inmediahk.net. 25 June 2016.
    13. ↑ "香港《信報》取消親民主人士專欄". The New York Times. 3 September 2014.
    14. ↑ "新聞自由重創、民主派媒體接連關停，香港人還看什麼新聞？". The Reporter . 9 June 2022.
    15. ↑ Part of Sing Tao News Corporation
    16. ↑ "am730為何不接受政治廣告". am730. 4 August 2014.
    17. ↑ "香港《大纪元》复刊了". botanwang.com. 4 January 2025.
    18. ↑ "五問香港選舉改制：選委會成「太上皇」？一夜回到七八十年代？". Initium Media (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 8 March 2021.
    19. ↑ "香港01潛伏多時終露底". inmediahk.net. 10 February 2016.
    20. ↑ Owned by Hong Kong Economic Times
    21. ↑ "Take care and don't give up hope: Apple Daily staff – RTHK". news.rthk.hk. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
    22. ↑ "紙媒進入凜冬，17年歷史的香港《太陽報》4月起停刊". Initium Media (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 30 March 2016.
    23. ↑ "Apple's free sister paper Sharp Daily folds after losing millions". South China Morning Post. 18 October 2013.
    24. ↑ "Alibaba Buys HK's SCMP to Counter 'Western Bias'".
    25. ↑ "Paywall down as Alibaba takes ownership of SCMP". 5 April 2016.
    26. ↑ Part of Sing Tao News Corporation
    27. ↑ Sinn, Elizabeth (2002). Emerging Media: Hong Kong and the Early Evolution of the Chinese Press. Modern Asian Studies vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 421-465
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